You can’t change your girlfriend’s looks but you can make your home look better with a lot of sweat and cussing.

We all know it’s the outside that counts. Here’s how to make a fake reclaimed wood beam for a fraction of the cost of a real one.

From an ugly stained slab to a not as ugly centerpiece: how to install a live-edge slab mantel.

It’s lonely down here, so give your crawlspace some attention for once.

Contracting, camping, homelessness, apocalypse… you’re eventually gonna find yourself in one of those situations. Be prepared with a DIY truck bed drawer system.

Spice up your door life by installing a new exterior door and get real weird with it by adding a doggy door.

Your mailbox is your first impression. Impress the mailman with a DIY mailbox.

Spend your time scrolling on a scroll saw. That way the only person cyberbullying you is yourself.

Ya you can open up to a therapist. Or you can open up your cramped three season room into an actually functional space for about the same cost as a therapist.

Making a cedar lined reclaimed chest that is bound to make the boys stare.

Give your old, uninspired furniture the life you never had. I upcycle an end table.

You can’t stop your life from falling apart but you sure can save your furniture.

Make bar tops that pop with some wood flooring and a little ingenuity.

How to build your own cabinets that are truly custom and loaded with features.

Quick and easy way for floating shelves that are strong enough to hold all sorts of useless junk.

A cheap and easy way to build a bar base that will leave you satisfied.

Build your own basement bar from scratch and learn absolutely nothing about marriage and love.

Have some class when you drink alone. With scrap wood and a cart you can impress people with something other than the amount you drink.

Be honest. All anyone cares about is what’s on the surface. With some cheap tongue and groove boards and some stain you can have a beautiful accent wall for cheap.

You may belong in the trash, but not your leftover building materials. Here are some ideas of what to do with the extras.