Renovation Videos
Fix it, build it, learn it.
Every project we cover, with its parts in order.
Published: 1 Aug 2025
The second part of a 4 ft x 8 ft lean-to shed build against a shed workshop covers sheathing the walls with 3/8 in. plywood, decking the roof with 3/4 in. plywood, and covering it with corrugated…
Published: 31 Jul 2025
A 4 ft x 8 ft lean-to shed is framed against an existing shed.
Published: 29 Jul 2025
Part 2 of a fireplace project shows how built-ins with storage were added beside a fireplace.
Published: 8 Jul 2025
A 2x8 floor joist was flagged in a homeowner's inspection for a notch of about 5 in. by 3 in. that removes its ability to carry tension at the bottom.
Published: 29 Jun 2025
A homeowner refinishes a dark builder-grade staircase railing and newel posts by sanding with 80 and 120 grit and applying a one-coat sunbleached stain to match the white oak floors.
Published: 27 Jun 2025
Scott assembles a plastic (resin) Suncast-made Craftsman shed and a metal shed to compare them.
Published: 13 Jun 2025
A carpenter shows how he preps and paints existing baseboards: caulking the top edge, gaps, mitres and exposed MDF edges, filling nail holes with wood filler, taping the floor, sanding with 180…
Published: 6 Jun 2025
Scott of Everyday Home Repairs explains how to anchor into concrete without failures, using a solar tracker base with 16 anchor holes as the demo.
A carpenter shows a simplified method for installing paint-grade MDF baseboard: butt joints, 44 and 46 degree miters, bulk cutting, and finding studs by screw pops or 16 in. layout.
Published: 9 Feb 2025
A full bathroom remodel on a stated budget under $2,500, with the cost given as $2,433.69 in the title and $2,443 in the closing tally.
Published: 10 Jan 2025
A homeowner builds a wall-to-wall wardrobe in an 11 by 12 ft guest bedroom office using two IKEA PAX wardrobes and three BESTA units around a sleeper sofa.
Published: 6 Nov 2024
A carpenter builds a media wall in a finished living room.
Published: 2 Nov 2024
Monica from The Weekender turns three pre-built Lowe's bookshelves, each 3 ft wide and 6 ft tall, into arched built-ins for a homeowner named Tim.
Published: 21 Oct 2024
The framing crew hangs LVL beams and 32-foot, 14-inch-wide rafters on an A-frame cabin, while plan gaps force improvised fixes for the subfascia and gable.
Published: 7 Oct 2024
Framing begins on an A-frame cabin being built with the owner acting as general contractor.
Published: 25 May 2024
Final installment of a laundry room makeover in which upper cabinets are built: open shelving and doors under a soffit, plus three cabinets above the washer and dryer.
Published: 1 May 2024
A comparison of a store-bought closet organizer assembled in just over 3 hours against a custom plywood closet tower built from scratch for a deeper 38 in. closet.
Published: 28 Apr 2024
A floating deck is built at the front of an abandoned house as part of its curb-appeal work.
Published: 2 Apr 2024
Part 1 of a two-part stair railing remodel replaces an outdated white oak railing with a Stair Supplies system.
Published: 15 Mar 2024
A couple builds a bedroom closet in a spare room so it can count as a fourth bedroom in a house being prepared for sale.
Published: 9 Mar 2024
A dark, sparsely furnished laundry room is gutted, patched with mesh tape and joint compound, painted white, and fitted with four base cabinets on the right wall, an open-shelf cabinet beside the…
Published: 10 Feb 2024
Chris of HandyDadTV helps a friend, Joe, build a permanent built-in around an Amantii TRD-33 electric fireplace in a living room, using two IKEA HAVSTA cabinets and two BILLY bookcases.
Published: 13 Jan 2024
Amanda from Lowe's shows how to cut and install crown molding.
Published: 6 Jan 2024
A ground-level 8 by 12 ft deck is built on CAMO blocks with pressure-treated 2x8 joists and Trex composite boards.
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