Connecting and Troubleshooting a Hard Wired Security System
My security system - I did finally get it hooked up, but not without its fair share of difficulties … and perhaps, if I want to share now - it is best...
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The Basic Elements of a Monthly Home Maintenance Plan
Home maintenance is often overlook aspect of owning a home. A good place to start is with the monthly maintenance tasks. They are typically easier DIY type projects and take up minimal...
An Iterative Approach to Electrical Work :: Zoned Remodeling Be Damned
Together we (okay maybe a little more he): Hooked up a 60amp sub-panel (in my attic); Ran a new 20amp dedicated circuit to my youngest daughter’s bedroom; Installed two exterior outlets; &...
Making Sense of the Breaker Panel :: How Circuit Breakers Works & How to Label a the Breaker Panel
In the world of do-it-yourselfers it's important to understand the array of breakers on the circuit breaker panel. Fortunately, it's pretty easy, but it helps to understand what's at play and how...
Restoring Wood & Fixing Paint :: 3 Products to Help with These Projects
Fall inevitably becomes a mad dance of DIY Projects. Maybe it is something about impending cold and/or the approaching holiday season, but it just is, and it seems so year after year....
Four Plumbing Myths That Can Increase Costs :: Drain Maintenance, Leaky Faucets & More
These four plumbing myths may increase your long term plumbing costs. Myth busting drain cleaners, lemons for the garbage disposal, and more. [...]
Project: A 1978 Contemporary Gets New Pella Windows and Sliding Doors! Part 2
When I left you, I was extolling the virtues of the Pella sliding doors and replacement windows I had just had installed. Pella sliders are a no-brainer. They open and close nicely;...
Project: A 1978 Contemporary Gets New Pella Windows and Sliding Doors! Part 1
As a designer, I often counsel people, "You can't do it all at once." Okay some can, but most of us can not. And we did replace the majority of the windows...
The Four P’s of Refinishing Furniture with Paint :: How to Paint a Table
The most important things to remember when you’re refinishing furniture with paint is that several things need to work together to ensure your success—a stain-blocking primer, a paint with a durable finish,...
The Tip of the Rowhome: Baltimore’s Cornices and Working with Aluminum Coil Stock
The zen master, an artist in aluminum, Tom Struble pointed me to this technique. While Stephen R Christopher called out the term "Brick Bend" for me, it was Tom who suggested that...
Seeding a New Lawn :: My Own Personal Growth
This front yard, when the home was purchased, had a rather medium-sized and unruly tree smack dab in the middle of it. In an effort to make the home more curb-appealing, Mrs....
Mrs Moxie Flips Out :: The Bride of Building Moxie Flips Her First House
This particular house, a Colonial (I guess), sits less than a mile from ours. After a short shopping period, she purchased it for a near rock bottom price . . . after...