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Bench Construction
The wood has arrived for the perimeter benches and Bob and Ryley begin their construction. The wood is a cypress, which is excellent in damp environme...


Building a Bookcase
Bob and Ryley meet in the workshop to build a set of bookcases for the home. Ryley demonstrates the various cuts used and the joining methods to keep ...


Building a Medicine Cabinet
Bob shows the plan for the handcrafted medicine cabinet and Ryley shows Bob the wood that will be used in its construction. Ryley cuts the main pieces...


Creating a Gingerbread Railing
Bob meets Ryley outside the Victorian style house in Massachusetts to help him with the railing. Ryley starts with two by six vertical grain fir for t...


Creating the Built in Cabinets and Doors
Bob meets with Ryley to discuss the site-built, built-in cabinets of ¾” Birch plywood. The cabinets were all precut in the shop before being transport...


Custom Built-in Bookshelf Unit
Bob helps Ryley assemble and install bookshelves for the den at the ranch house remodel on Lake Cochituate. Ryley shows bob how to scribe the trim on ...


Decorative Inlaid Vinyl Floor Installation and Workshop Layout
Bob and Gregory Rochlin talk about the new workshop layout and show off a custom circular sawblade floor from Amtico.


Installing Baseboards and Making Moldings
Bob meets with Ryley to install baseboard and then goes on to Paul Morise's workshop to make the moldings.


Kitchen Cabinet Construction
Bob observes the process of joining the legths of wood that will be installed in the kitchen. Straps are ripped and cut for the interior soffit.


Making a Plate Display Rack
Bob helps contractor Bob Ryley construct a plate display rack for the split level ranch project in Plymouth, Massachusetts.


Making an Armoire into an Entertainment Center
Bob works with carpenter Bob Ryley to construct an insert for an antique cherry armoire to house his bedroom TV and Video collection. The insert made ...


Making Cedar Lattice for a Trellis
Bob is working with Ryley to make cedar trellis panels. The cedar is rough on one side and dressed on the other. They are laminating two pieces of ced...


Making Partitions for the Closet
Bob and Ryley are busy in the garage workshop ripping 4-by-8 sheets of birch plywood for use as partitions in the master bedroom closet. Ryley has cre...


Surell Countertop Construction
In this segment, Bob Vila meets with Rich Rogers who explains fabricating techniques for Surell, a solid-surface material manufactured by the Formica ...


Talking Indy Race Cars with Lyn St. James
1992 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year Lyn St. James visits the Dream Garage to share her automotive expertise with Bob. Together they look under th...


The Dominy Workshop at Winterthur Garden
Bob takes us on the first of many visits to the Winterthur Garden and Museum in Delaware's Brandywine Valley. Winterthur was the vision of Henry Franc...


Tour of Barnacle House in Dade County
Bob takes a tour of The Barnacle House, one of the first homes built in Dade County, to see how early settlers built to deal with the heat.


Tour of the Completed Boat Barn
Bob takes a close look at the boat barn part of the building. He highlights a few of the interior features including the lighting and mechanical syste...


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