Friday, July 23, 2004

FYI about DIY

I ran to Home Depot and Lowe's these days to find rescue for my weeded lawn and I got some fertilizer and a weed removal tool to try on. My wife and I also think about turning part of our garage into a storage room or a small home office. Obviously, we know that we have to hire someone else for lacking of hands-on skills and know-how.

Usually when I'm at Home Depot, my son followed me around while I really don't have much idea what I should be looking for my needs. I wanted to show him how things can be done but my lacking knowledge doesn't help me much, or at all. In store, I'm out of luck, I don't even know what to ask and how to ask sometimes. Online, I ran into some rescue.

For your information, the site to the help is DIYnet.com. Though I'm not sure how much or how deep information or projects it covers yet, at least I quickly find a written article about weeds prevention and I had also went thought a interactive tutorial about patching and reseeding a small lawn area. Now I feel a bit better and more confident to combat with weeds not, at least. As a result, I'll hold off looking for books or videos about how to deal with specific projects that I'd like to achieve. In fact, I've been looking for such materials but to no avail until now I found it online at DIYnet.com.

Though search engines might help me finding information. For DIY things, I'll turn to DIYnet.com from now on.

DIYnet.com, also DIYnetwork.com. According to the 'About Us' of the site, here I quote:

"you'll find more than 10,000 projects with complete step-by-step instructions, resources and related links. This Webby Award winning site has more than 20 message boards, where do-it-yourselfers share ideas, plus an interactive program guide. Site highlights include online Workshops, and DIY Kits, with instructions and product lists. Start doing it yourself today! To begin, simply click on your favorite DIY topic: Autos & Boats, Crafts, Gardening, Hobbies, Home Building, Home Improvement, Living and Woodworking."

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