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Stopcock Caulk

Stopcock Caulk

We put men on the moon in 1969, in a lunar landing module that I’m pretty sure had less onboard RAM than my 1986 Chevette, yet we’ve only just recently, achieved the technological breakthrough in caulking tube design, that can miraculously stop the caulk from continuing to ooze out of the tube, even after you [...]

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3-D Printers – The Ultimate DIY Tool

3-D Printers – The Ultimate DIY Tool

Just imagine, being able to scan an object, load it into your computer, and have a full-colour 3 dimensional copy of that object in your hand a few minutes later. If you’re thinking Star Trek "replicator", you’re pretty much on the money. When Gene Roddenberry opened our minds to these futuristic possibilities back in the [...]

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Make a Roof Pitch Guess-timator

Make a Roof Pitch Guess-timator

This simple little device represents the kind of creative thinking that’s brought us to the point of living in houses (with roofs) and not in caves. Duane Mackey designs home additions, so he came up with this brilliant idea that lets you estimate the pitch of a roof safety from terra firma. He’s posted the [...]

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Big Red Barn Dance – Part 3

Big Red Barn Dance – Part 3

Finally, the moment we’ve all been waiting for… Today, Lee & Katelynn show off the beautiful results of all their hard work and creative use of “treasures” in the conclusion of this 3-part series. You can catch up on the back story here in Part 1. Enjoy! – Rick Decorating to suit the venue With [...]

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Big Red Barn Dance – Part 2

Big Red Barn Dance – Part 2

If you’re just tuning in, Lee & Katelynn, a couple of young engineers, took on the challenge of holding their wedding reception in a barn filled with 50 years of accumulated “stuff”. You can catch up on the story here in Part 1. Today, Lee gets into the nitty gritty of whitewashing the barn interior [...]

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Big Red Barn Dance – Part 1

Big Red Barn Dance – Part 1

As I mentioned in my Stonehaven Life 2012 Preview, Lee & Katelynn, a couple of young and energetic engineers, took on a mission last year that some of us (like me, and apparently Lee’s father) would have likely dismissed as “crazy”. Today, Lee lays the groundwork of how they transformed a junk-filled barn into a [...]

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Stonehaven Washstand Vanity – Woodworking Plans

Stonehaven Washstand Vanity - Woodworking Plans

This 40” x 24” pine vanity has the look and charm of an old-fashioned washstand that would have had held a ceramic water pitcher and a washbowl for cleaning up in the pre-plumbing days. It features six functional slab drawers and a recessed panel door, inset in a narrow pine face frame. The exposed “ladder [...]

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Stonehaven Life 2012 Preview

Stonehaven Life 2012 Preview

Well, now that we’ve polished off the last of the turkey and we’re scrounging around in the bottom layer of holiday chocolates, it’s time to contemplate the year ahead. 2011 was hectic for some of us and a relentless economic challenge for many others. We were "#Occupied" and pre-occupied by an unprecedented wave of protests, [...]

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Bonus Bathtub Shelf

Bonus Bathtub Shelf

When we renovated our bathroom recently, it included moving the tub to increase the headroom under a sloped ceiling. Since were we using the same length of bathtub, we had to deal with the space left at the end of the tub. Rather than just fill the whole thing in, we decided to use the [...]

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Cabinets – Frame or Frameless?

Cabinets - Frame or Frameless?

When planning and designing kitchens, one of the most basic questions relates to the style and look of the cabinets. Traditional style cabinets have face frames while contemporary or "European style" cabinets are essentially frameless. There are also variations with each style that serve to define the room to suit your taste and budget. And [...]

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