For your information, I already knew and have applied at least 75% of the information in the article for perhaps 30+ years in various home handy person projects--and didn't need to antagonize a man to do it, either. There are many beautiful things around my home which I designed and either built myself or had fabricated by a master craftsman. Oak, hickory, and beech are favorites of mine (oak is my absolute fav!) for things I expect to have around for a long time. Pine is good enough for small projects which don't have to stand the test of time, such as a feeding cage I built to allow my smaller cat a peaceful place to eat which the larger food-stealing cat could not enter due to her size.
Tonight's project involved fabric rather than wood; I designed and sewed a skirt to disguise an ugly electric radiator which takes up valuable real estate in my home yet is only used for the rare occasions when the heat goes out. Mounted on top of the radiator is a very pretty stained wooden box (half price at a craft store) which rests on a beveled plaque I picked up at a liquidator for a couple dollars. I put small cup hooks in the bottom of the plank, ran mini bungee cords under the horizontal top tube of the radiator and hooked them into the cup hooks for a sturdy platform which could be removed if I needed to use the radiator. I used industrial velcro to fasten the stained box on top of the plaque so that it could also be removed if I needed to use the radiator. The skirt was made of some beautiful upholstery fabric someone gave me, so zero cost there. The result of my endeavor is an attractive storage table which holds a lot of craft supplies on top, but which can be converted back to its original purpose (heating) in a matter of seconds.
Maybe Eddie01 should go find someone to antagonize, if it will make him feel better.
Seriously, though - I like your interior renovation improv style. :)
Wait wait wait: You’re a chick?
I retract every haiku I’ve ever wrote.
I apologize for my crudity. I had no idea.