In case you haven’t checked lately, new furniture is expensive! This keeps many of us from replacing our old furniture, when it needs to be. Either that, or we buy cheap stuff on the side of the road and end up learning why it is so cheap. It doesn’t take long to be right back … Read more
Upholstery work is something that most woodworkers and do-it-yourslefers generally avoid. Working with fabric is just different enough, that it feels like a foreign world. It also requires different tools and techniques than most of us are used to. But that’s not to say that we can’t do it, if we decide to. I’ve done … Read more
Ceramic tile is a great floor covering. It’s tough, inexpensive, easy to clean, durable and attractive. Even so, it can eventually get to the point where it has enough chips in it, or doesn’t match your décor, leaving you with no option but to replace it. When that time comes, you need to know the … Read more
One of the many advantages of working with plywood comes from its inherent dimensional stability. Since the composition of plywood consists of layers of alternating grain direction, any negative effects of wet plywood tend to cancel each other and the board remains, for the most part, straight and level. However, extreme cases of saturation or … Read more
In the last half century, drywall (also known as Sheetrock, wallboard or plaster board) has replaced plaster/lath as the material used for interior walls. First developed over a century ago,1 drywall consists of gypsum sandwiched between two external layers of paper. The ease of use and installation of drywall didn’t catch on right away, however, … Read more