So new I only have samples..and just checked my sample and it is ash not hickory. The heat treating gives it a natural deep brown and they are talking about a 20 year lifespan..outdoors as decking. I am buying some soon to build a sample Adirondack chair. We'll see!

I would like to know how this moss was installed in a way that grass does not grow into it. I have tried moss between rocks and grass and clover always ruins it. I don't enjoy picking up the rocks and tearing out weeds twice every year. It gets so bad so quickly even when I weed regularly and religiously. I can't keep moss clear of grass like this on this picture.

I was single, in my early 30's, living in LA when I began to realize that I was over living in rentals with roommates. Although, on paper, I was "living the dream" - my 2 roommates and I rented a house in Manhattan Beach, 2 blocks from the beach and the beach party life-it was a life I had grown weary of, grown out of. I wanted roots and to feel a part of a community where I could invest both time and money. Buying a house suddenly became an important priority in order to create those roots. But buying a house in LA was out of the question- any halfway decent area was far too expensive. And since I wasn't from there, I knew the standard of living in LA was far too low compared to what I knew could be found in other places. So, I started spending my vacations visiting and even job hunting in desirable, yet less expensive cities where the lifestyles and values were more aligned with my changing (evolving) desires of home and hearth. After several years of checking out different cities, I finally visited Atlanta, Georgia in 1994 and immediately fell in love. This beauty of a city - set into a dense forest of rolling hills and beautiful, diverse and affordable neighborhoods -with nary a wall of graffiti in sight! -captured me fully. After quitting my so-called "dream" life -said goodbye to the beach, my roommates, my job and my friends - I moved lock, stock and barrel to Atlanta 2 months later. With no job and not one familiar face to greet me when I arrived. But within 3 months I had a great job making the same $ I made in LA, and began making new friends-at the age of 35 I had started completely over, simply because I wanted 'better'. And so 12 months later, in 1996, I purchased my first little house - a totally renovated 3bed/2bath mid 50's brick ranch on 1/2 acre of land inside the city limits, 10 minutes to downtown Atlanta. $145K. And then 1 week before moving in, I went on a blind date with a man who later became my husband. And still is. Of course, we now live in a different house today- much larger, and more luxurious, and out in the suburbs - but I'll always feel that little 50's brick ranch called me all the way across the country to come 'home'. And if I hadn't answered that call? Most likely, I probably wouldn't have left LA. Still renting. And still single.

Hey Allison, I am feeling your pain as we are getting our house ready to sell. I scoped all the houses in our neighborhood and a bit beyond that are up for sale in our price point and are not making any improvements that will not give a realistic payback on investment. We have hired a professional to fix any "love" bumps on the walls and are painting the main living areas Revere Pewter and trim a crisp white. I am reusing my existing curtains (I would have to buy 8 pairs of drapes to replace). I am not changing anything that is not broken. I am replacing the light fixtures in the bedrooms as they are usually overlooked and buyers notice them. Because I am getting a bit of the blahs with all this neutral going on, I have picked a favorite painting and am pulling a color to use as strategically placed accents to highlight particular features of our home but I am only purchasing things I will use in our new home. Our realtor's suggestions, make sure our house is super clean and keep it that way, fix what is broken, no scents (baked goods are fine), declutter and have it ready to show at a moment's notice. GOOD LUCK!