Customize Your New Driveway By Incorporating Embedded River Pebbles

Don't just pour a dull concrete driveway. Jazz it up with embedded washed river pebbles! You'll be astounded with the results!

Handmade Bricks Offer Instant Character As Landscape Edging

Here is an example of brick edging laid in a vertical fashion (sailor curb) with alternating colors of brick along pathways and a driveway. A beautiful finished product!

How Much Does It Cost To Drill A Water Well?

Do you want to know how much it costs to drill a water well? You're not alone.

Natural Cork Flooring: A Growing Trend In Today's Green Homebuilding Industry

Natural cork floor tiles are fast becoming the hottest trend in flooring options, especially with green homebuilders and their customers. Here is an example of one that has been installed.

English Tudor-Style Cottage Photos & Ideas

This is the final series of my photo posts of the English tudor-style cottage located in Marietta, GA. The home has an abundance of over-the-top quality features rarely seen in homebuilding today.

This Happy Little Dachshund Boot Scraper Makes Me Smile

Dachshund boot scrapers will bring a smile to your face every time.

Pictures of an English Cottage Featuring Windows and Doors

Pictures of a thoroughly detailed English cottage house made in the U.S.A. Most of these photos were taken of some of the window and door features of the home.

Install A Copper Rain Chain For Simple Elegance: English Cottage-Style Home: Pt. 10

Copper rain chains and rain cups have been around for centuries in Japan and now they are making their way to the states. Hard to believe something so simply beautiful and functional has taken this long to be used here in the good ol' U.S. of A. If you want an alternative to the traditional enclosed metal downspout on your gutters then you might want to consider a rain chain. Who knows...you might even lower your blood pressure from the effects of watching rain pout through one in action.

Exposed Beam Ceiling Craftsmanship: English Cottage-Style Home: Part 9

Masterfully installed hand-hewn white oak exposed beams utilizing old world-style mortise and tenon joinery is just one more reason to read on. You'll have a hard time finding craftsmanship of this caliber in the homebuilding industry today. Seeing is believing!

Creative Landscape Lighting: A Neighborhood Well Lit: English Cottage-Style Home - Part 8

Landscape lighting can truly set the tone for a neighborhood as well as your home. The Retreat at Kennesaw Mountain in Marietta, GA is a fantastic example of the way it's done right. Please enter...I've left the light on for you.