Archive for August, 2008
Hide your TV’s shame
Q: I recently hung a flat panel TV on my living room wall. It looks great, but since the wall it hangs on is solid masonry, I can’t hide the cables by snaking them through the wall. How can I bring my TV’s sexy back?
A: The dirty little secret of the flat panel TV is the curtain of wires…
Does painting give you a headache?
Sure, prepping to paint is a real headache, what with laying dropcloths and taping and priming the surfaces and rinsing out brushes and so forth. Of all the DIY projects I do around my apartment, I enjoy painting about as much as emptying the cat’s litter box (which, bless his heart, my husband tak…
Deal of the day: Save 75% off patio set
Save 75% on Brookwood patio collection at HomeDepot.com. Original post by Jennifer Brite
Eric Sloane’s America
When I was in my early teens I discovered books by American illustrator, Eric Sloane, in my parents’ bookcase, and his folksy words and his drawings of barns, houses, and tools had a lot to do with giving me the old house bug.
Titles such as American Yesterday, American Barns & Covered Bridge…
Deal of the day: Save up to 44% on utility carts
Save up to 44 percent on RubberMaid heavy-duty utility and flat-shelf carts at Enco. Original post by Jennifer Brite
Termites 101
Last spring, just as we were sitting down to dinner, lots of little flying ants came out of the hot air duct in the kitchen floor. Lots means hundreds, and needless to say, supper was ruined. My wife freaked out and ran for the vacuum cleaner, while I took a piece of cardboard and blue painter’s t…
Online Tool that Determines the Solar Potential of Your Roof
