49 Ways for a Handy Person to Make Money
Woodworking
- Building shelves
- Stripping furniture
- Floor refinishing
- Making stereo cabinets
- Making two-way pet doors
- Designing closets
- Refinishing and rebuilding furniture
- Building patios
- Building fences
- Building secret compartments
- Framing pictures
- Making knives
- Caning chairs
Painting and Decorating
- Painting houses
- Whitewashing
- Hanging wallpaper
- Wall decorating with rollerwall
Cleaning
- Graffiti removal
- Janitorial service
- Window-washing service
- Fish tank cleaning service
- Carpet cleaning service
- Chimney sweep service
- Door-to-door car wash service
- Mini-blind cleaning/ installation
- Exterminator service
Miscellaneous
- Glass etching
- Weather stripping
- Repairing vinyl
- Recycling tires
- Gym and locker maintenance
- Pool maintenance service
- Upholstering
- Building barbecues
- Grocery cart maintenance
- Golf club renewal service
- Curb - painting house numbers
- Garden statue repair service
- Auto parking service
- Parking lot striping service
- Driveway sealing service
- Spray painting cars and trucks
- Doll hospital
- Screen and storm window service
- Building carports
- Changing patios into porches
- Dog cleaning and clipping service
- Boarding kennel for pets
- Cemetery maintenance service
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