Unleash the beast inside your pumpkin.

If you’re still using everyday cutlery to whittle works of art from mere gourds, then you need to step up your game. Forget the namby-pamby carving kits they sell in craft stores – those are for seasonal suckas. The gang on DIY Network recommends power tools, of course. Not saying you’ll end up with the museum-worthy jack-o-lanterns found in this Extreme Halloween Pumpkin Carving photo gallery, but you might surprise yourself.

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Everyday was Halloween for Brittany.

I’m not going to sit here and quote Pink for no reason.  As a matter of fact, I’ve got two reasons: 1) I’ve got my rock moves. 2) I will be channeling the pop-rock diva this year for Halloween (à la her trapeze performance at the VMA’s). Why so elaborate you wonder?

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Weekend projects from HGTV

Sometimes all it takes is a little fancy to make you feel better about yourself or your surroundings. You know what I mean, a little lip shimmer, a pair of white gloves, a British accent…stuff like that. Same holds true for your place, you know.  Look at the pendant light in your kitchen. Now picture it suspended from a fancy ceiling medallion? See what I’m sayin’? Here are 19 other weekend projects to help you class up a room, all for under $100.

Build storage cubbies with Carter Oosterhouse.

Besides making me long for the days of ridiculously expensive music videos, the one the thing that Michael Jackson’s death has made me do is take a good long look at my CD rack (after I downloaded Dangerous). I realized something: I might be the only person in the world who still has a CD rack. A monstrous one. So…Download and Downsize – this is my latest project.  For a split second, I thought about building a smaller CD rack.  Snapped out of it when I saw this . Instead, I’m thinking concealed storage cubbies, courtesy of Carter Oosterhouse. What think? I can’t have people looking at my CDs and thinking I don’t own an iPod. Oh,  I also saw this re-purposed CD rack, which only confirms that it’s time to dismantle the rack.