Roughhousing Gifts

Boys in bandages.

"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

Hollywood Sign Developers

"Yes. I said 2 by 2, but you needed to use 2 by 4s for the Ark...begin again."

"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.

"I agree, the place was a tear-down, but I just remembered we were only renting it."

"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?'

Shed Into Dream Playhouse.

"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?"

'I found the termites!'

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

God's Subcontractors

Another All Steel Home Built By Wit Construction.

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

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

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

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

A bridge builder using an organic blow torch.

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

Building Sandcastles.

'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 ...'

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

A corner market is taken over by suburban sprawl.

Crane operator Jimmy Morrison liked to break in new guys by giving them what he called a 'sky wedgie.'

'I don't care what the blueprints say, I'm certain HE strongly suggested a roof.'