Here’s the thing people who live in tiny houses will tell you about them. Unlike standard sized dwellings, these diminutive dwellings have to be totally in tune with the way you want to live. There’s no room for error. For this reason, most tiny houses are built...
One must have priorities. In Virginia, one of those priorities is to make sure that you never have to choose between school and amusement parks. The state’s academic calendar is, for the most part, determined by amusement parks. Here’s the backstory: The year is 1986....
Your local building codes prevent you from just going out and constructing something on your property. The overriding reason for this is safety. A lot of things can be set up to be DIY, but making sure a building meets local safety standards is not one of them. Why...
Rectangular. That’s the shape of the flag representing the United States of America, as well as 49 of the states comprising the country. There’s one outlier: Ohio. Ohio has a swallowtail-shaped flag. To commemorate its ranking as the 17th state to be admitted to the...
Up or down. Those are usually the two places guys look when they start to give some thought about the location of their man cave. Up in the attic. Down in the basement. Wait—there’s just not enough room in the attic! And the basement? Really? There’s another place to...
Quick. What’s the first thing that comes to mind about New Jersey? Most people know it’s called the “Garden State.” Give yourself a pat on the back if that’s what you said, too. But, do you know how the state got its nickname? That credit goes to a man named Abraham...
