THINGS TO CONSIDER WHEN BUILDING A DECK5The new backyard mathTHINKING OF A DECK? Most deck planning starts with the usual photo-op in mind, including hammocks, umbrella drinks, and giant friend-filled fiestas. Yet rarely do such plans budget for the five-year experience. Namely, keeping up...
Of course, personal preference is the biggest deciding factor. What do you want your project to look like? If you want a bright blue table, paint is your only option. But if you like the look of a wooden surface, a stain is the way to go. Aside from personal preference, there are ...
It’s also a deck that had a giant wood storage box on it that had seen wayyy better days. You can see the mark that was left. I convinced the homeowner to not only remove the thing off the deck but to keep it off as well. It certainly wasn’t doing the deck any favors, in f...
When people say “trust the science”what they really mean to say, or should mean to say, is “trust the scientific method.” Science is constantly in a state of flux. It is never settled because there are always new things to learn. In the 1950s, I was taught that there were electr...
So this morning, when my young sons went running out into the grass at 6 am in their stripey pajamas, I was otherwise occupied. I did not in fact see their small bare feet grow wet and stain green; I did not see their glee in locating the first dandelions, nor their careful planning...
Living in one place for many years, you may have become accustomed to your home's quirks. That stain you could never entirely remove in the kitchen linoleum from dropping a blueberry pie six years ago? You may never notice it anymore. The discoloration in the corner of your living room ...
I just about peed myself but remembered I was in the Traverse and how that “damage” would come across on my insurance claim…”Urine stain/odor removal” So, as much fun as it was to drive, and comfortable, and super techy, and downright sexy, I was glad to return it 24 hours la...
My last image of that night is the fire, growing and growing, and the men all cheering for one of their own. He was using his belt knife to saw at his beard where some of the meat had left the ghost of a stain. So he could tilt his head back, lower those few strands of hair...
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Flash Point: Fire Rescuelike Legendary is a classic of my collection. I got it early and have since acquired almost all the expansions. The one big upgrade I did this year was getting the Broken Token box or the game. In addition to the box, I took the extra time to stain and varnis...