Should you paint your workshop? Yes! Painting a small workshop makes it feel bigger, brighter, more inviting and makes your overall workshop experience more enjoyable. I know what you’re asking yourself. Why should you bother to paint your workshop? For me, I painted to make my workshop feel bigger and brighter. Painting also made my […]
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FURNITURE PLANS
DIY Wine Cabinet Displays Entertaining Essentials
This DIY wine cabinet attractively displays entertaining essentials like wine bottles and wine glasses and a drawer provides a place to store accessories. This wood DIY wine cabinet boasts nine spaces for wine bottle storage, three stemware holders for displaying up to 12 wine glasses and a drawer perfect for storing accessories like a bottle […]
Home Improvement
Why I Replaced My Fluorescent Workshop Lights with LED Shop Lights
Are you still using old, dim fluorescent workshop lights? I swapped out my fluorescent workshop lights for bright white LED shop lights and the difference is like night and day… LITERALLY! Today I’m sharing why I switched to LED shop lights and why you should too! For your convenience, this post contains affiliate links to supplies […]
OUTDOOR PLANS
DIY Outdoor Coffee Table with 4 Hidden Side Tables
This post is sponsored by Build Something and Kreg Jig. What’s the one thing everyone needs more of when entertaining friends and family outdoors? I bet you said more places to set drinks and snacks. Well, I have the perfect solution for you. Today I’m sharing a new DIY project, the Bellemeade Outdoor Coffee Table […]
Paint, Stain & Finish Ideas
5 Furniture Finishing Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make
Furniture finishing can be difficult. Avoiding these mistakes and following these simple steps will ensure a flawless finish for your DIY project. If you’re like me you’ve probably had a furniture finishing failure. There are so many factors that affect the outcome of a furniture project from properly preparing the wood to correctly applying the […]
DIY TIPS
The Simple Rule for Joining Different Thicknesses with Pocket Holes
Using pocket holes to join materials of different thicknesses can be confusing. Here’s the simple rule to remember how to set up your Kreg Jig to join thicker and thinner materials. Joining different thickness with pocket holes is one of the most common joints we use for building DIY furniture projects, but how should we […]
Bifocal Safety Glasses Provide Needed Protection and Magnification
Protecting our eyes when DIYing is a must, but sometimes we also need reading glasses for detail work. Bifocal safety glasses offer needed eye protection and magnification. We know that we must protect our eyes when we DIY, but what happens if we also need to wear reading glasses for detail work? Wearing safety glasses […]
Advice DIYers Want You to Know About Their Workshop Accidents
DIYers injured in workshop accidents discuss their mishaps and share their important safety advice for avoiding future workshop mistakes. Workshop accidents can happen to any of us. Spinning saw blades are no match for flesh and bone. There’s no doubt about it, DIYing can be dangerous. Today we’re talking with a handful of DIYers who […]
