Contrary to popular belief, cladding and siding are – technically speaking – not the same thing (according to the Constructio...
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Read MoreThe other day, a young man came to me in the hardware store looking for a little help with a DIY project he’d been planning...
Read MoreIf you love beautiful decks, then you probably know ipe very well. Over the past decade, I’ve had the blessing (and burden) o...
Read MoreOne of my childhood friends has been the first to do everything: the first to go to college, the first to graduate, the firs...
Read MoreA neighbor who used to live below my old apartment had his rare imported Honda stolen straight out of the parking lot one nig...
Read MoreOne of the jobs I got shortly after the military was as a welder in a custom metalworking shop. We built everything from alu...
Read MoreI was going to pick up a couch from my friend’s father-in-law, and when I arrived at the house, I was shocked to pull up to...
Read MoreI spent my summers at a camp by a lake when I was a kid. The family that owned the camp owned most of the land surrounding th...
Read MoreOne of the ladies I used to work with owned a nice property on the water. It was a small apartment complex built by her pare...
Read MoreWhen my friend and his wife bought their starter home, it came with a traditional wooden privacy fence in the backy...
Read MoreI have a friend who is an investment banker but defines herself as a musician first. Not surprisingly, her home expresses he...
Read MoreWhen my friend’s great-grandmother passed away, she left the family’s old Gothic-style home in such disrepair that none of h...
Read MoreI have a lot of friends, and they all live in homes with very different looks and personalities. For the most part, these ho...
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