These mighty-mites can provide heating, cooling, and air-mixing for a well-insulated house, but they look so darned—European. It is hard for many Americans to warm up to them.
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Jul 2 2019
Happy Independence Day from Romeo, the shop dog, an important member of the team at Hull Historical in Fort Worth, TX
May 15 2019
Hieroglyphic marks on the floor prevent deep-state drywall-coverups of electrical workboxes
Feb 18 2019
Tree stumps are not a solid base for footings
Feb 16 2019
A builder's take on a necessary evil: not evil
Dec 29 2018
Photos // Framing, Woodworking
Like farm to table for building materials—a tour of Amazon trees and lumber
Oct 27 2018
We budgeted nearly $50,000 for the foundation and yet ran almost 100% over budget—that hurts.
Aug 16 2018
Buenos Aires is an architectural voyeur’s destination, with gothic, and ornate classical buildings that rival Europe in grandeur. There are also a lot of cool homes, and street-level building craft to admire.
May 5 2018
and sometimes I'm open to looking
Apr 26 2018
Doors are like eyes, or maybe mouths. They tell you a lot about who's inside. Would you want to walk in and get to know them?
Mar 3 2018
Walking on a scaffold with boots is like tightening a lug molt with mittens
Dec 23 2017
Your own private Idaho—or Argentina—inside the house
Dec 16 2017
May you build a ladder to the stars, may you climb on every rung ...
Dec 2 2017
The tiny house on stilts is ready for relaxation!
Nov 18 2017
An #oldschool approach to decorative concrete surfaces
Nov 4 2017
Are windows the eyes of a home, or a gateway to its soul?
Oct 22 2017
A simple stairway Answers the question of why. Why regulations?
Oct 7 2017
As family size contracts, big houses become small hotels
Sep 23 2017
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It’s a pleasure to stroll the streets of Colonia, Uruguay, and realize that in those homes you admire, you could also live.
People do. And it’s not too expensive.
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