A pergola is one of the most attractive and elegant ways to add interest to your landscape. Whether you’re looking to bring shade to your outdoor living space or create a walkway overhung with climbing vines, the pergola provides a simple, cost-effective solution that will add value to your home.
Garden walls or ‘vertical gardens’ have gained a lot of notoriety over recent years with designers such as Patrick Blanc setting the standards. Vertical gardens can come in all shapes and sizes, some scaling entire buildings, whilst others sit in offices, gardens or private homes.
If you are looking for a DIY project or upcyling idea, wooden shipping pallets are the perfect solution. In the infographic below by Bridgman, see how a versatile, cheap and abundant – with a little DIY know-how and a spare few hours, you can turn a disused wooden pallet into something spectacular.
Statistics show that 62% of crimes occur during the day between 10 am & 3pm. A criminal like Neal could steal your jewelry, firearms, silver, and cash in about 12 seconds once inside your home. How hard (or easy) can it be for a thief or burglar to break into your house?
There are a lot of factors that impact the rate at which Americans own homes – especially household income. Often, the rise or fall of household income has much to do with how many Americans can afford to own homes. Throw in inflation and interest rates and it is easy to see what factors were involved with the decline of home ownership rates since 2004 and the housing market collapse in 2007.
Have you ever wondered where real estate websites get their information? This infographic from Redfin shows how local brokerage sites gather data, compared to national portals like Zillow and Trulia. The information comes from an independent study conducted by the WAV Group.
Even if you don’t consider yourself much of a do-it-yourselfer, chances are at some point in your life you’ve used a power drill. Check out this infographic from eReplacementParts.com to learn some interesting facts about America’s favorite tool.
To encourage more creativity in fence design, Rick’s Custom Fencing & Decking has created the following chart, which showcases out some of the ways you can customize a wood fence.
As home and business owners become increasingly aware of the benefits of recycled wood products, Viridian Wood Products is often asked about the best places to find quality reclaimed wood. To help answer the question of where our wood is salvaged from – and how it ends up getting made into reclaimed wood flooring, paneling and tabletops – they’ve created the following visualization showing how our reclaiming process works.
The Craftsman home represents a return to simplicity and quality craftsmanship – and it has re-emerged as one of the most coveted house plan styles in the United States today. In fact, recent data shows the Craftsman style is popular across all age groups and regions. The following infographic by Houseplans.co explores the hallmark features of a Craftsman home plan, as well as how the beloved style developed.
