Make a creative environmental statement this summer — one brick at a time. With a little imagination and a lot of manual labor, you ...

Transforming a pile of old bricks into a raised garden bed is surprisingly easy, so see how to DIY an outdoor project that's affordable and useful.

A: It's great that you're preparing a new home for those old bricks. Not only do we prefer the look of used brick to new, we like the fact that you are re-using perfectly good materials.

So, if you want to make the most out of your leftover bricks, check out these 7 clever ways to reuse old bricks in your yard. 1. Garden path. Garden path in yard (Image credit: Shutterstock) ...

The Brick Institute of America recently ran into just such a problem during the restoration of 100-year-old buildings on Ellis Island in New York City`s harbor.

The old bricks could not be used in that way -- old bricks have holes that go through them. But Bilski thought about setting the bricks into a column, so that a side of each brick could be laser ...

Today, more than 55 percent of the California’s old brick and stone buildings have been upgraded, and an additional 15 percent demolished. In Los Angeles, only a handful remain unretrofitted.

Practically in my own backyard, I was delighted to find out that the Old Brick House still existed and I couldn’t wait to tour it. Soon after the discovery, my oldest child Forrest and I drove to the ...