Made by John

A screen for soil, compost, and other materials is a very useful piece of gardening equipment.  It sifts out pine cones, roots, and other b...

I'm a big fan of natural light.  We installed a simple skylight in the laundry room a couple of years ago, and it was fairly straightfo...

This isn't a very exciting post.  It's more for me than for you I guess.  I spent quite a bit of time this weekend installing all th...

I've found lots of artifacts and other evidence about the history of our house as I've opened various walls and poked around in dark...

After the inspector visited and told me I could do what I wanted as long as I didn't mess with any of the structural members, I got to ...

Despite reading Christopher Schwarz's new book where he espouses a minimal set of tools, I've been on a bit of a bender over the las...

Some time around 2003, our house received a cleanup and utilities upgrade.  Part of that was a layer of blown-in cellulose insulation in the...