by the Professional Power Tool Guide Crew
If you don’t know what tuck-pointing is, it’s basically a process that’s used to prevent moisture from seeping behind bricks and causing them to weaken. It’s a way to replace bad mortar in between brick joints. Understanding how to tuck-point will allow you to repair damages on your wall and potentially prevent more damages
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by the Professional Power Tool Guide Crew
Your furnace turns into your best friend once the winter months hit. It’s the one thing that keeps you warm when Mother Nature continuously throws frost your way. Getting your furnace ready for winter is just one of the many things you have to do to your home before the cold sets in, but
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by Ashley Horn
Halloween is around the corner and it is about time we discuss another cheap and easy home Halloween décor item that can be cut out by mom or dad and decorated by the kids. In addition, window jack-o-lanterns can be used year after year and are easy to set up and take down.
Before you can begin this project
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by Ashley Horne
Pumpkin heads are a fantastic mother-child craft project. They’re easy and affordable to make as fall or Halloween decorations and are perfect projects for a Girl Scout troop, as a classroom craft activity or to make on a lazy afternoon. No matter what the occasion, this project is fun for everyone!
For this project you will need the
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by Ashley Horne
Now that all of the pieces have been cut, sanded and stained we can start to assemble our coffin. First, we’ll start by assembling the frame. You will glue the top (17” piece) to the two pieces that go from the head to the widest point of the coffin. You will then glue those two pieces
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by Ashley Horne
Now that we have all of our supplies, tools and safety items ready to go, we can start cutting out the pieces of our coffin.
First, we’ll build the bottom of the coffin. You’ll want the top (head) to measure 17” and the bottom (feet) to measure 14”. The section in the middle that will be widest
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by Ashley Horne
A great prop to have at any Halloween party is a wooden coffin. There are so many things you can do with a coffin! You can put it on a table, open the lid, and serve all of your party snacks from within. You can put it on your porch and hop out of it to
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by Ashley Horne
I’ve always enjoyed the decorative wooden wall cubes that I’ve seen in the stores, but have never once liked their price. My quick fix? I decided that I’d make my own wall cubes (or at least recruit my husband to help me make them) and enjoy expensive looking home décor for a more reasonable price.
For this
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by Ashley Horne
Halloween is always the most celebrated holiday of the year at our house. We were thrilled last Halloween when more than one child told us we had the best decorated house in town. So, of course, that inspired us to get bigger and better this year!
We continue to look for easy projects that are inexpensive and fun
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by the Professional Power Tool Guide Crew
One of the most basic actions that the novice electrician brags about is installing a light switch. For some reason, light switch installation is the measuring stick for home electrical work. For most people, installing a light switch is simple enough to be performed without strict training, but difficult enough to impress friends
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