Managing Grey Matter

In order to be a good Dirty Shirt there are four elements to the Dirty Shirt state of mind:

• Design

• Build

• Fix

• Maintain

All projects and activities we talk about involve at least one of these four topics. If you’re not diy african american femalesure about exactly what they mean don’t sweat it, we’ve got your back. There was a time when we didn’t understand their significance either. We’ve learned and we'll share.

Just like paying taxes is an unalterable truth, so it goes with Design, Build, Fix and Maintain.

No one performs all four elements like a rock star. One might be proficient at each, but there’s usually one of the four that just doesn’t compute. Odds are that’s true for you too.

Hey, if you’re good at all four elements consider yourself King of the Universe.  Quit your day-job, your skill-sets are needed in the world.

Design, Build, Fix, and Maintain each have their own navigation buttons above.  Check ‘em out and start thinking about your projects from the perspectives we’ve offered.

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Dirty Thoughts

We think about fixing and maintaining our stuff... a lot.

diy blog maleConsider this an open invitation to visit our blog and see what’s on our minds.  After all, being a Dirty Shirt guy or girl is really just a state-of-mind.  Bonus feature:  you get to talk back.

One thing is for sure, we have to work with what we have.  The vast majority of us isn’t pulling down a six-figure salary and just buying-new whenever the older stuff breaks or doesn’t look quite the way we would want it to.

We want to be good stewards of our belongings and that includes our money and possessions. Dirty Illustration: Have you taken a careful look at cable-television lately?

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It’s more like cable commercials and we pay for the privilege to watch it. 900 channels and nothing’s on. Do you see a problem with that? We do. You can’t maintain and manage your stuff sitting in front of the flat screen.

So, you have two choices, Neo: If you take the blue pill you will leave this site and go on about your lives believing and doing whatever it is you want to believe and do. If you take the red pill we’ll show you what it will take and how deep the rabbit-hole goes.

Learn a new skill or two; the TV commercials will still be there when you’re done.

Tools - Contents

Small Engine / Lawn Mower Oil Leak Repair – We’ve got a mower that started gushing oil and we fixed it for about $6, click on the link to see how we did it.

Cargo Tie Down Video - It's not technically a tool but it's pretty darn useful. Watch the 5 minute video to learn how to tie cargo down using simple rope. It's inexpensive and anybody can do it.

Kreg Jig Jr – We didn’t intend to buy this tool when arrived at the home center but it turned out to be a great find. See what our initial impressions were as we put the tool to work on one of our projects.

Button Upholstery Tool Video – One of our contributors was working on a project that required adding upholstery to a button. Watch this short video to see how she did it.

 

 

Definitions Of Dirt -

* shirt: contaminates clothing, as in Dirty Shirt

* soil: part of the earth's surface; disintegrated rock

* the state of being covered with unclean things

* crap: obscene terms for feces

* dirty: becoming; results from handling your business

* scandal: disgraceful gossip about other people

 

Choose Your Definition and Own It