Oren, if your desk is similar to my Steelcase desk, the top is formica. It's pretty much impossible for a DIY-er to refinish formica. There are professionals that do it, but even they typically j...

Both the leaking water and temperature issues are reasons that I will never again rent a space on the top floor of a building.

Hm... one the things I like most about hammocks is their minimal visual impact. As if the person laying in it is floating in midair.

I enjoy eating at the local dives but visiting the touristy places. New Orleans is nice, since the French Quarter also has plenty of local dives in addition to tourist (although any names escape m...

I recently found this wonderful example of a Southern sleeping porch while perusing the local realty listings in Birmingham:

This cottage is actually in Birmingham and built well after 1796 - the city was incorporated in the 1870s and most houses in this neighborhood were built between 1900-1930. The 1796 house you're r...