Greetings! Last we spoke, we had the old electrical removed, the new, up-to-code placed in, and the insulation installed to make sure our house stays warm on those cold Wisconsin nights. Now it was time to start seeing some real progress--time for the dry wall to go up. Once again, we spoke to a friend to find a local ... Read More »

Last summer I purchased a power washer for my home. You know, a 4-cycle, gas-powered, long hose with a spray gun, an attitude, and an extremely complicated pump system that is neither easy nor inexpensive to repair. By now, the thing no longer sprays with any sort of pressure, and essentially what I now have is a very large ... Read More »

Greetings from the Grunewalds. Last time we spoke with you, we had a blank canvas to create our new kitchen...and some very bad electrical to deal with. My original plan was to do all the electrical myself, but I decided that finding a master electrician would be the better way to go. I started and ended my search by ... Read More »

In my job, I turn plumbing products into durable works of art that provide both function and a connection that I hope will cause someone to fall in love with them. Since my encounter with biomimicry, though, I have had to rethink what we are doing and why. First, I should clarify...biomimicry is an evolving field of study ... Read More »

Life without labor is guilt; Labor without art is brutality - John Ruskin, 1870. This quote by John Ruskin was a favorite of Walter Kohler, Sr., Kohler Co.'s president from 1905 to 1940. He, as well as all Kohler family members past and present, recognized that art and creativity are indispensable to life. A great example ... Read More »