When we first built our house, we used pvc porch column wrapping from a box store that were undersized for the space and had awkwardly proportioned top and bottom trim. The column wraps were not the worst but they always felt too skinny and gangly, like a bunch of gawky teenagers holding up our porch …
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I needed a space saving home office solution so here’s how I built my folding wall desk. This is nearly the last project in my basement multi-purpose room renovation.
Making a DIY chicken feeder that is low waste from a five-gallon bucket and pvc pipe takes five minutes and saves you so many poultry related headaches. We tried many different store bought and home made versions over the years but this one is a clear winner. There are plenty of five gallon bucket feeders …
Keeping chickens in Upstate NY in the winter is a struggle. Having a DIY heated chicken waterer makes it much easier.
When we started our garden adventure we knew we needed to make raised beds. After one or two versions, this is how we made our favorite version of a diy raised garden bed out of cedar. The soil everywhere on our property for hundreds of feet down is clay. Just planting in the ground is …
Thankfully I was able to hire out the deck rebuild but it left us with a problem, how to blend the old and new wood.
A cheap DIY solution for a removable basement ceiling idea. Using evenly spaced ripped 2x4s to give a clean modern look.
While we have a wonderful sheep barn we knew that in order to move the sheep around different parts of the pasture or even the yard we were also going to need a mobile sheep shelter. The sheep really appreciate the relief from the sun on the hottest days and it doesn’t hurt to be able to get out of the rain as well.
In order to really give my antique reproduction door a vintage look I knew I wanted to apply liming wax over stain to make it look truly aged. I had already worked with liming wax on our pine buffet and had learned a few lessons there about what did or did not work. The very …
There were plenty of options for closing off the basement storage room, but I ended up deciding on a reproduction antique door. Specifically, a copy of a door that my parents found in the barns on their property when they bought it. The scale is a little different and it does affect the charm, but …