To build the sofas, chairs and side tables, I use primarily three styles of block: Full blocks with a raw end, full blocks that have a finished end and half blocks. Here are the instructions to create ...

How can a doughy mortal hand, vulnerable to hangnails, over-heated bags of popcorn, and razor-sharp pieces of potato chip wedged between the keys of an ...

To build the sofas, chairs and side tables, I use primarily three styles of block: Full blocks with a raw end, full blocks that have a finished end and half blocks.

Old concrete blocks that would otherwise get discarded can get new life by being turned into entirely new structures, like this bridge.

Watershed Materials has produced a new, beautiful and sustainable masonry block that uses half the cement of a traditional concrete block.

Butcher block and concrete counters are great choices for the kitchen, but how do they compare price-wise? And which is the better countertop overall?

Portland artist Aaron Stephan has been making concrete blocks for years, and for about a week, he's realized an idea he had for them.

Concrete blocks are prefabricated materials primarily used for constructing walls. Similar to bricks, these blocks are stacked together and bonded with mortar, typically composed of cement, sand ...

But now, more than a year and a half after he started using turn-of-the-century machinery to make 170 antique-style concrete blocks, the 35-foot-long by 3-foot-high wall is finally complete.

The photo appears to show two concrete blocks holding up a part of the roller coaster's track. When KDKA-TV showed the photo to people going into the park on Tuesday, they were stunned.

The blocks were initially placed after the city removed a long-standing RV encampment. In the fall, a bike lane will be installed where they once sat.