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  1. Ipe Deck Boards and a Dovetail Railing on a 20×20 Deck

    Published: 7 Oct 2026

    Tom Silva guides homeowners Melissa and Mark through finishing a 20 by 20 deck.

    View project: How to Build a Deck
  2. Building a U-Shaped Outdoor Patio Sectional From Douglas Fir

    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.

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  3. Build a Freestanding Redwood Vertical Garden With Hanging Planters

    Published: 18 Apr 2026

    Ricky from Lowe's builds a freestanding vertical garden from redwood in a backyard: a planter box base, a vertical section of 1x6 boards braced with 2x2s, and smaller planter boxes that hang from…

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  4. Building a Storage Window Seat with a Butcher Block Lid

    Published: 31 Jan 2026

    A Lowe's associate guides homeowners Savannah and Michael through building a hinged-lid storage window seat for their mudroom.

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  5. Closet Built-In With Desk, Drawers and Oak Doors for Under $600

    Published: 10 Dec 2025

    The creator turns his son's builder-grade closet into a custom built-in with cabinets, drawers, a desk with a laminated butcher block top, overlay doors, trim and a hidden drawer.

    View project: Son's Room Renovation
  6. Plywood Built-In Closet Around IKEA Dressers for About $1,000

    Published: 2 Oct 2025

    A homeowner builds a his-and-her built-in closet on a blank wall in a master bathroom, using a 2x6 base, 3/4 in. plywood boxes joined with pocket holes, IKEA dressers, and 2 in. primed pine trim.

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  7. IKEA PAX and BESTA Built-In Wardrobe in an 11 by 12 ft Bedroom

    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.

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  8. Building a Media Wall Around a Fireplace With Oak Floating Shelves

    Published: 6 Nov 2024

    A carpenter builds a media wall in a finished living room.

  9. Turn Basic Bookshelves into Arched Built-Ins with Plywood

    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.

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  10. Building Laundry Room Cabinets Around a Soffit and Washer-Dryer

    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.

  11. Build vs Buy Closet: $200 Plywood Tower or $450 Kit Compared

    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.

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  12. Shop Vac Cyclone Bucket and Rolling Cart for a Small Woodshop

    Published: 23 Apr 2024

    Dave Ardito shows his low-cost dust collection setup for a small shop: a shop vac with the bag removed, connected through a bucket-lid cyclone separator.

  13. 12 Workshop Organization Ideas: Drawers, Racks, Reels and Foam

    Published: 14 Apr 2024

    MWA Woodworks shares 12 workshop organization ideas: friction-fit plywood drawer dividers, deli containers for fasteners, sliding trays, a drill charging station, grab-and-go storage, a slide-out…

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  14. Replacing a Stair Railing with Box Newels and Half Newels

    Published: 2 Apr 2024

    Part 1 of a two-part stair railing remodel replaces an outdated white oak railing with a Stair Supplies system.

    View project: Modern Stair Railing Remodel
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  15. Laundry Room Renovation: Built-In Cabinets and Butcher Block

    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…

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  16. Turning a Hallway Closet into Drawers and Shelves with Cedar Trim

    Published: 2 Dec 2023

    A hallway closet with hard-to-open, loud double doors is emptied, stripped of its doors, shelves and trim, and filled with custom built-ins.

  17. Installing an Oneida Dust Gorilla Pro and Ducting in a Home Shop

    Published: 5 May 2023

    A woodworker replaces her old dust collection with an Oneida 5 HP Dust Gorilla Pro in a new shop.

  18. Closet Built-ins From 3/4 in. MDF: Grooved Shelves in 5 Hours

    Published: 17 Mar 2023

    Clayton of The Weekend Builder builds closet shelving units from 3/4 in. MDF using grooves routed into the side pieces, glue and brad nails.

  19. Build Built-In Bookshelves With 1×12 Boards and a Plywood Back

    Published: 12 Jan 2023

    A Home Depot walkthrough for building built-in bookshelves.

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  20. Building Laundry Room Cabinet Boxes and Maple Face Frames

    Published: 10 Dec 2022

    Part 1 of a two-part laundry room build shows how to make cabinet boxes from pre-finished maple plywood, using dados, glue and pocket holes, plus a nook, clothes hanger and separate toe kicks.

    View project: Laundry Room Cabinets
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  21. Basement Stair Remodel Over Carpet Stairs With Pine Plywood Treads

    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…

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  22. Building a Stone Veneer Fireplace Wall With a Walnut Beam Mantel

    Published: 20 Mar 2022

    A builder frames a fireplace and TV wall for his mom's birthday.

  23. PVC Dust Collection Ductwork for a Shop With No 90° Elbows

    Published: 12 Feb 2022

    A woodworking shop owner shows how he set up a dust collection system around a two-horsepower Central Machinery collector.

  24. One 2 HP Collector, Whole Shop: 6 in. PVC Dust Collection Setup

    Published: 14 Sep 2021

    A woodworker walks through his overhead dust collection system that runs a whole shop from one 2 hp, 220V collector.