
This Old House Makers
April finishes the hip roof and chimney for her outdoor kitchen and builds a stone fireplace, providing some essential tips from her job.

April finishes the hip roof and chimney for her outdoor kitchen and builds a stone fireplace, providing some essential tips from her job.

Paul builds giant mechanical wooden hands and a life-size nutcracker made out of almost 2,000 pieces of wood.

Working with his favorite material - pallet wood - Paul handcrafts 40 candles and 1,000 pencils he machines a map of metro DC onto yellow pine boards from an 1880 row house.

Laura has always wanted to customize a motorcycle, and now she's finally doing it to start, she strips and repaints the fuel tank, reupholsters the seat in leather and welds a cargo rack from a left-over piece of sheet metal.

Laura fixes a broken public bench with wood from disposable pallets few weeks later, she fixes it again with welded steel.

Tyler creates and films an action scene with a hydraulic launch pad for performing stunts he builds a pneumatic-powered animatronic hand from laser-cut steel.

Critiquing marketing strategies, packaging, product video creation and social media strategies.

Chris takes on an advanced project, designing a custom cabinet for his turntable and LPs later, he makes a nightstand out of white oak with hidden modular charging plates.

Brad designs an awesome outdoor steel firepit welded from 1/8-inch steel plates and 1/8-inch square tubes Brad shares tips for avoiding common mistakes and how to choose the correct nail gauge and length.

Inspired by other makers, Brad challenges himself to build an impossible 3-dovetail puzzle cutting board.

Brad builds a modern outdoor chair from cedar 2x4s and 1x4s Brad designs a farmhouse coffee table from rough walnut lumber and offers tips for milling uneven boards.

Brad makes an outdoor dining table with a drink well from 6x6 cedar beams left over from fellow Maker Ben Uyeda's shipping container house project Brad shares his biggest project yet, a modern, 7x4-ft. white oak dining table.

Guest Maker Shaun Boyd builds a modern chessboard that's also a cutting board he also designs a cool, mid-century floor lamp made from white oak with brass components.

Chris makes an epoxy table with an intricate inlay in the shape of California later, keeping with the theme, he makes a table with a melted crayon inlay.

Fellow furniture maker Shaun Boyd shares one of his first designs for a mid-century-inspired lounge chair, the Glenn Lounge Chair Chris makes an ottoman to match.

Chris takes on an advanced project, designing a custom cabinet for his turntable and LPs later, he makes a nightstand out of white oak with hidden modular charging plates.

Jamison builds custom recessed window frames using pocket-hole joinery and shares tips for installing window trim, as well as how to avoid common mistakes and hide imperfections.

Jamison builds a new drip-free deck off the second-floor main bedroom of the lake house he builds a plywood nightstand featuring a hidden drawer.

It's harvest season, and Anne takes us on a garden tour, showcasing her bounty from purslane to watermelons she discusses the benefits of soldier flies and shares plans to expand her garden.

Anne explores how to water your garden less, the importance of watering at the right time, the benefits of collecting rainwater, and how to create the perfect conditions for plants to thrive.