Matt Hagens 
We’ve all seen them (or lived with them): the “dream” shower that takes an hour to clean, the trendy flooring that looks dirty five minutes after mopping, and the open layout that amplifies every single noise in the house. Before …
Norman Pirollo from WoodSkills shared the woodworking tip featured in this video. Norman demonstrates straightforward techniques to set the blade and fence on wooden hand planes so they cut smoothly, track predictably, and produce clean rabbets and grooves. Watch the …
These projects were built and designed by Clinton from Specific Love Creations. Three approachable projects are presented that use only standard 2×4 lumber, making them ideal for newcomers who want low-cost, low-risk practice with basic woodworking skills. Watch the full …
Jason from PatriotDIY built and designed this project. This tabletop display is a compact oak stand that holds four long guns and presents them cleanly on an office or den shelf. The build uses simple joinery and shaping to create …
This project was built and designed by Tom from Alley Picked. Tom restores a plaster relief of the Chicago Theatre that arrived battered, dirty, and missing part of its marquee, and he documents the techniques and decisions used to return …
There was a time in America when you didn’t need a GPS to find the center of your community. You just looked for the tallest building in the mall parking lot, crowned with those bold, blue letters: SEARS. For over …
Walk into a house built in 1974 and your first instinct is to look for a volume knob. Everything is loud. The colors are screaming. The textures are thick enough to get lost in. For decades, we mocked the 1970s. …
Drive through a modern subdivision, and you see precision. Straight lines. Perfect 90-degree angles. Flat, sensible roofs. But for a brief moment in the 1920s, American builders threw away the ruler. They didn’t want precision. They wanted fantasy. Inspired by …
Walk into a modern kitchen, and you see a showroom. It’s pristine. It’s white. It feels like an operating room. Now, step into a kitchen built in 1940. You see a workshop. Before the “open concept” obsession took over, kitchens …
Norman Pirollo from WoodSkills shared the woodworking tip featured in this video. Norman demonstrates the sash fillister, a specialized hand plane historically used to cut rabbets and profiles for sash windows, and contrasts it with the more common plow plane. …
This project was built and designed by Gary Herd from The Bearded Woodworker. Gary repurposed a low-cost Harbor Freight furniture dolly into a mobile A-frame clamp rack to bring order to a crowded shop. The result is a simple, adaptable …
These projects were built and designed by Clinton from Specific Love Creations. Clinton demonstrates three practical and approachable projects made from cedar fence pickets that are ideal for beginners looking to make useful home accents and yard accessories. Watch the …
This project was built and designed by Connor from Shopfix. Connor repurposed an older table saw and built a rigid, modular workstation around it to improve accuracy, storage, and workflow in a small shop. The result is a multifunctional bench …
This project was built and designed by Connor from Shopfix. Connor shows how relatively simple, well-considered acoustic panels can kill reverb, tighten low end, and visually lift a one-car garage shop into a cleaner, more professional workspace. Watch the full …
This project was built and designed by Keaton Beyer. This short project turns leftover shop material into a small frame-and-panel vase that balances precise joinery with a conservation-minded approach to using wood scraps. Watch the full video and subscribe to …
This project was built and designed by Jon Peters of Longview Woodworking. This build shows a clean mid-century modern end table veneered in quarter-cut walnut with two drawers and a subtle waterfall edge, designed to be approachable for a home …
This project was built and designed by Tom from Alley Picked. Tom rescued a broken, early-20th-century walnut dresser found at the curb and set out to repurpose it into a sturdy, upholstered bench. The build kept as much original material …
Walk into a new housing development today, and you see the same house repeated 500 times. They are beige. They are vinyl. They are “safe.” Now, drive through a town built 100 years ago. You see personality. You see geometry …