Pergolas offer creative ways to bring enhanced functionality to an underutilized outdoor living space. For example, a pergola...
Read MoreI’ve always felt that the deck of my home is like this special bonus outdoor room. It’s a place to connect and extend our liv...
Read MoreWhen my parents got their first home the backyard wasn’t fenced in, and being a young couple who’d just bought their first ho...
Read MoreA patio is meant to be a little oasis from the cares of the world, a place of beauty, relaxation, and ease. I’ve been hired q...
Read MoreI’ve worked as a builder and as a consultant for many DIY clients, and I’ve seen lots of different home improvement strategie...
Read MoreIn my career I’ve had the chance to work on quite a few big multi-unit apartment buildings, and having done a lot of outdoor...
Read MoreBringing functionality and beauty together is something that often seems to have been lost in the design of schools (which so...
Read MoreOnce upon a time on a visit to an old city (Windsor, Ontario!) in a gorgeous, intact original Victorian neighborhood, I was h...
Read MoreEvery now and then I get to drive out to the edge of town and take on some projects on large, often semi-rural plots of land....
Read MoreBuilding along the coast requires grappling with four things: salt, water, wind, and sand. This combination of elements corro...
Read MoreTwo of the most popular styles of decor right now are the rustic and farmhouse styles. It is no surprise why. Both are eclect...
Read MoreI had a friend with a frustrating problem. He was trying to install a handrail on a set of brick steps but every time he dril...
Read MoreDecades ago, when my main (OK, only) consideration when renting an apartment was price, I experienced an unnerving event. I e...
Read MoreI’ve had some clients pay me to do various maintenance tasks on their wooden fences several times a year, every year, paying...
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