It seems like everyone needs more shelves, no matter how many they have. Shelves are useful for storing things, organizing them or putting them on display. They can take otherwise wasted space and turn it into usable space, making the home more livable. There’s really no such thing as too many shelves; and plywood makes … Read more
Modern flat panel television sets give us an option that older model units didn’t; the ability to hang them on the wall. Even so, that option doesn’t work for everyone. Some apartments and other rental properties don’t allow tenants to drill the necessary holes in the wall needed for a TV wall bracket. But even … Read more
The history of man is the history of war. Ever since the beginning of time, mankind has warred with one another. While those wars were fought for a variety of reasons, including such diverse motivations as a need for natural resources and religious differences, it really boiled down to a difference between “us” and “them.” … Read more
When most people think of canoes, they associate them with the American Indian. We don’t know how long the Indians used canoes to travel the waterways, as they didn’t have a written language or keep a written history of their people. But those native people were not the only ones to use canoes. Indigenous people … Read more
Building a set of stairs is the actual test of a master carpenter. That may be true for a complex staircase, but not all staircases are that complicated. You can build a relatively simple set of stairs, mainly if you use plywood. It usually complicates a set of stairs because they are typically built using … Read more