China is a nation filled with ironies.  It’s a purportedly Socialist state in which the images of Chairman Mao that used to gaze down fr...

Last time, we saw how many well-known brands in the American building industry got their start through innovation and invention . It’s a c...

Aside from my usual grumbling over Hewlett Packard products, I seldom mention brand names in this blog.  Today, however, I’m going to ment...

People do lots of thinking when they remodel a bathroom.  They agonize over colors, countertop materials, and choosing the latest lavatory s...

I n China, single-family homes are rare, and the vast majority of people live in what Americans would charitably call highrise apartment b...

A while back, I stopped at a locally-owned burger emporium for one of my periodic hits of cholesterol. The giant cheeseburger was stupendous...

There are three project ideas I hear from homeowners again and again--probably because, at first glance, they seem like dirt cheap ways to...