Stack cinder blocks on top of each other to create an aesthetically pleasing retaining wall. This cinder block wall serves as a backdrop for a welcoming outdoor space ... Decorative Freestanding Wall.

Gregg and Kenda Ottinger of Shawnee, Kan., threw out the railroad ties that lined their 60-foot-long driveway and replaced them with a concrete-block wall two years ago.

Q: I have two deteriorating (but still standing) retaining walls made of timber and two even worse — i.e., leaning — cinder block retaining walls. I was planning to replace them all eventually ...

Q: I have two deteriorating (but still standing) retaining walls made of timber and two even worse, leaning cinder-block retaining walls. I was planning to replace them all eventually, but to ...