Projects

Sherwin-Williams DeckScapes

Oil and Water I’m fired up about how green the building game is compared to just four years ago. I’m excited about products and processes…

Bruce Turlington Lock & Fold Floors

Your customer wants hardwood floors in a basement remodel or over a slab in an urban build-out. You know that for solid hardwood you must…

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…

Under-Deck Drainage Systems

Building a deck creates two distinct spaces. Topside, gleaming deck boards and guardrails invite customers to enjoy the outdoors. But if a deck is far…

What You Need to Know: New Decking Preservatives

In 2004, after dominating the market for more than 70 years, wood treated with CCA (chromated copper arsenate) was withdrawn from residential use due to…

Get Inspired: New Deck, New Door

For many homeowners, adding a deck can lead naturally to thinking about ways to connect the new outdoor living space with the inside of the…

The Master Bedroom: A storage fantasy coming true!

The desire to have a master bedroom in a home that really didn’t offer a dominant space left us with a challenge.   We aimed…

Makeover a nursery with a Murphy Bed: Small space solver

Jack’s Bedroom. You guessed it! We aren’t just renovating our house, we’re also adding on to our family. With a baby boy on the way,…

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 perfect girl’s room

There are big dreams and creative requests when working with a 6-year-old ‘client.’ While she didn’t get striped walls or murals of butterflies and bumblebees,…

So what is new in decking?

I remember when there were roughly a billion fewer choices of deck boards and railing systems. The first decks I worked on as a carpenter’s…