2021 – dry stone walling and landscaping review
It’s been another interesting year of dry stone walling and garden landscaping projects for me. I’ve had some lovely projects, worked with some excellent clients... Read More
Body of work – 16 years of dry stone walls
Last week my LinkedIn account told me it had been 16 years since I started working as professional building dry stone walls. It got me... Read More
Before and after – transforming gardens with dry stone hard landscaping
This post is about showcasing some of the work Stone Inspired has done over the years. I take a lot of progress pictures and it’s... Read More
The joys of working in winter
I’m often asked what I do in the winter. The answer is I work building dry stone walls. Like I do the rest of the... Read More
2020 – the weird dry stone walling year
A review of my dry stone walling year
Looks like I picked the wrong week to give up sniffing glue
I love the movie Airplane – a brilliant spoofing of the 70s disaster films and the creator of a 1000 memes on social media. Lloyd... Read More
The joys of the season
Well, another year is nearly done and everyone is getting ready to down tools, turn-off their computers, file the last of the paperwork, and head... Read More
2017 – here’s what happened – Biggie Small’s dry stone walls
Life is like a box of chocolates – you just never know what you’re going to get. It’s one of the fun aspects of working... Read More
My dry stone year – So was 2016 better than 2015?
2015 ended with a six month-long slog on a big dry stone walling job that was miles from my house. The drudgery of the long... Read More
A hard year of lessons
To be honest, 2015 was a difficult year work-wise. I was definitely spoiled in 2014 with some amazing projects: the Moongate water-feature, the Kirknewton and Dunbar... Read More