DIY Boot Camp!

I’ve gotten a lot of questions and requests in the past few months that I kept saying I’d get to
after I was done with MY projects and got my house on the market.Well, guess what?
It’s time!

I’m going to start answering some of your questions and requests with a new series of posts that I’m calling:

DIY Boot Camp
Basic DIY Skills Training

It’s not going to be every day. It’ll probably be once a week (maybe twice). Mind you, these are basic DIY skills, tips and tools that a person might need in order to say – reface, remodel or renovate their home.

Here are some of the requests/questions I’m thinking of covering:

basic framing
drywall installation and patching
what tools do you use for what and how do you use them
how to change out a light fixture
install a faucet
changing hardware (doors and cabinets)
how to install flooring (hardwood and floating laminate)
install shelves in a closet
how to cut and install crown moulding

I keep getting requests for a wainscoting tutorial. Because of the extensive time, effort and expense it will take to create it, (if I do create it) it will probably be an E-book for purchase. It would be a really big commitment from me.

Also, I keep getting asked about this one: How to paint cabinets? I already did this tutorial once but my all the pictures disappeared on part 1 so I deleted the whole thing and I haven’t had it in me to create it again! It was really, really involved! I will re-do it sometime. It might be another E-book thing. I haven’t decided.

Did I miss something?
Do you have a specific BASIC DIY PROJECT you’d like me to (try to) cover?

Leave a comment on this post and I’ll see what I can do.

I’m not saying I’ll know how to do everything. If I don’t know how to do something, I’ll try to get a guest who does. 🙂

28 Comments

New reader. Love the idea of a Boot Camp for girls. I start my very first woodworking class later this month and am excited to learn how to make and repair things on my own.

Absolutely love your blog! Thanks so much for sharing your awesome talents with us. To second another poster here, I would very much like to see a tutorial on building cabinets; I would be willing to purchase as an e-book. Again, thanks!