Most reupholstery projects are usually best left to the professionals, as they require a heavy-duty sewing machine. There is an exception though; that’s reupholstering dining room chairs. The vast majority of dining room chairs don’t require any sewing to reupholster them, unless they have a removable cushion that is made with piping on the edges. … Read more
Filling wood is one of those things that goes part and parcel with woodworking. Perfect joinery, with no cracks and nail hole to fill is theoretically possible, as shown by the work of some of the finest woodworkers. But even they often have something that needs a bit of filling. Unless we are going to … Read more
By and large, when people paint things, they want those things to remain painted. That doesn’t meant that paint always ends up where we want it. Drips and drabs while we’re painting is a common phenomenon; much more common than any of us would like. And who hasn’t pulled up masking tape sometime, to find … Read more
Contractors are always on the lookout for ways to reduce the cost of building homes. This is especially apparent in tract homes, which by definition are built to be low-cost housing for first-time and middle income homeowners. While savings of a dollar or two here or there may not seem like much when doing a … Read more
Attic sealing is an important part of controlling heating costs. As we all learned in elementary school, heat rises. So without proper attic heating, all the money we spend trying to heat our homes can effectively be going up in smoke, just as if we lit a fire in a fireplace, allowing the hot smoke … Read more