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Sprucing Up Grandma's Sidewalk with a Fresh Edge

A quick afternoon project: cleaning up the grass line along Grandma's sidewalk and driveway for a sharper, tidier look.

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Installing a PetSafe In-Ground Dog Fence (With a Broken Trencher)

Installing our PetSafe in-ground fence should have been a straightforward day with a rented trencher -- instead we got a machine missing a part, a lost wing-nut, and about twenty feet of hand-digging. Here's how it actually went.

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Turning Dead Space Above the Garage Door Into a Gear Wall

The blank wall next to our garage door was doing nothing but collecting dust, so it became a Gladiator GearWall setup instead — laser level, studs, and now everything from cords to a compound bow has a hook.

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Replacing the Touchscreen Digitizer on My 2018 Subaru Legacy

Alycia and I both have Subarus with the same failing touchscreen digitizer -- my 2018 Legacy and her 2018 Outback. We drove down to my brother-in-law Joe's place to tackle mine first as a trial run, and it went a lot smoother than expected.

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Planting a 4-in-1 Cherry Jubilee Tree (Attempt #2)

Our first cherry tree died off in a matter of weeks. This time around we picked up an Online Orchards 4-in-1 Cherry Jubilee from Home Depot, dug deeper, added real soil, and -- a week and a half in -- it's doing much better.

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Hanging Front Porch Halloween Lights

One of the first outdoor projects at the new house was getting Halloween lights up on the porch — including installing hooks that'll do double duty for Christmas lights too.

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Hanging the Medicine Cabinet in the Downstairs Half-Bath

Alycia and I mounted the round black-framed medicine cabinet above the pedestal sink in the downstairs half-bath today. Small space, big upgrade.

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Hanging Five Garage Cabinets

Alycia and I hung five cabinets in the garage today — four 18" and one 15" — three screws into studs, drywall anchors where studs weren't available, plus corner kickers for extra support. Huge amount of floor space reclaimed.

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Leveling and Setting Up Mom's Stump Miniature Village

Spent the day helping Mom level and lay out her miniature village on an old tree stump — lighthouse, bait shop, hand-carved clay fish, and a bridge — tucked between marigolds and tomatoes. Found a wasp nest we did not order.

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Garage Wall Bike Hangers

One day Alycia and I took care of hanging ours bike using some wall hangers we got off of Amazon. This was a great project to save a little bit of space in our garage!

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Adding Ceiling-Mounted Storage Tote Holders to the Garage

Reclaimed floor space by installing hanging tote holders in the garage ceiling — here's how it went.

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Building a Kayak Rack Landscape Bed

A weekend family project: leveling ground, laying pavers, and edging a mulch bed to give our kayak rack a proper home.