Mark’s blog

International XT Trucks

If there’s such a thing as a macho gene, one look at International’s XT truck series promises to tweak that ganglia. The XTs are big….

RIGGS WORKWEAR by Wrangler

RIGGS WORKWEAR by Wrangler must know how many pairs of jeans and other pants I’ve trashed framing, demolishing, roofing, trimming and whatever else, because they’ve…

FixitUp Find: Dunham Crew Chief Boots

Good boots are an expensive but undeniably important tool, and good ones help us do our jobs more comfortably. If your boots date back into…

Old Creek Wallbed Factory

Wall Art If there’s one thing I keep running into as I remodel, it’s that space is at a greater premium than ever. Whether it’s…

Field and Stream Upland Canvas Pant

You lookin’ for tough, good-looking work pants? Try Field and Stream’s Upland Canvas Pant. These bad boys — while made for hunting in the woods…

Making over our Dining room

I’m surprised Boeing hasn’t called to use our air-tunnel dining room to test new products. Despite the fact that it is inches away from a…

The Attic: Could there be more angles to deal with?

Our home’s attic has functioned as an underused, disorganized storage-only treasure-in-the-very-rough for its first 100 years. We’re taking the attic into the 21st century as…