I totally get where you're coming from. When I built my first tiny home, I obsessed over every little detail—spent hours sanding down a countertop tha...

I ran into this exact issue last summer when we redid our basement flooring. Tried a couple eco-friendly adhesives, and honestly, the cheaper ones wer...

Couldn't agree more with this. When I first started building my place, I got totally bogged down in the numbers and ratings—felt like I needed an engi...

I get the math angle, but sometimes convenience counts for more than we think. When I built my place, I went with the builder's lender mostly for simp...

Totally agree about quality being key. I remember once scoring a batch of reclaimed barn wood that looked amazing at first glance, but when I started ...

We did something similar when we tapped equity to build a deck and pergola in the backyard. Did it add much resale value? Probably not... but man, the...

Went through the same dilemma last summer. Ended up building a wooden pavilion myself—took longer and cost a bit more than planned (doesn't it always?...