Childproofing is one of the easiest ways to minimize potential hazards — and two of the most important furnishings to childproof are cabinets and drawers. Let’s take a closer look at some of the methods and products you can use for childproofing your cabinets and drawers. Key Takeaways Ch...
“The first step before we get into the thick of things is to visualize how you want your home to look,” recommends Kim Jones, the founder and CEO of organizing firm Lock and Key Home.“Imagine waving a magic wand and your dreams becoming a reality. What would that look like? How wo...
In this tutorial, I teach you how to build base cabinets with drawers for a desk, craft table, or table. Even if you don’t need to make desk cabinets, the DIY tips and techniques in this tutorial can be used on other woodworking projects. Here are some jump links to the main sectio...
Simple household cleaning products pose a danger to young children who won't be able to discern between a bottle of juice and a colorful bottle of bleach. While childproof latches for cabinets are a great tactic, move your cleaning products out from under your kitchen or bathroom sink and p...
Whether your cabinets and drawers are difficult to open or won't stay closed, you can fix them with a little attention.
As we alluded to earlier, mice are going to attack any food that they can find in your office building once they set up shop in your walls. They’ll look for food in garbage cans, kitchen cabinets, desk drawers, and wherever else they might think they can find it. ...
This step in the process to convert shelves to drawers will only be necessary if you have face-framed cabinets like I do. Since the hole in my cabinet was actually a little wider than the height of the doors, I wanted to be able to re-use the center frame piece to build out the ca...
2. Kitchen: Clear surfaces, drawers, cupboards, magnets If you’re pressed for time, Russo picked the kitchen and bath as the two most important rooms to declutter. “Remove all items from countertops, from on top of fridges, magnets on the front — make it look like nobody lives there...
While custom scent studios will allow you to develop your own personalized blend of fragrance, you can do this on your own by layering different aromas and products in different parts of your home. Make your ownessential oil-scented bath salts, putlavender sachetsin your drawers, and infuse yo...
If your drawers are old like some of ours are (weadded on to our kitchen and gave it a facelifta few years ago, but the guts of many of our drawers and cabinets are about 20 years old), you may want to add a pretty or plain liner to freshen up the drawer. ...