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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…

How To: Time-Saving Deck Guardrails

No matter how you slice it, installing effective, good-looking guardrails takes time. Cutting, plumbing, shimming, and fastening the numerous individual parts is not full-speed, turbo-charged…

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…

We love our retaining wall! Beyond the commanding presence and usable front yard we’ve gained–forget the mower gymnastics of the former yard– the wood wall creates…