We are passionate about building a sustainable future. While becoming more ecologically-minded at home has been easier with products such as compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFL’s), low-flow showerheads, solar panels, bamboo and cork flooring, no or low VOC paints, and basic recycling systems, it still can be daunting when faced with so many so-called “green” product choices. How do homeowners ascertain what is really friendly to the environment and what is greenwashing?
How green do we want our building projects to be? The National Association of Home Builders released figures from a survey of multi-family builders and developers:
• 74% of respondents said that their buyers and renters are willing to pay more for green amenities, although they’re
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It’s common knowledge among remodelers and interior designers that the easiest way to transform the look of a home is by changing the wall color. Often the design element used is paint. Not so in my childhood home.
See, I had a wallpaper designer parent (Dad), and my other parent (Mom) was over the moon over wallpaper. My father’s flocks and my mom’s modern metallics were in full bloom all over the walls of the house. Along with the rolls of wallpaper samples and those thick, stumpy wallpaper books, there were tiny flecks of film that caught on all the textured surfaces of the house. My Dad’s handprinted silk-screening pieces from his graphic design process landed on more than just the walls. It gave new meaning to “wallpaper world” and