MyFixitUpLife

MyFixitUpLife MyFixitUpLife is an honest and personal guide to home improvement created by home pros Mark & Theresa Mark & Theresa are the OG couple of home improvement.

MyFixitUpLife is an honest and personal guide to home improvement. Created and written by husband-and-wife Mark & Theresa, a professional home design and remodeling team. They share how to tackle top home maintenance projects, and provide DIY time savers, design ideas, and tool reviews. As homeowner coaches, they can help you assess your house and home design goals, and collaboratively create an e

xecutable and realistic plan to make it into the home you want. Theresa’s training in architecture and passion for beauty created this jane-of-many-trades. She is a Certified Color Consultant, Certified Aging in Place Specialist, and Licensed Contractor. She hosts Daily News Fix at MyFixitUpLife, and hosted a talk show with her husband Mark, who is her partner at work and at home. She is the designer for Food Network’s ‘Save My Bakery,’ and designed for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. She’s shared her skills with NBC’s The 10! Show, Extreme How-To, Remodeling, Residential Architect, Better Homes & Gardens, Real Simple, AOL’s DIY Life. She created a card game called Build it!, and is an author of Do-It-Yourself Home Improvement, DIY Quick Fix, and Complete Guide to Shelves & Built-Ins. She’s presented “Designing for Alzheimer’s” at the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show. Her daily yoga vinyasa keeps her grounded. Mark knows more about tools than anyone has a right to know. From docks and decks to kitchen renovations, Mark loves moving fast on the jobsite. With his wife Theresa, Mark hosts the popular MyFixitUpLife talk show, is the general contractor for Food Network’s ‘Save My Bakery,’ and has been a project manager for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and expert guest on PBS, DIY Network, Discovery Channel, A&E, NBC’s The 10! Show, Good Day Philadelphia, and other national radio and TV programs. Mark contributes to Men’s Health, Professional Deck Builder, Old House Journal, This Old House, Popular Mechanics, Handy, and Extreme How-To magazines. He teaches clinics for JLC Live! and other trade shows, and is the former award-winning executive editor of Tools of the Trade. Mark is the author of the critically acclaimed novel The Carpenter’s Notebook. As a competitive Spartan Race elite, and his athletic past as a rugby player, a triathlete, marathon runner, and urbanathlete, Mark’s energy and skill are undeniable.

09/06/2026

Yeah, Mark gets this excited about a garden hose nozzle. What’s your go-to garden hose setup?

And nope, this isn’t sponsored. But we added a link so you can get one, too.

08/29/2026

How would you fix this fence gate? Here’s how we did it.

08/23/2026

Here’s how we cut stair stringers so they are all the same.

08/14/2026

What a mess! When it’s time to clean the tractor, this is how we do it.



(note: yes, this was before the brutal dog attack)

08/05/2026

A little ‘Jingle Bells’ hammering makes a porch remodel a bit more fun.

07/29/2026

“How do I get animals from dying under my deck?”

We have a few strategies that can help.

07/21/2026

This was a challenge! This porch flooring looks great but is super bendy. We debated planing the joists to flat but sistered them to flat instead.

Watch us work through this project from our son Jack’s BTS viewpoint. It’s fun having him help out this summer.

07/17/2026

How’s your HVAC filter? Air quality is purple here today because of the Canadian wildfires so we upped our filter game.

Just like after remodeling projects, it helps to have a fresh filter and to circulate the indoor air through the system.

How are you dealing with the unhealthy air?

07/16/2026

How to temporarily store materials so they are out of the way during a home remodeling project.



(this was pre-dog attack)

07/12/2026

Is there a trick to reading a tape measure on an inside corner? Here are 3 ways.

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