Are women trading in nail salons for hardware stores? That’s the argument leveled in a recent Wall Street Journal article called “Ms. Fix-It.” In what Kay Hymowitz refers to as “the pinking of home improvement,” women are picking up hammers and drills in increasing numbers. But this isn't exactly breaking news. Around 2005, the Home Depot, along with other hardware stores, began targeting women customers with programs like the Do-It-Herself home ...

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I live in a neighborhood that is moving into its second stanza. It sits on a peninsula, and the lake access and lake lifestyle make it an attractive place to live. So attractive, in fact, that it's essentially built out. At the same time, many of the first-generation homes are beginning to show their age. The net result is that I see a lot of major renovations, some driven by ...

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In my last post I wrote about how to build compound molding. There were some questions about how I built that curved baseboard so I'll show how I did it. There are basically four ways to build that curve using solid lumber. What I did really wasn't the best way to do it. Normally, you would steam the wood and bend it in a jig. But even ...

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