No backyard is complete without some sort of planter. If you wanted to buy one, a decent sized planter could easily run you $200-$300, so why not build one? Now if you decide to do this, I’m pretty sure you’ve checked online and found a lot of ideas ranging from stacked wood laid on the… Read More

Have you ever heard of a cyclone? Yeah, probably not so you can thank me later. The basic premise behind these bad boys is that all your vacuum dust moves through a “cyclone” before hitting your Shop-Vac canister. With the help of gravity it gets separated into a separate canister. This dust collection system captures… Read More

Summer is here! We’ve spent the better part of June finishing our backyard. With the fence finally going up we went to work on a lot of the larger structural upgrades. We built the pergola, had the grass removed in lieu of interlocking and enhanced our deck space. Now time to furnish. This is the… Read More

With summer season right around the corner, now’s the perfect time to get a jump on any backyard DIY’s on your bucket list. Between the new found quarantine time and the benefit of enjoying your project all season – this was a no brainer. Backyard landscaping is pretty damn expensive, so it’s smart to look… Read More

Scrap wood. So much scrap wood. What to do with it? Throwing it away is a waste, so why not put it to good use? If you haven’t checked out my slatwall review, see why staying organized and neat is so important for your tools and your garage. Slatwall and other commercial solutions are expensive,… Read More

From the day we moved into this home, my wife has been asking me to change the colour of the door to black. I’ve literally done everything but that – finished a basement, converted my garage to storage, and then reconverted it again to a workspace, painted the house, put trim in, etc etc. Given… Read More