BMoxies 2nd Ever Photo Week – Day 2 (The Allusion of Metaphor) :: Flemish Bond
There are a few traditional patterns, or bonds, in which brick can be laid. Here, interlocking headers and stretchers run both in each course make an un-common pattern. [ . . ....
BMoxies 2nd Ever Photo Week – Day 1 (Shades of Ed) :: Test Painting Colors
To figure which colors to use in painting our house in 2006, we started with some tests on the shed. This shed was site-built and clad with T1-11 (a type of treated...
BMoxies 1st Ever Photo Week – Day 5 (Photo Week in Review: Google Street Style)
Early in the week, I made a brief aside . . . something to the effect of "Wow! How the digital camera has changed our lives." But few examples of recent advancements...
BMoxies 1st Ever Photo Week – Day 4 (Ummm Could You Do Me a Quick Favor, Move This Hot Tub … And Errrr. No, That’s Not a Sheer Cliff There)
Lancaster County Timber Frames, Inc. was raising a frame in the mountains of Taos, NM. Everyone in town thought we were rather odd in that we were hiking material up a 8,000...
BMoxies 1st Ever Photo Week – Day 3 (Great Tubes of Caulk in the Sky) :: DAP
An RPM International company, Dap Products, Inc. is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. They are a leading manufacturer of caulks, sealants and adhesives. Just a half an hour drive from their offices in...
Formstone :: BMoxies 1st Ever Photo Week – Day 2 (the Polyester of Brick)
Generically known as "formstone" a sort of "stamped stucco" remains on the street-facing exterior of many (row)homes in Baltimore, Maryland. It was applied widely from the 1930s to the 1960s. But as...
BMoxies 1st Ever Photo Week – Day 1 (Multitasking)
For my first, I went back to the first few sets we took with a digital camera. 2003, for me, was monopolized primarily by two things, Jen's first pregnancy and Evyn's birth....
15 Budget-Friendly Kitchen Makeover Ideas :: From Kitchen Decor to a New Countertop & Backsplash
While a major kitchen remodel may exceed your budget, you can enjoy a number of inexpensive updates now by cashing in on design creativity, smart materials and economical decorative touches to dress...
How to Select an Interior Door (Building Moxie Style)
I was naked . . . and stepping into the shower when she started, “Are you crazy?!”. . . but she continued, “I mean – do I really have to have you...
Interior Design on a Budget :: Focus on a Feature Wall, Furniture & Flooring
Young families also may find it difficult to find the extra money to change their homes and add luxuries such as reclining sofas. But to make a difference, you don’t have to...
Building Moxie Tours American Standard Brands New Product Design Center :: History, Innovation & More
And the question did come up early, “Is American Standard the oldest plumbing product manufacturer?” As American Standard grew initially from a partnering of manufacturers . . . so too do they...
GE Monogram’s Industry-First No HFC Frig with Convertible Bottom Drawer
Not only is it the first to offer this kind of flexibility, it is also the first EVER frig being manufactured with zero HFCs. That’s right -- no Hydrofluorocarbons and none of...