Mulching Flower Beds

18 years ago

Mulching Flower Beds with Ask This Old House This week we started mulching the flower beds with pine bark mulch.…

Exposed Aggregate Concrete Walkway

18 years ago

Exposed aggregate concrete makes a great walkway or driveway. Last year when we built the house we had a hard…

Garage Workshop – Stair Design

18 years ago

The other day I posted about one of my projects for the summer being building stairs up to my new…

Framed Bearing Wall

18 years ago

Basement Bearing Walls Last year at this time we began framing the house. Looking at the pictures reminds me of…

Cambara Decking

18 years ago

When we built our new home I really struggled with what type of material to use for the decking on…

Proper Window Flashing

18 years ago

How To Properly Flash Windows Recently I've had several questions about leaking windows. Most window leaks can be traced back…

Engineered Lumber

18 years ago

Engineered Lumber Framing Today I was looking at some old photos from last year when we started framing the new…

Great Kitchen Design

18 years ago

One of our favorite parts of the new home is definitely the kitchen. We probably got about 90% of what…

Ridge Vents

18 years ago

Recently I wrote about ice dams and the need for good ventilation. Since writing about that topic I received several…

Disclosure Policy

18 years ago

This policy is valid from 08 March 2008 This blog is a personal blog written and edited by me. This…