Most of these projects fit into an afternoon with tools already in the garage: peeling up old carpet glue, laying stick-on floor tile, mounting a coat rack or a few shelves. Bigger makeovers for a vanity, a fireplace or a whole kitchen sit beside small fixes like lifting spray paint off glass, plus a playroom dress-up corner and a basketball hoop.
A deep blue hallway with paint feathered under the tape along every inch of white trim is why Heklanjeze exists, and why I cut in with an angled sash brush now. Leonard K. Beale is my pen name, and I'm the one person who reads every paint and DIY guide before it goes up. See how it started.