Happy Hanukkah from the Hardware Aisle!

The Nail Menorah’s golden solder and copper candle-holders span a series of creatively reused flat-cut nails.

The elegant cantilevered design reminds me of those “My boss is a Jewish carpenter” bumper stickers I used to see down south–though I don’t th…

When you search “home improvement,” chances are good that you’re looking for DIY or home repair knowledge, not fan info on the popular Tim Allen TV show. Now you can get focused home repair and improvement search results from the best, most helpful sites on the Web by using the Ho…

Are you thinking about buying a house? Considering the absurdly high home prices in most regions, it’s more urgent than ever to get the biggest possible bang for your buck (or 500,000 bucks, as the case may be). To do that, of course, you need to do plenty of shopping to assemble certain the …

The reality of global warming has finally hit the mainstream. According to the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the effects of global warming will continue for centuries–even whether we could halt levels of C02 and other greenhouse gases at their current levels. Witho…

Brrr! Snow in Malibu!? In Southern California, we’re getting temperatures in the high 20s. The weather across the globe is getting stranger every season. For those who are suffering from the cold that winter, here are four tips:
1) Prevent pipes from freezing or thaw them whether it’s t…

This duration of year, it’s easy to get caught up in the frantic holiday hubbub–finding the right gifts, waiting in distant lines, wrapping until the wee hours. And, half the instance, the gifts aren’t even quite right for the receivers. Let’s face it: holidays can be stress…

There’s nothing quite like listening to water drip all through the night to spur you into a home repair task. In my case, the problem was with my relatively new shower. After turning off the valve, water would continue to drip…and drip…and drip..about 7 feet to the shower floor, w…