Who says Heavy Metal is dead? Not the folks over at Decorative Iron. I stumbled across DecorativeIron.com while researching metal supplies. Our house has a fair amount of wrought iron and I was already contemplating …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Lighting in our house has sadly become the laughing stock of the neighborhood. It consists mainly of really heinously ugly “vintage” fixtures, and in many cases, bare bulbs. Nothing says Spanish Casa like a couple …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Sometimes stained glass looks great, other times it really looks bad. We have not quite figured out if the we like the stained glass on one of our windows. If it is original to the …
Written by: Marc Lyman
As any of my close friends can attest, I am completely paranoid. Add to that paranoia the fact that someone stole two Sago Palms right off our front porch in the middle of the night …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Sometimes any old toilet just won’t do. There’s a big difference between a 60’s vintage generic toilet, and a true classic throne. My friend Darren recently went off on a mild tirade about how you …
Written by: Marc Lyman
With so much waste and landfill being created by construction and remodeling, it’s great to see some eco-friendly re-use in building materials. A company called Southern Wood Floors “harvests buildings, not trees.” This immediately conjured …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Who needs a heater in San Diego? We do!!! My wife got cold easily to begin with, but after three years of school in Phoenix, she now thinks anything under 90 degrees is “chilly.” I’ll …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Building resources is an eco-friendly non-profit located in the San Francisco Bay Area. Among other things, they provide used materials donated by homeowners, remodelers, contractors, etc. They accept tax-deductible donations of clean, reusable materials. Building …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Anyone who has carried huge panels of sheetrock, glass or titanium armor plating knows what back-breaking awkward work it can be. Gross Stabil (that’s the company name, not a description) makes some heavy duty panel …
Written by: Marc Lyman
Our house is so old-school, that rather than having a vent fan in each bathroom, we actually have electrical heaters. Sadly they look and sound just like a normal vent fan, so our guests often …
Written by: Marc Lyman
