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Tube Lined Tiles w/ Tile Artist – DuQuella Tile :: My Tile Fairy & Her Decorative Tile

Maybe you know Cyra DuQuella makes handcrafted decorative tiles (yes, each and every one by hand.) Tiledecorative.com. You may know that that she specializes in Art Nouveau, Arts & Crafts and Deco...

by jb bartkowiak

Dap's World Headquarters Location in Baltimore's Can Company

Building Moxie with DAP Products :: A Tour of DAP Product’s Baltimore Facilities

DAP, if you did not know, is a world-leading manufacturer of caulks, sealants and adhesives. It is likely the most recognizable name in caulk, but is also often known for its window...

by jb bartkowiak

Understanding How Hardwood Lumber is Graded

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For more than a century, the hardwood lumber industry has held to a central grading standard established by the National Hardwood Lumber Association (NHLA) ... Today we take this grading system for...

by jb bartkowiak

Blogging Success :: Building Moxie Interviews Todd Fratzel of Tool Box Buzz

I met Todd Fratzel briefly at the 2010 Remodeling Show and it's funny, the topic of Building Moxie's site traffic came up. For all intents and purposes, he is a certified construction...

by jb bartkowiak

Lemp Brewery Cave and Pool St. Louis, MO

BMoxies 2nd Ever Photo Week – Day 3 (Lemp Caves – A Model for Sub-Surface Living)

Although historical intrigue is the primary attraction of the Lemp Brewery, the lesson learned from utilizing underground storage is not insignificant. Nearby, there are currently residential homes and commercial businesses that are...

by Paul Hamtil

Brick in a Flemish Bond Patter Lewes, DE

BMoxies 2nd Ever Photo Week – Day 2 (The Allusion of Metaphor) :: Flemish Bond

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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. [ . . ....

by jb bartkowiak

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...

by Amy Good

Mid-Century Esoteric with Modern 50 :: An Interview with Vintage Goods Dealer Dino Paxenos

My interview with old friend Dino Paxenos at Modern 50. He tells us how his vintage goods business came to be, the philosophies behind his processes, and much more. Read on to...

by jb bartkowiak

Building Moxie, Leah Thayer and a Comfy, Comfy Chair :: An Interview with this Remodeling Business Editor

I guess I could tell you about the time LT and I met up for lunch . . . and how I felt like a major klutz, but I won't. Instead ....

by jb bartkowiak

Building the Perfect Den: A Designer’s Achilles Heel

In the NeighborHood

When design-savvy Jay Jenkins was named heir of Baltimore's most impressive firm, Alexander Baer Associates (now Jenkins Baer Associates), it seemed as if there was nothing in the field he couldn't tackle....

by CalFinder

Dennis Hockman Editor of Chesapeake Home + Living

Building Moxie with Dennis Hockman (Chesapeake Home Magazine) :: An Interview

. . . Fast forward a couple years - the wife and I then on our third property and bought from a couple that knew, well, simply how to make a house...

by jb bartkowiak

Sources Spotlight :: Budeke’s Paints – Paint History with One of America’s Oldest Paint Stores

To hear Bryan Koerber describe it, you would think he was there. We sold components, pigments in the form of pastes or powders - red lead, white lead; linseed oil; solvents like...

by jb bartkowiak