Carpenter Neil Israel Saves Money for His Clients with Reuse Center Materials

If you hear humming and drumming in BBR’s Reuse Center, carpenter Neil Israel may be perusing the nearby shelves. “I shop here a lot,” Neil says. He finds materials to use for client projects as well as for his own home. “You find very unusual things here sometimes,” he says. “Things you don’t see every day.”

Wear What Works

Women who work in the building trades gathered at BBR recently to discuss gear: the clothing and accessories they’ve found that fit well and stand up to jobsite wear and tear. Several tradeswomen modeled and shared the deets on their favorite brands.

For Liz Martin, a Home Inspection Is a Teaching Opportunity

BBR member Liz Martin has an appreciation for older houses that she brings to her work as a home inspector as well as restoration work on her own Roslindale two-family home. “It’s fun talking to people about how houses work—because we live in them, but we don’t necessarily know how they work.”

With Persistence and Plaster Magic, Beth Rimas Is Restoring her Home

Since she bought it in 2001, Beth Rimas’s single-family house in Roslindale has been a work in progress. Under the 1970s paneling and drop ceilings was plaster, and much of it was starting to crack and pull away from the supporting wood lath. Big Wally’s Plaster Magic has been her go-to plaster repair system.