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DIY Stained Wood Sign / Decor Board

DIY Stained Wood Sign / Decor Board

Your old school home decor was a stowaway on your journey from apartment to house. Austin A.Dad-blogger. Certified nutritionist. Researcher, innovator, dreamer. Community builder, connector & networker. The perfectionist (slow as mud). The woodworker. The benefit-of-the-doubt, hypersensitive, feeler, emotron. Helper. Adventurer. The host. The “individual.” 

57 Item Complete Gift Guide for the Beginner DIY Woodworker, Handy Homeowner or Thrift Store Refinisher

57 Item Complete Gift Guide for the Beginner DIY Woodworker, Handy Homeowner or Thrift Store Refinisher

Your friend or family member is wanting to get deep into the DIY game? Or at least try their hand at creating something beautiful. There’s a good chance it’ll include: Austin A.Dad-blogger. Certified nutritionist. Researcher, innovator, dreamer. Community builder, connector & networker. The perfectionist (slow 

How to Make & Install DIY Stained Wood Shelves

How to Make & Install DIY Stained Wood Shelves

Your wall is bare. Too bare. Not modern minimalist. More like backcountry bachelor. In the words of the Barenaked Ladies, it’s been one week since you looked at the gaping negative space. It’s time for a little visual interest. Let’s make something beautiful. Austin A.Dad-blogger. 

How to use a Kreg Jig for Pocket Hole Drilling, Screwing & Wood Furniture Joinery

How to use a Kreg Jig for Pocket Hole Drilling, Screwing & Wood Furniture Joinery

Intimidated by furniture making? I was too, friend. I thought it required a whole lotta fancy dove tailing, planing, jointing, maybe a little biscuit or domino joinery, extensive routing, your grandpa’s hand tools, all of your time margin, and the lingering stale scent of patchouli 

How to Use a Cordless Drill-Driver, Impact Driver & Corded Drill Like a Pro

How to Use a Cordless Drill-Driver, Impact Driver & Corded Drill Like a Pro

Do NOT do what I did. Hand-me-down cordless drill. Zero “how-to” tutorials or mentorship. Pseudo-masculine infused confidence (the reason all things break before warranty). 10 minutes worth of power per battery, maybe. The amperage to drill through some mean cardboard. Or to effortlessly predrill through 

How to Build an Entryway Organizer for Mail, Keys, Wallets and Coats

How to Build an Entryway Organizer for Mail, Keys, Wallets and Coats

(Read with House Hunters sterile RoboLady voice) We enter our perfect-for-entertaining open floor plan with high ceilings, hardwoods throughout and an updated kitchen for better resale (end HH voice). Mail, keys, wallets and coats are dang EVERYWHERE, or gone forever. Clutter is the proverbial endless