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Playhouses are some of the tiniest examples of good building and design. For the lead carpenter of Sardone Construction, a backyard playhouse was an opportunity to make his house fit the needs of the whole family – toddler pirates included. Bryan McLain was given the challenge to design a pirate ship playhouse for his son’s third birthday…
John and Nancy Scott know their niche. They’ve been building in Stonewall Terrace and East Dallas for years, building custom homes with exceptional details and thoughtful, family friendly floor plans. The design aesthetic is at home in older areas of Dallas, with lines and shapes that complement the Tudors and traditionals for which the M…
Well, you know what they say about opinions … … not everyone agrees with yours, amiright? That’s the message I got from a few readers who disagreed with my column’s assertion that shipping containers are over like shell art. While a some were brief, there were some impassioned pleas for reason.
Maybe you have seen this video of a rat in the New York City subway carrying a slice of pizza down the stairs to nibble. Ewww. It was posted by comedian Matt Little, a perfect example of what happens when humans toss food anywhere instead of where it belongs: the garbage – the slice found…
I know that not everyone is going to agree with me, but I’ve been thinking about this ever since PV14 was built: Shipping containers as housing is over. So over. When Michael Gooden was hoisting the long metal boxes in the air that would make up his shipping container project in Old Lake Highlands that…
