Still doing research for my upcoming trip to London - today I was taking a look at 100% Design London - a showcase of a vast range of weird and wonderful materials from wood and plastic to embroidered … [Read more...]
Zinc Metal Siding – VM Zinc by Umicore
A few years ago a vendor brought in an update to our VM Zinc product binder and in it were some samples of some new colors available for zinc panels - yes, yes, I know instead of focusing on how zinc … [Read more...]
Radiant Flooring
Currently I am working on three projects that all have radiant floors in some of the rooms. That might not sound that unusual but I do live in Texas and we are going through one of the hottest summers … [Read more...]
HEXBUG Micro Robotic Creatures
Have you ever heard of HEXBUG? If you are a parent with a child between the ages of 6 and 15 I can almost guarantee that you have. HEXBUG are small robotic toys that have a bug theme to them - and … [Read more...]
Painting isn’t fun anymore
Painting is a drag even under the most ideal of circumstances but in the case of my interior masonry stucco walls?... Let's just say I would rather be caught in a biker bar at last call wearing pants … [Read more...]
Butterfly Chairs – Replacement Covers
A few weeks ago I undertook a project to restore old butterfly chairs I had "acquired" in an effort to make them a bit more presentable. The final piece of the process was to replace the white canvas … [Read more...]