Once and awhile I get a frustrating call about someone hiring a contractor where the skills did not match the promise. Sometimes the work is poor, isn’t finished, or is in such a state that it needs to be redone. …
Craft vs Assembly

Choice? There is no choice. We must. A house with no storage cannot work. We must gather, organize, store, and hide it. It has to be reliable. We must have access. We must be organized. Chaos is not an option.…
Choice? There is no choice. We must. A house with no storage cannot work. We must gather, organize, store, and hide it. It has to be reliable. We must have access. We must be organized. Chaos is not an option.…
Rhode Island has some of the oldest, greatest architecture in the country. Our built environment reflects our ability to adapt and create. It’s a response to our environment, politics, culture, and art. It reflects function and our industrial and mechanical…
Concrete has become increasingly popular in many decorative applications like floors and countertops. It can be polished, colored, and textured with decorative aggregates. It is durable, cost effective, and easily maintained. Concrete is primarily a mixture of water, aggregate, cement.…
Organization is the key to success, right? Or is some level of disorganization supposed to keep our minds sharp? There is a tipping point for short-term brain capacity, where we either lose it or take away from things that move…
The biggest complaint I hear from people is contractors do not communicate well. The top of the complaint list is they don’t call back after they look at a project. I am here to tell you that it may not…
There has been a lot of talk about climate change. Sifting through the banter and rhetoric is exhausting and confusing. There are champions for change, and those seeking the status quo. You can dispute if humans are the cause or…