What can I do with all this rebar and wire?
After a decade of renting one small, crappy apartment after the next, my wife Jane and I decided it was time to take a risk and make a change. We […]
After a decade of renting one small, crappy apartment after the next, my wife Jane and I decided it was time to take a risk and make a change. We […]
I got my start in the construction business when I was 13 and my Uncle Joe hired me to help him build a nuclear fallout shelter. These days we would […]
You can do things the normal way, or you can think outside the box. There is nothing wrong with being “normal” in fact that might be the easiest way to […]
When people hear the word “treasure” they no doubt conjure up mental images of gold and jewels. In the real world, I have never seen that kind of treasure, it […]
My family always kept chickens in the backyard. Just a dozen birds or so, enough to supply us with eggs and keep the yard looking well groomed. Eventually I decided […]
The house was a fixer-upper, and we knew that going in. Jessie and I had been yearning for a house of our own, so we could stop renting a tiny […]
Anyone who has cable television, has probably watched Forged in Fire, or at least heard about it. People use rebar, stainless steel wire coils, and any other type of metal […]
I have heard women referred to as brick houses. When I was in my forties, I often got that distinctive nickname, but not any more. Now, I would need a […]