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15 videos

  1. 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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  2. 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

  3. 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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  4. Shed Framing: 5 Mistakes DIYers Make, From Foundation to Corners

    Published: 4 Sep 2025

    Scott of Everyday Home Repairs outlines five common beginner mistakes when framing a DIY wood shed, using his 12x16 lean-to shed as the example.

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  5. DIY Kitchen Remodel: Heated Tile Floor, Cabinets and Counters

    Published: 3 Aug 2025

    Andrew Thron walks through a full DIY kitchen remodel in six stages: planning, demolition and rough-in, a heated tile floor, cabinet installation, countertops, and final touches.

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  6. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. 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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  9. IKEA HAVSTA and BILLY Built-ins Around an Amantii Electric Fireplace

    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.

  10. Crown Moulding: Inside, Outside and Overlapping Miter Cuts

    Published: 13 Jan 2024

    Amanda from Lowe's shows how to cut and install crown molding.

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  11. 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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  12. 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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  13. Basement Stairs Makeover With Oak Plywood Treads for Under $200

    Published: 8 May 2020

    The creator turns unfinished basement stairs into finished ones for under $200 over 3 days.

  14. Floating Deck Around a Tree: 14×14 Build on Concrete Deck Blocks

    Published: 13 Jul 2019

    A contractor builds a 14 ft by 14 ft floating deck about 12 inches above the ground around a tree.

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  15. Replacing Worn Oak Stair Treads and Covering Pine Risers

    Published: 5 May 2019

    Tom Silva of Ask This Old House shows a homeowner how to replace loose, cracked, noisy split-level stair treads with new red oak.

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