Archives for August 2014

| By John Petersik | August 7, 2014 | 240 Comments

How To Insulate Walls

Drywall mudding and taping in the laundry room is going (I think) well. We’re two coats in and past our first bout of sanding (we tried wet sanding so I’m excited to share how that went) but I’m still holding my breath a bit to get through the third (and hopefully last) coat and onto primer to be sure it looks as good as we think it does, since it’s that last step that tends to be the real test. So rather than split up our mudding and taping tutorial into two posts, I’m holding off until Monday to cover the process from start to finish (with video). So today we’re talking about money and

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| By John Petersik | August 6, 2014 | 112 Comments

Fab Freebie: Mow Money, Mow Problems

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| By Sherry Petersik | August 5, 2014 | 320 Comments

Finishing The Office Makeover

Our office continues to creep towards the finish line (tortoise style) with the addition of an overhead light… … and new desk chairs. You might recognize the light because it’s none other than the one we used to have hanging in our kitchen (loosely meeting both the “old” and “borrowed” criteria from this post’s title). We loved the light itself, but mentioned a few times in the comments that after living with it for a little while, we weren’t sure we loved it as much as we initially thought we would in the kitchen. So we figured we’d try it in the office. The second it was up, we were sold. It feels polished and

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| By John Petersik | August 4, 2014 | 178 Comments

How To Hang Drywall By Yourself

Installing drywall doesn’t have to be intimidating and, in fact, you can do it all by yourself! I was able to do our entire laundry room (including the ceiling) in one day AND without an extra set of hands. So today I’ll show you how and the secret weapon that made it all possible. Drywall Installation Tools & Materials Here’s what you’ll want to have on hand if, some of it is optional depending on the difficulty of your job: Drywall, we used 4 x 8′ UltraLight Sheetrock Drywall lift (we rented ours for $40!) An electric drill, in hindsight I wish I’d gotten a drywall screw gun Drywall setting drill bit (to countersink heads into the

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