Summertime is backyard improvement season for homeowners and it seems that many people enjoy the cost savings and sense of satisfaction of completing a Do-It-Yourself (DIY) landscaping project. Building with retaining wall block is a popular choice for DIY landscaping projects ranging…
Hi - My name is Manny and I like things made with Mutual Materials. Recently, I visited Town Center Park in Federal Way. It’s a brand new park that is both dog and kid-friendly. It's right in the center of town…
Have you been to retail establishments or restaurants and noticed how the industrial look is coming back? The look of blending concrete, with metal, wood, brick, and glass provides the appearance of a place that wants to focus on providing…
All around us buildings are popping up; the results of the economic boom our region is experiencing. We are seeing new schools, hospitals, office complexes, condominiums, and houses sprout before our eyes. In many of these projects, the architect is…
With summer just around the corner, many of us in the Pacific Northwest look to our yards and fantasize about landscaping improvements. Enjoying the summer season in the company of friends or family at a backyard barbecue, sitting around a…
Exciting news!   Seattle Business magazine has chosen Mutual Materials as a 2016 Manufacturer of the Year. It is a proud honor for Mutual Materials to be recognized as a top manufacturing company. Receiving this award is the result of efforts…
As part of the 2016 Eastside Business awards, Mutual Materials has been awarded the 2016 Chairman’s Century Award by the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce. The award ceremony was held at The Golf Club at Newcastle and attended by 200 business leaders…
 Contemporary Landscape- Houzz Here is a great example of a small yard transition area designed into a zen-like nature path. We found this on Houzz and the project was done by Avalon Landscape Northwest using Mutual Materials product. Their design incorporates multiple hardscape materials…
For most of us, when we think of a Fred Meyer store, we think of a big box suburban grocery store constructed of painted block. But when the owners decided it was time to remodel the decade’s old store on the edge of downtown Portland, the…
Garden Wars is an entertainment staple of Seattle's annual Northwest Flower and Garden Show. This audience participation gardening competition pits teams of local television and radio personalities against one another, and the clock, to see who can create the best…