Yard & Garden

Extreme Weather – 5 Home Protection Tips

Extreme Weather – 5 Home Protection Tips

The 2012 tornado season ramps up in March in the southern US, and gathers momentum as it moves north throughout the spring and early summer – about the time Atlantic hurricanes start setting a course for the North American east coast. The greatest threats to your home and safety from these storms is wind and [...]

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Porch Trim Plans Package

Porch Trim Plans Package

Save 20% when you buy our Stonehaven Porch Trim Companion Plans Package!   Whether you’re renovating an old farmhouse or building a new home, these downloadable woodworking plans will guide you through the rewarding process of trimming out your porch or deck project. The subtle and easy-to-make details create interesting shadows and highlights that will [...]

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How to Build Porch Skirting, Soffits & Fascias

How to Build Porch Skirting, Soffits & Fascias

Give your porch, veranda or deck that professionally finished look. Add the finishing touches to your project with deck skirt boards, a drip rail and lattice panels. The screened lattice panels prevent wasps and other insects from nesting under your deck. And the attached heavy duty landscape fabric will keep the weeds from taking over. [...]

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Build No-Sag Gates for your Porch or Deck

Build No-Sag Gates for your Porch or Deck

No more fumbling with finicky gate latches or rusted steel sliding bolts! These unique pet gates will allow you to let your dog lounge off-leash in safety and comfort on your porch or deck – or guide them to a fenced yard where they can play or get down to “business”. Visitors will be intrigued [...]

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How to Build Traditional Porch Railings

How to Build Traditional Porch Railings

Wooden posts & railings are key architectural components for verandas, porches and decks from both a functional and aesthetic point of view. While the functional aspects of supporting the roof or preventing falls can be achieved with basic structural  components and construction methods, it’s the eye-catching details that bring these additions to life and anchor [...]

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Make Concrete Look Like “Granite”

Make Concrete Look Like "Granite"

The bare concrete foundation wall of our renovated mudroom made a stark contrast to the beautiful natural granite blocks that have solidly supported our farmhouse for 115 years. I had thought about parging it just to spruce it up a bit and then my partner suggested we try resurfacing the concrete with the Beauti-Tone (Tech [...]

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Installing a T & G Ceiling by Yourself

Installing a T & G Ceiling by Yourself

Veranda Ceiling Do-over (Part 2) I have to say installing this ceiling the second time was much easier than the first – even by myself. Since all the pieces were precut and numbered – it was kind of a “paint by numbers” job – uh…once I worked out the logistics. The main issues I had [...]

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Veranda Ceiling Do-over

Veranda Ceiling Do-over

No, sadly, I don’t mean “makeover” – which usually means new & improved. I mean “do-over” as in doing it all over again…as in twice.

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Frost-Free Hose Bibs Can Freeze!

Frost-Free Hose Bibs Can Freeze!

Last year’s renovations included adding a much-needed outdoor hose bib to replace the hose snaking through the cellar and out through a hole drilled in the old wooden entry doors. Our plumber installed one of the “frost-free” bibs that are about 14 inches long which effectively shut the water off “inside” the house thus preventing [...]

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