Recently my friends from Minwax reached out and challenged me to create a piece of art using their products in the “It’s Called Art” Challenge. I said bring it on

Hey I built a thing… like a year ago… then forgot to publish the content on it… This Mid Century Modern Storage bench actually was built for Makers Challenge Central TBC 11… we wrapped up season 13 a few months ago… yeah… so… They do call me “Lazy” Guy DIY. ...

If you’ve followed this channel for a while, then you’ll know that I’m a sucker for Mid-century modern style.  It has a vintage look that I love with generally darker colors and an organic flow.  Which all rolls into a perfect match for Krylon’s 2023 Color of The Year:  Spanish ...

Being under-caffeinated is a real problem. For instance, I built this entire countertop coffee tray and never once did it occur to me to wear my “Coffee First and then Sawdust” t-shirt.  It’s a travesty and the direct result of not having a proper supply of my caffeine filled lifeblood.  ...

When you think of a chalkboard you generally picture the classic blackboard color or that obnoxious green that you’d sometimes find in classrooms.  But what if I told you that you can now make chalkboards with literally hundreds of different color choices?  That’s exactly what I did for this fun ...

Building my own content creator workstation has been a passion project for a while. But this desk build kept getting pushed to the back of the line in terms of projects. We’ve had an extra kid, I quit my day job and I filmed a whole TV show in the ...

School is out and summer is in full swing and like any good parent I want my kids to sit around and play games all day.  Oh wait, not video games, but maybe learn a skill and strategy with something like Chess or Checkers?  That’s why I decided to team ...

Welcome to Season 12 of The Builders Challenge! The biggest free to all woodworking competition on the web! Last season we tried something new with a theme instead of build plans. The “Sit On It” challenge was a huge success! But we listened and we know that our Novice builders ...

Whether it’s for fall mums, spring vegetables or summer flowers it’s always nice to have a workspace for your gardening needs.  That’s why I designed this easy weekend build for a Potter’s Bench that you can complete with only three power tools!  I teamed up with my friends from The ...

Are you ready? It’s reveal time for the Backyard Back to Life series after weeks of work on the outdoor space.  It’s been long enough that we actually had another kid in between the kickoff and the completion!    But after the yard demolition on phase 1, the fence bump out ...