Afflicted Nails :: A Tree Fort Flowering aka Learning How to Hammer a Nail
6September 14, 2010
Back when tools felt unfamiliar and over sized in the hand there was a bent bouquet of 16 penny nails in a board we were trying to attach to a tree . . . .
Flickded Nails! [ . . . ]
How to Design a Kitchen Island
22September 13, 2010
The kitchen island is a social hub, an additional work surface and a storage facility. When designing a multi-functional kitchen island, consider fit, form, and function. Assess your wants, needs and budget, and exercise your personal style with the answers to these three questions: [ . . . ]
Staying On the Grid, Part II: A Call to Arms to the Citizen Farmer
6September 10, 2010
by John Poole
in In the 'Hood
Now, to start, here's a personal anecdote that largely initiated my thinking on these matters. I'm a relatively inexperienced gardener. I've only been doing it a few seasons, and while I've not yet met the degree of success I'd prefer, I've at least managed to see first hand how relatively simple, natural approaches to soil management can produce extraordinary results in compact spaces. Provided, of course, you're willing to invest the required sweat equity and forethought in the garden management process. [ . . . ]
Building a Tree Fort :: Its the Heart of the Matter and the Soul of It All :: Paul Lesieur
4September 8, 2010
The world was my oyster.
Little did I care what people thought, busy as I was wandering over the soiled and urban backyards I called home. It was my time to begin what would be a lifetime of making things. A journey of thoughts put to hammer and nail. And an abstract eye was being developed that never saw an object alone, things made more as a piece to a puzzle that I could master.
Wood, nails, and a motley assortment of hammers, saws and pliers scrounged from the basement workshop of my father, and grandfather, gave me the instruments of destruction that I called my tools. [ . . . ]
Grown Up Style that Breaks the Cookie Cutter
3September 7, 2010
by CalFinder
in In the 'Hood
Juxtaposing their love for modern architecture with a desire to showcase eclectic Asian influences, John and Chris Davison's home in a rural Owings Mills development brings to life tangible fluidity. This is just the brand of cohesive design that architect-designer Patrick Sutton is famous for. With glass walls serving as partitions and an abundance of big, bright windows, this home doesn't fall victim to the cookie-cutter style of the surrounding development. [ . . . ]
