(BPT) – Smart home devices are everywhere. From smart speakers to kitchen appliances to thermostats, these devices are helping people …
Shotgun Hack Job: Budget DIY Home Defense
How hard is it to turn an old hunting shotgun into a compact home defense shotgun? Is it cheaper than …
How It’s Made: Glass Christmas Ornaments
The guy who invented them couldn’t afford nuts and candy!
Life Hack: Grimy Shower Basin? Fixed!
Shower basins pick up every scrap of dirt off feet, every bit of soap scum and never really dry out. …
WATCH! Multi Surface Laser Cleaning is Amazing!
Laser cleaning and surface structuring is a chemical-free alternative to paint stripping, rust removal, and weld-preparation steps such as removal of aluminum silicon coatings. …
How to Magically Clean the Bottom of a Pan
The alliance of science! Using a couple of household products the bottom of this frying pan comes up like new! …
Teen’s clever trap for spotted lanternflies
We stomp them, and spray them, but this teen might have a better plan for getting rid of those nasty …
Burglar in Toledo, Ohio shown how the Castle Doctrine works
There’s a short ad – nothing to do with me! – Kelly Devin Brackett, an armed robbery suspect in Toledo learned …
Rusty to running: Chevy Stovebolt 6 engine rebuild time lapse
Man, these guys are good.
26 Easy Household Tips
They’ve got some good uses for the insides of toilet rolls – the planter idea is very cool.
Another amazing restoration project
You may remember this type of coffee (and everything else!) grinder from your childhood. You might still use one. This …
Antique Stove Restoration – From Soup to Nuts
This is a magnificent restoration project with just the sounds of the tools to accompany the craftsmanship. No annoying music. …
How to Prepare for a Wildfire
Chubb North America offers this advice: With a record number of wildfires, acres burned, and homes destroyed in recent years, …
Reason why not to have a composting toilet
Wink, wink! They LOVE their nature’s head composting toilet because: ? Its easy to install ? Its easy to use. …
In These 11 Cases, a Firearm Saved the Owner or Others
Late last month, President Joe Biden used his first address to a joint session of Congress to push for major …
WATCH: $700 Ferragamo Loafers Are Professionally Restored (and resole yours for pennies!)
Heath Potter is a professional cobbler and cofounder of Potter and Sons. He demonstrates how he restores a pair of …
Couple Build Amazing Shipping Container Home For Debt-Free Living
This amazing shipping container home is guaranteed to impress! Constructed from one 20ft and one 40ft shipping container, this compact …
35 Money-Saving Household Tips
Everyone needs to makes small repairs to their home. But sometimes these repairs can take a lot of time and …
Reclaiming Wood
As we have covered recently, prices for new wood and building materials in general are going through the roof as …
The Price Of Plywood Is Absolutely Ridiculous – But It Is Also A Sign Of The Times
Would you pay $100 for a sheet of plywood? I know that sounds absolutely crazy, but we are almost there. …
Roundup: Snake bites penis; snake in toilet; snake in lettuce.
A Thai teen lived out every man’s worst nightmare after a snake sunk its fangs into his penis while he …
Protect your home with defensive landscaping
Nothing says “Please, Come rob me!” like a home that looks like it’s got something to hide. That’s why floodlights …
Watch as this bread slicer is painstakingly restored
I lost 25 minutes of my life this morning watching this video. So I decided to pass it on to …
Meet the Rocket Mass Heater (and build one!)
Paul Wheaton: I have answered the “what is a rocket mass heater?” question hundreds of times. This is my attempt …
My favorite new thing! A self-feeding fire.
I have a cottage with a biggish room heated by a fireplace that never seemed to reach the far corners. …
Watch this boy teach his dad how to build a Leonardo Da Vinci bridge
Wonder how well it would work in real life? Here’s a version erected out of construction lumber in Stuttgart, Germany, …
Amazing! Engineer With No Fingers Builds His Own Bionic Hand
After Ian lost four of his fingers, he decided to build himself an incredible bionic hand – wait until you …
Nam Vet kills home intruder who attacked his wife
61-year-old Harold Runnel is now dead. He had entered the home of Herbert Parrish, 82, and Lois Parrish, 79, who …
Ironing vs Pressing
File under “Things you never thought about before but are super interesting to know!”