Painting Tip: How to prep a new roller

  I paint a LOT of cabinets and when I paint cabinets, these are the type of rollers I use.  I use them with oil and water based primers and paints. They are recommended for walls (you know, for hard to reach areas…) but I like them for cabinets and furniture too. My “paint guy” was...

DIY Boot Camp: How to Patch Drywall

This week I’m participating in Trick or Tip Week with some blogging friends where we bring you some tips and then on Friday, you can come back and link up (or leave a comment) with any tips you’d like to share.  Yesterday, Jenna with SAS Interiors shared some great painting tips and today,...

DIY Boot Camp: How to use a Circular Saw

I’ve been asked if I was ever afraid of using saws and the answer is “no” but I am aware of the damage they can do and try to be aware and as careful as possible.  Saws of any kind are powerful tools and injuries caused by them are RARELY minor! This video is a general description of how I...

DIY Boot Camp: How to put on a Dust Mask.

This week I want to revisit SAFETY!   I’ve already shared all the different safety gear I use in my Safety Gear post, but I want to go even more basic. This is so simple, I’m hesitant to even write about it…but at the same time, I’ve been wanting to because  in the last couple...

DIY Boot Camp: Air Compressor and Nail Guns

I don’t want to make a habit of posting at 11:30 pm but it is still Tuesday, so…  I made it! I tried to make this video as short as possible yet include as many important tidbits that I could think of.  It ended up being 12 minutes long, but what’s the point if it’s not...

DIY Boot Camp Video: Drill/Driver

I’m trying to develop some kind of schedule around here and that includes DIY Boot Camp on Mondays:  Where I bring you a DIY tip/technique/tutorial of one sort or another until I completely run out of ideas!  I’m starting out by FINALLY going over my tools, starting with…well you’ll...

DIY Boot Camp -Safety Gear

Don’t hate me because I’m beautiful! Ha!hahahaha!   You know before we start digging into tutorials and projects, we need to make sure we’re set up to protect our beautiful selves from the potential hazards that can happen when working with Power Tools. (You can find all these...

DIY Boot Camp!

I’ve gotten a lot of questions and requests in the past few months that I kept saying I’d get to   after I was done with MY projects and got my house on the market.Well, guess what? It’s time! I’m going to start answering some of your questions and requests with a new series of...