I love that scene in The 40-Year-Old Virgin when Steve Carrel asks Elizabeth Banks, “Do you like to do it yourself”? DIY is certainly in vogue right now. Of course, if you’re a broke-ass buster like me, then you’ve been doing things for yourself for a long time.

The pinnacle of my DIY experience came in 2016 when I took the whole roof off of my house. Shingles, sheathing, rafters – all of it off and replaced by me and me alone. It took three months but I did it!

I’ve never had a greater sense of accomplishment and that’s how I want you to feel. That’s why I created this DIY portion of my website; to share my experience doing this myself and maybe inspire someone out there to push the boundaries of what they thought they were capable of.

I’m very interested in hand-tool woodworking, so I’ll be posting about that journey here as well as many other things revolving around DIY home improvement.

Of course, it’s not just me who likes to DIY. My wife Bonnie also likes to do it herself. She’s been doing it herself since she was a little girl, and she’s really good at it. She can turn fabric and thread into just about anything. But that’s not all. She really loves to do it herself in the kitchen, too, and her DIY skills in the kitchen taste so good.

We hope you’ll join us on our DIY journey and find inspiration to do-it-yourself more too. You’ll never know what you can do until you do it! Yourself.