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A Craftsman Kitchen Comes Into Its Own
Materials and details usually reserved for more public spaces welcome this kitchen into the heart of the house.
Finding the Right Refrigerator
Cold, hard facts about the biggest, most-used appliance in your kitchen.
Laying Bluestone over a Wood-Frame Floor
Tile pro Tom Meehan explains the process of installing a bluestone floor, from prepping the substrate to sealing the stones.
Changing a 220v receptacle to 110v
Work safely as you install a new outlet and a new breaker in the electrical panel
Refinishing greasy wood
Q: My kitchen-cabinet doors need refinishing in the area of the door handles, where years of greasy hands and fingernails have nicked through the finish, leaving greasy exposed raw wood. The cabinets…
Sanding lots of pegs at once
With Christmas approaching fast, I dreaded the final step of the seven Craftsman-style end tables I was building for family members: sanding and dyeing the 200-odd tiny exposed mahogany pegs…
Preventing pier-form uplift
Knowing the concrete truck and pumper were due Friday, we pushed all week to make sure the forms for our pyramid footings were accurately positioned and sturdy. We were working…
Pinning Concrete Forms to Asphalt
Last month, I had a job fixing a deteriorating sidewalk. The new sidewalk was to have a 6-in. tall curb beginning at the edge of some asphalt pavement. I needed…
Large syringe eliminates messy, dripping paint cans
Like everybody else, I've had my share of drips and spills while pouring paint from a can to a more manageable container. I've tried using funnels, but the results are…
Keeping Shower-Drain Weep Holes cClear
How paper coffee filters can be an easy and inexpesive fix to allow water to pass through.

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