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How to Fix Ugly Nail Pops in Your Walls
Drywall is relatively durable and cheap, and looks quite nice if installed and maintained correctly. But it’s also easy to damage while you’re just living your life—and it can even damage itself, most commonly through the appearance of little bumps under the surface known as “nail pops.” (Despite the name, nail pops can also be…
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Five Cheap and Easy Ways to Organise Your Home Workshop
Home workshops for maintenance and repair tasks, or for working on bigger projects, can get expensive quickly. Tools and equipment aren’t cheap, and keeping everything organised gets difficult in a small space. For DIYers with a home workspace, here are a few things you can do to upgrade your shop and keep everything clear of…
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What Is a Pocket Hole Jig (and Why Do You Need One)?
The challenge of hiding hardware when attaching two pieces of wood can be daunting if you’re new to carpentry. If you’re not practiced in making dovetail joints and you don’t own a dado blade — or even know what those things are — making sturdy wood joints that also look nice is difficult. Enter, the…
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15 DIY Shortcuts That Are Sure to Make Your Home Repairs Easier
Every year, homeowners around the world resolve to finally tackle a long list of deferred maintenance projects. After years of hiding stains, cracks, and holes in the walls, we decide that this is the year everything changes. But a few months later, nothing’s been fixed. All it usually takes is realising you’re missing one tool,…