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Articles
  1. Keep that porch floor looking new
  2. Fascia on a curved porch
  3. Doors that won’t stay put
  4. Hideaway Baking Center
  5. Undercabinet Lighting
  6. What’s New in Microwave Ovens
  7. Pocket-Hole Jigs
  8. Putting the Craft Back in a Craftsman Bath
  9. Relocating a Bungalow Kitchen
  10. Installing an Electric Radiant Floor
  11. Roundhouse Kitchen
  12. Small Kitchen for a Small House on a Small Budget
  13. Designing Around the Stove
  14. Directions to the Powder Room
  15. Tools That Pound and Pry: Hammers
  16. The Small House Done Well
  17. A Gathering Place for Family
  18. Designing for Comfort and Light
  19. Finding Space in a Small Kitchen
  20. Listening to Your House
  21. American Classic: The Timeless Bungalow
  22. Kitchen Sinks That Shine
  23. Mix and Match: Mail-Order Cabinets
  24. Three Tough Glues for Outdoor Use
  25. Repointing flagstone
  26. Enhance a Room With a Window Seat
  27. The Thoughtful Bath
  28. Clearing a clogged shower drain
  29. Replacing fence posts
  30. A House That’s Half Porch
  31. What’s the Difference: 2X4 studs
  32. Hard-Working Pantries
  33. Larry Haun’s 10 Rules for Framing
  34. Leveling an Old Ceiling
  35. A Better Way to Collect Dust
  36. How To Mortise a Hinge with a Chisel
  37. Keep a Dormer Addition Clean and Dry
  38. A Folding Miter-Saw Stand
  39. Laying a Flagstone Walkway
  40. Protecting a Hardwood Floor
  41. Winterizing a Sprinkler’s Backflow Assembly
Magazine
  1. Issue 159
Discussion Forum
  1. Roofing over “Insulspan” roof panels
  2. Are you a gamer
  3. Please be careful
  4. Bosnal Shower Pan
  5. Got lucky today
  6. deck joist spacing
  7. Drywall repair
  8. elimination of trim at base of walls
  9. painting copper pipe railing
  10. radiant floor
  11. computer progarm
  12. siding on a northern moist exposure
  13. Bolting a built up beam together
  14. Bought Ridgid 4 peice kit
  15. Pex for heat?
  16. Managing Attachments
  17. Removing A Radiator
  18. Verboten
  19. siding on a northern moist exposure
  20. Rebuilding SoCal Homes
  21. Need Help!! Ivy Removal!!
  22. Paper mount ceramic mosaics
  23. Bad Brick Repair ?
  24. Floor finish transition advice sought
  25. Double Pane Windows- national standard
  26. Cordless trim nailers; Use or Not to Use
  27. Removing skunk odor from house
  28. Deck re-do for in-laws
  29. Mac OS X Panther (10.3)
  30. 20 vs 15 amp
  31. BTU Problem
  32. wood floor finishes
  33. WHY WON’T THIS @#%$& THING WORK!!!

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