Posts tagged materials
I Heart My Local Lumber Yard :: National Lumber
4October 27, 2011
Kevin talks of the delicate balance between always doing the right thing for customers, but also being loyal to vendors (whom he refers to as partners). As I point out my own recent visit to the Remodeling Show/Deck Expo and commenting on the number of deck fastener systems that were represented, he agreed that there are -- quote “so many products.”
He continues, “It’s one of the things that sets us apart, JB.” He always peppers a conversation with my name, and I figure I am not the only one he does that with . . . . Continuing, “Sometimes it’s like a scavenger hunt, but it is our openness and our willingness to look at everything that makes us different.” [ . . . ]
Paul Escobedo :: Remodeling Principles and Priorities
8April 21, 2011
Something powerful that has fundamentally refocused us on our true priorities. Maybe we’re rediscovering that what’s meaningful isn’t just a home stuffed to the brim with expensive materials and costly appliances, but rather a comfortable and sustainable respite that centers on what matters to us most: our families, our communities, and our planet. [ . . . ]
Do Your Part to Stop Bag Breakage :: On ReUsable Shopping Bags
7April 27, 2010
by jb
in homeownership
I know for my family it has been difficult to remember our bags (purchased for 99c each) on food shopping trips. We try to work them into our regime; I mean -- what good do they do if we can't seem to remember to bring them along?
Motivation: 15 plastics, this waste often floating around our city, easily replaced by five or six sturdy canvas bags. They seem to stow ever so neatly into our all too small trunk. Our memory will hopefully get better, at least a little bit better.
And while I think of hanging them near the side door (the one closest to the driveway), and toy with the idea of attempting to let them live in the car, my plans of now are to earmark some space for them in our pantry (which will receive work hopefully pretty soon). [ . . . ]
Make a Wood Molding Mini-Library
1April 3, 2010
by jb
in homeownership
Jot down the Wood Molding Profile, aka WM#, number (if you have it), add the sample's species and/or construction too (if you know it): FJ for Finger Jointed, PP for Primed Pine, and so on.
Other options for what to write might be -- "base in back hall bedroom 2; fuschia room -- southeast " or if you profile your own, use something like "1/4" beading bit" or "3/16" cove." [ . . . ]
