How to Build a Reclaimed Wood Crate Table

For the last year or so, I’ve had a vision in my head of building a really awesome crate table. I’ve been “liking” pictures of crates in Instagram and clipping pictures of them from magazines. (I’m actually staring at one of the magazine clippings hanging on my

How to Find a Wall Stud or Ceiling Joist (2 Easy Ways!)

While renovating our barn house, we quickly found out how hard it is to find a stud in the wall using one of those electronic stud finders you see at the hardware store. We plugged in a battery, and it beeped & booped in the most random

Our Barn House Kitchen & Dining Room Renovation! – Part 2

When we first looked at the barn house, we knew the kitchen & dining room area would have to be changed. The original idea was that we could “live with it” for the time being until we really decided how we wanted to change it. But once

Our Barn House Kitchen & Dining Room Renovation! – Part 1

When we first looked at the barn house, we knew the kitchen & dining room area would have to be changed. The original idea was that we could “live with it” for the time being until we really decided how we wanted to change it. But once

DIY Plywood Plank Floors – 1 Year Update + Price Estimates

Well, it’s September of 2014, and it’s been over a year now that we’ve had the plywood plank floors installed. If you’ve watched my video series or read my other posts here and here, you might have wondered how they’ve held up. In short… they’ve held up

Low Budget DIY Plywood Plank Floors (Part 2)

Alright, so if you remember in Part 1 of my plywood plank floors post, I mentioned how we were renovating the entire interior of our barn house and were looking for a interesting floor that was both low cost and durable. Searching around the interwebz… I found

Low Budget DIY Plywood Plank Floors (Part 1)

Probably… no wait…. definitely one of the best changes we made to our house during renovations was getting rid of the uber gross, stained, sea of cat hair (umm… carpet I mean) and replacing it with wood floors. We were keeping things as low cost as possible

We Bought a Barn! (…house)

Boom-shocka-locka. I have no idea how to start up my newly re-purposed DIY Dork site (now with a fresh new wordpress smell!) … so why not start with the biggest project my wife and I have ever tried to redo. We bought a barn! (…house) A pretty