The project library
Every job here is planned three ways, with the tool list split into what you have and what you need, real costs, and the one step that bites people. Free to read, all of it.
Garden and salvage · Adult
Build a potting bench from pallets
You have two or three pallets against the shed and a spot by the back door that wants a bench for potting up.
Zero Cost $0 · Minimal Effort About $18 for a box of 65 mm exterior screws · Polished Finish About $120
Home repair · Adult
Why my new tile is lifting
The floor went down weeks or months ago and now a tile rocks, sounds hollow, or a whole row has risen into a ridge.
Zero Cost $0 · Minimal Effort About $40 · Polished Finish About $250 in materials for 5 square metres
Small engines · Adult
Fix a lawn mower that bogs down and dies
It starts, runs for a minute, then hunts up and down or drops dead the moment it meets long grass.
Zero Cost $0 · Minimal Effort About $25 · Polished Finish About $45
With kids · All Ages
Make a bug hotel with kids
A rainy Saturday, a wet corner of the garden, and small hands that want a real job with a result at the end.
Zero Cost $0 · Minimal Effort $0 to $15 · Polished Finish About $40
Home repair · Adult
Fix a door that will not latch
The door closes but does not catch. You lean on it, lift the handle, or leave it ajar.
Zero Cost $0 · Minimal Effort About $8 · Polished Finish About $25
Your job is not on this list
Describe it in your own words — the room, the broken thing, the pile in the garage, who is helping — and we write the plan for that job, three ways.
Write my plan