Renovation Videos
Fix it, build it, learn it.
Every project we cover, with its parts in order.
Published: 24 Apr 2026
The creator builds a U-shaped outdoor patio sectional from Douglas fir, aiming to copy a $12,000 design for about $1,000.
Published: 14 Mar 2026
Ricky from Lowe's shows how to refinish a weathered deck.
Published: 14 Feb 2026
General contractor Tom Silva shows host Kevin O'Connor the main types of caulk: latex, acrylic with silicone, 100% silicone and butyl.
Published: 27 Nov 2025
A Vancouver carpenter shows his process for applying Nova Color wall-to-floor microcement in his first microcement bathroom, covering the thin set leveling, Hydroband waterproofing, mesh-embedded…
Published: 14 Nov 2025
A test on torn brown drywall paper compares a primed patch with an unprimed one, both finished with 40-minute setting-type mud and water-based paint.
Published: 29 Jul 2025
Part 2 of a fireplace project shows how built-ins with storage were added beside a fireplace.
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: 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: 30 Dec 2024
A Mississauga homeowner and retired electrician converts a 1970s semi-detached house's old living space into a new kitchen.
Published: 6 Nov 2024
A carpenter builds a media wall in a finished living room.
Published: 9 May 2024
The first episode of a guest bathroom makeover on a $500 budget that was meant to take 2 to 3 days.
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: 11 Nov 2022
A homeowner turns a carpet-stripped basement staircase into a finished one by laying 1/4 in. pine plywood treads over the existing treads, adding routed pine bullnose nosing, then staining and…
Published: 15 Jan 2022
A professional painter shows homeowners how to repaint a hallway without taping.
Published: 7 May 2021
Shows how to build a DIY walk-in closet from 3/4 in. MDF shelves with MDF strip supports instead of brackets.
Published: 31 Mar 2021
Episode 4 of a shed-to-workshop conversion covers the exterior finishing.
Published: 26 Feb 2021
Episode 2 of a shed-to-workshop conversion covers priming and painting the plywood interior with a Wagner Control Pro 150 airless sprayer, then applying a Rust-Oleum garage concrete epoxy kit with…
Published: 8 Dec 2020
The creator builds shiplap built-in side cabinets and floating stained shelves on both sides of a fireplace she had previously built.
Published: 29 Jul 2020
A homeowner recaps a full guest bathroom remodel, converting a tub to a shower.
Published: 8 May 2020
The creator turns unfinished basement stairs into finished ones for under $200 over 3 days.
Published: 9 Oct 2018
A Home Depot walkthrough of painting a room, from patching and sanding walls through taping, drop cloths, cutting in, priming and rolling two coats.
Published: 19 Feb 2018
A painter shows a homeowner the sequence for painting a room whose ceiling is already done: liquid mask on the window glass, trim first, then walls.
Published: 10 Jul 2014
A Lowe's walkthrough of painting a room: estimating paint, painting top down from ceiling to walls to trim, cutting in with a brush, rolling in a zig-zag pattern, taping trim, and cleaning up…
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