May Newsletter

 

Even if you already have expertise in some areas, I know there are some skills that you don’t have; some you want. 

 

It’s like the life-path-planning question "what would you do if you couldn’t fail?" I’ve just brought that down to a more manageable ‘Remodeling Guy" level. Yet the question remains… what would you do differently if you had those home-improvement skills? AND you knew that any work you set your mind to would happen. For sure.

 

I hope you’re saying "a lot!" I hope you’re one of the millions of people who are taking a hard look at how much we count on the skills of others to do things for us. Maybe you’re among those who are considering growing vegetables at home, or maybe you’re making your own soaps, clothes, art, whatever!

 

If you are, then I know that your heart beats a little faster when you think about the "what if" potential of having construction skills.

 

I wonder what kind of list you might have. Maybe it includes some of these little items:

Some of the items I listed are simple, and some aren’t. Most people wouldn’t even consider putting a new roof on their own house. And adding a bathroom just sounds nuts. Why? It’s not rocket science. What’s holding you back? 

 

Maybe you’ve heard the saying "You don’t have to see the whole staircase to take the first step." I love that saying. Like most great sayings, it’s true.

 

Pick one skill and learn it. Exercise it. Your life will be better for it in more ways than one! 

If you were able to join-in or see the post for last week’s Remodeling Guy Round-Up (thanks to all for a great turn-out) then you know that I built some shutters.  Some tropical, islandy shutters.

 

It might have been obvious from a previous post that I had been influenced by a trip we took to the beautiful Florida Keys!  I had never seen shutters on the sides of a doorway, at least not that I recall.

 

Influenced as I was, it wasn’t long before we were building some Island Style shutters at our house!

 

Projects like this are great for learning your carpentry skills because outdoor work is often a little more flexible when it comes to the standard of perfection!

 

I took plenty of pictures as I did this work, even when I spilled a whole gallon of paint!  It’s worth the click over just to see that!

 

View the Step-By-Step Tutorial at the Newsletter subscriber only page on the blog!!

 

In the tutorial, I get into a number of carpentry skills:

Follow this link to see the tutorial at the Remodeling Guy website.

 

 

 

I love this book!  We’ve had this book for about a few months and it’s jus tone of those books you look at again, and again, and again!  In fact, all of the Taunton Idea Books are like that!  I just picked up a new one a few days ago… don’t laugh… The Decorating Idea Book!

 

 

 

 

 

Mom has known me longer than anyone and she’s been there for me every day since she was just a kid herself!  If the fact that she was able to survive raising me isn’t enough proof of her greatness, she is also the mother of two other amazing Layton kids, and the grandmother of five (I think… my brother and his wife have kids so fast you never know)

 

She’s an author, speaker, and the founder of A Woman’s Place Ministries.

Happy Mothers Day Mom!  (don’t miss her blog because it tells you about my Grandma!)

 

 

 

I really never knew what being a MOM was all about until I saw it up-close and personal !  My computer can’t print enough words to describe how truly spectacular my wife is!  She is a perfect mother and an even better wife. 

 She homeshools our two sons, takes great care of me (which really isn’t so simple), and still finds time to make beautiful Hair Accessories for little girls which she sells on Etsy and to run a busy blog all about Etsy! 

 

You might love her hair accessories on Etsy.

 

Just click here to go to Kim’s Etsy Shop  

 

 

You’re really going to want to check this out!  It’s only been up and running for a couple of days now and has already shown that this is going to be one of the most popular of the Remodeling Guy web resources.

 

Not only are there forums for every imaginable home improvement topic, there is also a Member’s Showcase where you can post pictures of your own work just to show it off!  Maybe you’ll find some carpentry projects to show off this month!

 

Visit the Remodeling Guy Forums!

 

 

 

 

If you missed the free e-book download, you can get it by clicking the link below.

 

 

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