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Grill Table for the deck

Grill Table for the deck

This all started when earlier this week I really had a craving for some onion rings. But not the fat, thick, heavily breaded onion rings you might be thinking of. The thin, stringy, flaky ones that I used to get as a kid when my parents would take me to

More Garage Shelving

More Garage Shelving

Well, I finally got around to making another set of shelves for the garage. We had an awkward area between the fridge and the door to the house that had become sort of a dumping ground. It housed some cheap plastic stacking shelves where I mostly kept all the paints

Basic Garage Shelving

Basic Garage Shelving

We moved into a new house back in May of this year. We got a much bigger garage, giving me some space to set up my own little shop area. Now that I had the room, I needed some way to store all my stuff. I decided that I needed

Spice Rack Follow-Up!

Spice Rack Follow-Up!

So, I'm really excited, because the spice rack [https://www.brianpowers.net/blog/spice-rack/] I made for my friends got installed over the weekend! Here it is: Shameless plug: The friends I built this for have a YouTube channel focused on Retro PC hardware/gaming/etc [https://www.

Kitchen Pull-Out Shelf

Kitchen Pull-Out Shelf

Here's a project I've been wanting to do for a long time. It combines my recent obsession with drawers and drawer slides with the practical need to make use of all the space we have in the kitchen island. Today it's super popular to

Planer Stand

A few weeks ago my wife awesomely decided to get me a little "just because" gift: a thickness planer I've had my eye on forever. It was down to a reasonable price on Amazon so she pulled the trigger on it for me. This sucker is

What would you say... you do have?

Just a funny pic I took while at Menards the other day: Good thing I wasn't looking for a storage shed.

Spice Rack

A friend of mine recently asked me to make her a spice rack. She felt like she couldn't buy anything that fit the space she had available, and that stored her spices in a way that was convenient and accessible. I'm someone who always believes that

Bike Lifts

One project we tackled a few weekends ago that has made a huge improvement in our garage organization was getting our bikes onto the ceiling. We picked up a couple of these pulley systems from Menards: Storage Shop® Ceiling Mount Single Bike Hoist [https://www.menards.com/main/storage-organization/garage-outdoor-organizers/

Sous Vide Strip!

Sous Vide Strip!

So I recently purchased the Anova Bluetooth immersion circulator, and I couldn't wait to try to make myself a perfectly medium-rare steak! We started with a strip, a steak I've never had much luck with in the past. They usually come out overcooked and tough. Read