Building Materials Gifts

Dave never figured out whether he was the world's only living brick, or if everyone else was just facing the other way."

"Living in a city with functional infrastructure must be so boring."

'I'm sure that one wasn't there last week.'

Young Frank Lloyd Wright

"Young Frankenstein"

"I built this tree house for my kids. But it's so private, I've decided to use it as my home office."

'When I grow up, I want to be a hydraulic engineer...'

'Hmph. College kids.'

Pipe Dream.

'Still having a hard time finding day care?'

Why it's bad when home owners change their minds about the bathroom's location late in a building project.

'Couldn't you just bring a bucket and spade like other children?'

Shed Into Dream Playhouse.

"As I understand it, after this scaffolding comes down the city will be done."

'How many studio apartment construction projects did you say you'd worked on before?'

"Yes, I know they fit, it's just not what I pictured for a three car garage!"

"Thanks! Carl put his heart and soul into it, along with, of course, lots of mud and a boatload of his own saliva."

"This the first time you guys ever installed an above-ground pool?"

"Measure twice, cut once...and curse three times!"

'I found the termites!'

This will be an environmentally sound house built entirely from trees that fell over naturally from old age.

"We're having one heck of a time building that trapezoidal thing of yours..."

God's Subcontractors

Another All Steel Home Built By Wit Construction.

'You've reached McWit Quality Construction. If your foundation has cracked, press 1, if your plumbing is leaking press 2, if your house is collapsing, press 3 ...'

Building Sandcastles.

"Remember now, anything is DIY-abe if you just do it yourself."

The Lion, the witch and the flat-pack self-assembly wardrobe: lion and witch putting a wardrobe together.

'The housing market may be flat, but pillow-fort construction is blooming!'

'I'm afraid that serves you right for not wearing your safety goggles!'

"Steady. This is going to be so sweet."

Do it yourself books.

'We've knocked out the interior walls to improve our home Wi-Fi coverage.'

A bridge builder using an organic blow torch.