Contrary to popular belief, cladding and siding are – technically speaking – not the same thing (according to the Constructio...
Read MoreI spent some of the best years of my life living on the coast, enjoying the salty air and building and repairing houses. Almo...
Read MoreLog cabins can be a bit tricky to design around. They use whole logs--or at least materials that look like whole logs--giving...
Read MoreIt’s another gorgeous, blue-sky day in Yuma. The sun is out, there’s a gentle breeze blowing, and you’re enjoying the company...
Read MoreI have always fancied myself a bit of a handyman. It’s always been my philosophy to do it myself before calling in the expert...
Read MoreCable railing is a popular choice with my clients when I’m working on a contemporary home’s deck. The narrow cables and minim...
Read MoreAs a former restaurateur, I am well acquainted with the challenge of keeping smelly or unsightly kitchen garbage away from th...
Read MoreHaving built fences in neighborhoods that are just about as hilly as San Francisco, I’ve encountered many creative ways to bu...
Read MoreBy their placement, corner lots are much more exposed to the public eye than other lots. I’ve worked a lot of these in old ne...
Read More“You have to clean glass all the time.” I hear this sentiment a lot and it drives me a little nuts. Glass isn’t the annoying...
Read MoreThe little sister of one of my oldest friends is the youngest of five children, and when she turned eighteen and enrolled in...
Read MoreI had a client a while back with a problem. He’d installed cable railing, and now every few months, the cables had to be tigh...
Read MoreSometimes winter can seem like it’s out to get you. When I was a child, my mother fractured her wrist two separate times in t...
Read MoreA few years ago I had the great pleasure of traveling through Georgia and the Carolinas, staying with old friends and helping...
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