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I have a crack in the side of our brick house. It's mostly the plaster, and not the brick. I'm afraid it's got something to do with the foundation, but I also wonder how difficult it is for a brick and mortar person to match the mortar perfectly. Has anyone experience with this?

I have a chance to pick up an almost new set of really nice jaw horses if I think I can use them. I've never used them before, but I do think they're worth the money. I'm running a little low on space in the shop, but I would like to get these if I will use them. How well or much do others use...

Someone gave me a thickness planer some time ago, and I have yet to use it. What things do others do with their thickness planers? It's a nice piece of equipment, and I really would like to put it to use.

We forgot to change the batteries in our fire detectors, and we just realized it after a neighborhood house caught on fire. The batteries in the smoke detector had died, rendering the detector useless. The family inside were lucky in that they woke up. They might not have done so. Remember to...

I live in the South. We have ceiling fans. I am continually seeing television decorators freak out over a ceiling fan in a room and rip it out before they even consider the consequences. They evidently think the fans are ugly. I think they are a necessity and don't mind them at all. I can't...

When we were building our house, a friend suggested putting a light switch into the wall that turned on all the lights and lamps in a room at once. I ended up doing this in all the rooms, even connecting some of the rooms. At Christmas, we can turn on the lights in the windows by flipping just a...

I'm scouting around the house for my next project. My wife has some antique chairs that belonged to her grandmother. I know not to try to refinish them, but they must have some new padding and upholstery fabric. Where is the best place to start looking? She wants her home decor to be right. You...

How do others decide on what colors to paint a kitchen and to use in all the fixtures, flooring, windows and appliances? Is it magazines, a decorator, or a favorite room from someone you know that sets your head to spinning?

We have some of those sliding doors on a track in one of our bedrooms. The doors are continually coming off their tracks. Is there some secret to keeping them on the track, or do we need to just plan to replace them? Our house was built in the 1970s.