Sure, anyone can turn on a boring light with a smart device like an outlet switch or even utilize smart light bulbs these days with a Jetson’s style voice command. While we don’t have a Rosie the Robot yet in our Smart Homes, we are finally seeing the …
“Do you think you can build a children’s bookcase? Can you design a bookcase for our daughter’s room? Have you come up with a design for the bookcase yet? Do you think you can start the bookcase after this next project? What do you mean you’ve only worked on …
You might remember last year I teamed up with The Home Depot to bring you an all out Smart Home blitz in my post about How My Dumb Home Got Smart. Well I’ve teamed back up with The Home Depot to bring you a whole series of Smart …
Maybe it’s my magic power (why couldn’t it be the ability to control squirrels?) or maybe it’s because I’m actually getting time to work on the house, but without fail, it seems like we run into the need for an emergency repair on something around the house whenever …
Attics, crawlspaces and even a little time (a lot of time) under the kitchen sink is where I’ve been spending a lot of what should be my workshop time recently. As I begin to reacquaint myself with the deep and dark recesses of my house, one thing is …
“Just because you can, doesn’t mean you should” is a phrase that should resonate with anyone that lives in an older house and starts taking a closer look at their utility lines. In our case, I was looking at the plumbing under our kitchen sink while installing our …
My first impulse tool purchase was an 18v X4 RIDGID Impact Driver that was sitting on an end cap at my local Home Depot. Combo-kits were a luxury I couldn’t afford and this was about the time impact drivers really started to catch fire so we’re talking about a …
There was a time when I’d see someone mowing their lawn with an electric mower and I’d laugh at the tethered fool cutting grass cautiously while trying to avoid cutting through their extension cord. In a very short time frame, the window for electric mower shaming has come …
