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Learn about making project plans in your home carpentry projects with Bob Vila, including information about building a playground, crackle painting, making a plate display rack, and more.

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Creating Custom Millwork
Creating Custom Millwork
Custom-made replacements that match the existing or salvageable sections of millwork and moldings can help to keep a home's ...
Deck Maintenance
Deck Maintenance
Occasionally, deck boards need to be replaced due to wear and tear. Using rustproof deck screws when installing the boards ...
Decks as Outdoor Rooms
Decks as Outdoor Rooms
Decks are living rooms, breakfast rooms, exercise rooms, rooms for sunbathing, rooms for gatherings of friends and family, ...
Discussing the Home's Exterior
Discussing the Home's Exterior
Bob talks to Ryley about a fence and a brick path and to landscaper Susan Hoffer about a perennial and herb garden.
Furniture School at the North Bennet Street School
Furniture School at the North Bennet Street School
Bob visits with Alex Krutsky at the cabinet and furniture classrooms of the North Bennet Street School in Boston. Bob and ...
Hand Carving Seashell Pattern on Mahogany Drawer Front
Hand Carving Seashell Pattern on Mahogany Drawer Front
Tommy MacDonald demonstrates a few of the techniques he employs to create hand carved furniture details. MacDonald lines up ...
Handicapped Accessible Ramp
Handicapped Accessible Ramp
Behind the Scenes - Accessible Home
Hanging a Shiplap Pine Wood Door
Hanging a Shiplap Pine Wood Door
Bob and Ryley install a new pre-hung shiplap pine door, which they build themselves, in the shop.
How Contractors Choose Projects
How Contractors Choose Projects
Contractors know it pays to be choosy when deciding which jobs to take. Here are a few tips on what you can do as a homeowner ...
How to Build a Picture Frame
How to Build a Picture Frame
Common workshop tools and lumberyard moldings are used to create custom picture frames.
How to Build a Redwood Planter
How to Build a Redwood Planter
This handsome planter will enliven a deck, garden or patio.
How to Build Window Boxes
How to Build Window Boxes
Whether you live in an apartment in the city or in a cottage by the beach, a window box makes a lovely planter for flowers.
Installing a Window Seat
Installing a Window Seat
Bob meets with Ryley as he installs a two-section window seat with a built-in reveal for baseboard heating. With a few ...
Jig Valance
Jig Valance
A decorative wood valance adds charm to your home and you can make one yourself. Here's how: Draw the design of your choice ...
Kitchen Cabinet Design
Kitchen Cabinet Design
Bob visits with Richard Marks to discuss the built-in-place kitchen cabinets. Richard explains the floorplan and appliance ...
Mahogany Secretary by Tommy MacDonald
Mahogany Secretary by Tommy MacDonald
Bob takes a moment to examine a mahogany secretary crafted by Tommy MacDonald, a student at the North Bennet Street School.
Making a Plate Display Rack
Making a Plate Display Rack
Bob helps contractor Bob Ryley construct a plate display rack for the split level ranch project in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Making an Armoire into an Entertainment Center
Making an Armoire into an Entertainment Center
Bob works with carpenter Bob Ryley to construct an insert for an antique cherry armoire to house his bedroom TV and Video ...
Making Cedar Lattice for a Trellis
Making Cedar Lattice for a Trellis
Bob is working with Ryley to make cedar trellis panels. The cedar is rough on one side and dressed on the other. They are ...
Making Partitions for the Closet
Making Partitions for the Closet
Bob and Ryley are busy in the garage workshop ripping 4-by-8 sheets of birch plywood for use as partitions in the master ...
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