Open plan living is great when it comes to family time, interaction with guests or making small spaces seem larger. But what do you do when you have an open plan area that you wish to close off to create a separate space? As a business owner, i spend many hours in my home office […]

When you are renovating your home and changing any configuration, at some point you may need to build an interior wall. Learn how to build a wall!

Here's a step by step guide of how I installed a stud wall for a customer yesterday. This is going to make a large walk-in wardrobe with long length shelves and rails Setting out. Always tricky in a old house. In the end I went square off the wall with the window as it looked right. The outside frame up. It's essential to get this level. Cut the uprights long enough to wedge the head and sole plate in place. I screwed these in but I also used a grab adhesive to stick them to the walls…

Knowing how to build a "fake" wall, more appropriately known as a temporary wall, can come in handy when you want to enhance your privacy or change the layout of a room without actually altering its construction. You don't need to be a...

MOST mums would say there's nothing worse than listening to the kids squabble over something silly.We do almost anything to get their children to quie

DIY Network explains the different elements that make up interior and exterior walls.

Let's Build a Partition Wall: We built a partition wall in the garage to separate workspace from storage space. Now, if you're a professional reading this, you may be shaking your head at why we built our wall the way we did. Our design choices were made based on our skill and …

I kept seeing on Pinterest ways to create a between-the-studs cabinet. Some of these ideas are really cool. A bunch show open shelving, which I knew was not something I wanted – I have no desire to constantly see my husband’s collection of hotel soaps. A few Pinterest people created between-studs medicine cabinets over the ...

Learn how to build a walk-in closet over the weekend.

No-drill Studs for Basement Tool Wall: I used to be skeptical of tool walls. Is my woodshop supposed to be a 1950s TV show set or a place to get stuff done? "Just put your tools in tool boxes or drawers!" I told myself. Then I got my hands on a free tool board for my garage. It quickly b…