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EDITOR'S
ometimes it .1ust pays to step
away from the daY-to-daY routine
and do something different.
It gives you a chance to check Your
perspective and come uP with a new
idea or two.
One d"y recently the whole
Workbench staffleft the shop and office
and went on a "field trip." We started
by walking through a local Home
Show Expo where we found seven
houses priced from $500,000 to well
over $1.5 million.
I know, how
manY PeoPle can
afford houses like that? Not many. But
our goal was to look past the "glitz" for
ideas that we could turn into do-ityourself
proj ects.
Later, we stoPPed off at a few local
building centers. Again we werent
there to buy anything, but to search for
new project ideas and Products.
The next daY we got together to
compare notes. OPinions varied on
what was good, bad, or uglY.'We also
talked about what was just strange
about the expensive show homes. For
instance, why dont they have a conve-
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nient place to Put Your soaP in the
shower? Or, how come the bathrooms
are larger than the kids'bedrooms?
The building centers also generated
some interesting questions: How can
you make decorative moldings in your
own shop? Are laser levels just a gimmick?
What's with polyrrrethane glues?
When it was all over we ended uP
with over 250 ideas' I'm sure you'll see
some in future issues of Workbench.
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these ideas and you're enthusiastic
about home imProvement and
woodworking, let me know. We're
looking for full-time, in-house editors
and illustrators to join us here at
August Home Publishing. Just droP
me a line and a resume highlighting
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EDITOR Doug Hicks
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