
Build Your Own Potting Bench
By Charlie Self Here’s a heavy-duty garden bench for the DIY’er with a green thumb. When it’s time to pot flowering plants, or even some

By Charlie Self Here’s a heavy-duty garden bench for the DIY’er with a green thumb. When it’s time to pot flowering plants, or even some

Above Ground or Ground Contact? That is the Big Question By Belinda Remley Whether taking on a project themselves or hiring professional contractors to handle

By Matt Weber I spent most of last spring building a big deck, so I wanted a big set of stairs to match. A width

The comprehensive guide to building a brick barbecue pit from the DIY and home improvement experts. What would fall be without football? And what would

At some point during every homeowner’s life they will be guilty of one of the original sins: coveting thy neighbor.


A Natural Look for your Backyard Retreat By Mark Clement The look of stone is just as natural as grass and trees, making stone building

By Mark and Theresa Clement On the set of the Extreme Makeover: Home Edition playground project in Joplin, MO. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition is such

By Mark and Theresa Clement A P-Ar-GaDe-O-La. The mission of this project is to battle the blandness of the all-too-often overlooked side-yard of so many

Q: What type of wood do you suggest for building outdoor projects? A: Whether you’re building a deck, gazebo, raised garden bed or front porch,

Above-ground pools are inexpensive ways to beat the heat in hot summer months. Most above-ground pools are surrounded with a free-standing deck that is typically between 3 and 4 feet high.
Armstrong-Clark’s deck and siding wood stain has nondrying conditioning oils that separate from the drying side of the formula. These oils penetrate deep into the deck or siding wood fiber where the wood’s natural oils used to be. This process rejuvenates the wood. The drying oils stay at the surface, lock in the conditioning oils […]
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