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August 20, 2014 0 Comments

One of my favorite things to do on this blog is to profile recent projects. It's a fun opportunity to show what's possible, and maybe brag a little. Hey, my clients let me

August 8, 2014 0 Comments

I grew up in a 1950s ranch house in Rhode Island. It's the one in the photo above. You can see that there are two doors on the front of the house: the

June 23, 2014 2 Comments

  We see a lot of concrete porches, especially on older homes (1950s-1970s for sure). If I had to guess, that’s about the time the prior owners poured our front porch. The thing

May 17, 2014 2 Comments

I get a lot of requests from people interested in adding a pergola to their landscape. They’re cool to begin with and they’ve been made all the more popular by HGTV, etc. over

March 23, 2014 0 Comments

In the past year I decided to become a dealer for Danver stainless steel cabinets. I get approached many times a year by companies who want me to hawk their products, so what

January 26, 2014 2 Comments

I'm a charcoal snob. It's one of the reasons why I really only deal with the higher end gas grills, because an infra-red sear burner is the only way to get the same

July 1, 2013 3 Comments

I was walking into a meeting at a hotel last week when I saw what my path looked like. Here's a hint: your paver walk should NEVER look like a half-unzipped Members Only

May 20, 2013 3 Comments

If you live in Virginia, Maryland, or DC and someone says "flagstone patio", what comes to mind? Something that looks like this, maybe? I'd wager at least 90% of the flagstone patios installed

April 24, 2013 8 Comments

I get asked that question a lot, as you can imagine. After all, Virginians love their brick homes, so I design a lot of patios for brick homes. I always look at two

February 20, 2013 8 Comments

I like to play a game I call underrated/overrated. You can play it with bands, actors, foods, anything you want. Example: underrated/overrated = Hudson Hawk is a brilliant and underrated movie/ Sideways is