If vinyl’s final, you’d best get the details right. A veteran builder shows how to make it water-resistant and attractive.

Black-colored homes may seem like an unconventional approach to designing your home. Making it pretty difficult to pull off. Typically, from a design

First introduced in the 1950s, vinyl siding has become a durable, aesthetically-pleasing and affordable exterior cladding option. The products on the market today can mimic wood, insulate your home, and even stand up to tornado-force winds.

First spotted on Dezeen: the Morran House by Stockholm-based architect Johannes Norlander, a renovation of an existing 1950s cottage on a rocky island in t

Work your entire core and banish that muffin top with these abs exercises

Where: Sierra Nevada Mountains What: Residence Product: ranchwood™ siding with reveal and ranchwood™ square edge trim Product Use: Montana Timber Products ranchwood™ Yellowstone siding, shiplap with a fine line reveal, highlighted with ranchwood™ Western trim result in a stunning design and perfect example of Mountain Modern design. The ranchwood™ material used in this home pulls

Hijiki seaweed and carrots are classic combination in Japanese cooking. This marriage of earth and sea is salty, sweet, pleasantly crunchy, and highly nutritious. Here’s our version of this side dish, using some of the kumquats we’ve been buying at the farmers’ market, but lemon juice or rice vinegar works, too. The basic recipe can also be enhanced with other ingredients such as tofu, edamame, or burdock root, and served with soba noodles or rice to make a more complete meal.

Exterior window details play a huge part in making a house look modern. Here are 6 modern exterior window details to choose from for your modern home.

Looking for perfect exercises for your obliques? Then these are the ideal match for your daily routine! Ab Bikes The ab bike is a great movement to hit all of your ab muscles with one exercise. Lay f

Our exterior is this close to being done. It’s been a long PROCESS getting to this point, but we have loved taking you along for the ride in real time on Instagram. Some of the siding (more about our siding here) and trim is still going up and everything needs a second coat of paint–but we’ve heard […]

If you’re looking for a unique look or a specific function from your baseboards, it might be best to make your own. Some basic shop tools – jointer, planer, table saw and router table – are enough to make an astounding number of different styles of baseboard, and the techniques are not difficult.

Cream suede sneakers with crochet trims The delicate crochet features on the Tb.490 bring a romantic twist on this classic urban style. Crafted from cream suede and designed in a low-top silhouette sitting on rubber soles, the style is completed with classic features, including exposed stitching and the logo embossed across the tongue and sides. Keep it simple with classic shoelaces or elevate the romance with bows, both included. Product type: Sneakers Material: Sustainable Leather Composition: Upper, Lining, Insole: 100% Cow Leather Outsole: 100% Rubber Embellishment: 100% Cotton Heel height: 2cm Color Family: White Made in Portugal. Designed in Barcelona

All the trim basics from start to finish, plus a clever way to get those miters tight

With a simple silhouette crafted from a crisp fabric in Indonesia, this top works versatile wearing options.The classic top has a relaxed fit with frilled details at the sides. It features a round neckline and a zipper closure in the back. MATERIAL 100% cotton SIZE & FITTrue to sizeRie is 175 cm tall and wears a size S

You won’t necessarily find head flashing on windows and doors that have integral flanges because some manufacturers call for it and some don’t

Step one: wake up. Step two: work your core.

The color of your trim is what distinguishes your house from the rest of your block. You...

Vertical wood siding is a time-proven, versatile, environmentally friendly, locally available option that requires minimal tools and equipment to install.

Our designers have come up with a list of favorite siding colors by James Hardie we’d like to share with you. The options are limitless!

For Items ready for shipping see: READY TO SHIP section. Please be aware of turn around time to complete your order due to high volume! CUSTOM SIZING/COLOR/DESIGN AVAILABLE. Dimensions in photo - 33X46 inches Dimensions available 24X36/30X42/33X46 Our three dimensional art is created from lumber to finished piece in a countryside shop. To create each piece of dowel art, the wood is selected, milled down to identical pieces, and individually sanded on all four sides. If stain is used in the piece, it is applied before putting together to insure a uniform look every time. It is then put together, adhering each piece with wood glue and nails for a quality and lasting bond. After the edges are trimmed down, and touch ups are done, it is then ready for finish. On all pieces except for the natural wood pieces that are left raw, we use a water-based polyurethane. I use a matte finish to keep the pieces muted and allow the design to be the center focus. This process usually takes an entire day as to brush polyurethane onto these Dimensional art pieces is tedious work. Each piece takes 2-4 coats before completion. The final stages of these pieces is to attach the frame, touch up the piece, fill in nail holes, and apply hardware. I use a high end French cleat system to insure the ability to hang these pieces almost anywhere and with ease. The pieces are wrapped with hand painted packaging, and placed in foam, and boxed to insure safe delivery to your doorstep. CUSTOM OPTIONS AVAILABLE If you would like to adjust sizing or color tones in this piece, please reach out, we are more than happy to assist you!

This hearty porridge from chef Yoni Levy of San Francisco's Alta CA restaurant is bolstered by roasted vegetables and enlivened with a salsa of turnip greens.

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This Silky Feel cream based Print Palazzo Pant features a black feather design and contrasting zig-zag print hem. With a relaxed belt tie at the front, side pockets, and an elasticated back section for an easy fit. Showing off its specialised digital printing for a classic chic look. Pair it will the matching shirt for

I'm full of plans for a new gown, based on a series of illuminations in the Taymouth Hours, a manuscript from early 14th century England. The illuminations that caught my eye feature a series of noblewomen hunting with everything from dogs to nets to bows to hawks. In the main manuscript, these illuminations start around page 68. In these four close ups, you can see the gist of the style. There's a long, tight sleeved gown, with a shorter, split sided, tippeted (if it's not a word, it should be) overdress. Several of the ladies have fur lining in the overgown, and several wear veils. One has a hood folded and set aside on a hawk's perch. The expression on the rabbit's face in that last one cracks me up every time... Planning for this gown is underway - I've got some lovely linen in a gorgeous mid blue, and a fantastic brick red, though I'm still deciding between a blue over red color scheme, or red over blue. The current tangle is figuring out construction and fit of both dresses. The overdress seems fairly loose and flowing all over, but it looks to me like the bodice of the undergown would be fairly close fitting, with very tight fitting sleeves. Blocking out a general pattern is next, and then the fun of a more exact draft. My goal is to have this dress completed by Crown List in May, which is incredibly ambitious between my field work for my degree, and wedding planning (June 18th can't get here soon enough!). We'll see how much I can get done, though!

Where: Colorado What: Residence Product: Charwood product line using Silvertip color. To view all the colors available in Charwood go to: http://www.montanatimberproducts.com/products/siding/charwood-siding/ Product use: Square edge board and batten in 1x6 and 1x8 material. 2x10 shiplap material with 2x6 trim, 2x10 fascia, and 1x6 tongue and groove soffit material all in douglas fir wood. Building