Projects by Build This Project

Pathway lighting makes your home safer after dark, extends the usable hours of your garden, and gives landscaping a polished professional look at night.…

A wall-mounted wooden shelf looks impressive but takes only a few hours to build. Whether you need extra storage in a bedroom, a display…

A two-step wooden stool is one of the best beginner joinery projects you can build. It uses a small amount of lumber, requires only…

A backyard fire pit turns an ordinary yard into an outdoor living room. Gather around it on cool evenings, roast marshmallows with your kids,…

Hanging drywall is the starting point for every interior wall and ceiling finish project. The job is straightforward but physical — sheets are heavy…

A French drain is a gravel-filled trench containing a perforated pipe that collects groundwater and surface runoff and directs it away from problem areas…

A rain garden is a shallow depression planted with deep-rooted native plants that captures runoff from impervious surfaces — driveways, rooftops, and compacted lawns…

Landscape timber edging defines planting beds, keeps mulch from migrating into the lawn, and creates a clean, structured boundary between different yard areas. Pressure-treated…

A backyard playset is one of the most-used things you can build for a family with young children. A well-built DIY playset is often…

A wood deck is an outdoor surface that takes a beating – UV rays bleach and break down the wood fibers, rain and humidity…

A stepping stone path is one of the most rewarding weekend projects in the yard. It solves the muddy-shortcut problem, guides foot traffic away…

A rotted or broken fence post is the most common wood fence repair. The post is the structural anchor for the entire panel –…