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Inspiration Book: A Round-Up of Recent Small Kitchens
by Andrea Girolamo - Tuesday April 10, 2012
Do more with less, do more with less . In tough times, those words seem to ring through our work lives, our bank accounts, our home lives. With smaller, recession-style budgets, designers are doing more with less in the kitchen, and the results range from bizarre to brilliant. Treehugger expands on small kitchens , and uses the founder's 420-sq.-ft. apartment as a model for new, smaller induction cooktops . Fancy doesn't have to be enormous, turns out, and includes brands familiar to us all. Inspiration from Apartment Therapy , whose editors know a thing or two about making the most of tight spaces. Musing from The Kitchn about how to actually LIVE in a small kitchen , maybe something worth talking to that client about... -
A Green Day of Service
by Andrea Girolamo - Monday January 16, 2012
January 16, a beautiful day to build a Habitat House, no? EPA administrator Lisa Jackson is urging Americans to make today , a day remembering Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., a day of service to the environment. She's posted some ways to get involved on the Greenservations blog. "One way to get involved is to participate in projects that help reduce waste, or cut water and energy use in your home and community. Take a look at our WaterSense, WasteWise and Energy Star websites for more information, or check our Green Living page for ideas." -
Friday Wrap-Up: Cutting Waste, Creating Jobs, Announcing Winners
- Friday November 11, 2011
Wrapping up the week in green projects, top design firms and, of course, the no-brainer approach to construction job creation: Lloyd Alter, writing on TreeHugger.com , is a continuing proponent of remodeling and renovation as a means of job creation and conservation of materials. Circling back: the AIA/COTE Top Ten Green Projects of 2011 . K&B Sustainable favorite Greensburg, KS has a winner in there: a Greensburg Schools/Kiowa County Schools project! GreenSource has unveiled its Top 25 Green Design Firms . -
Kitchen Idea Galleries
by Andrea Girolamo - Wednesday April 13, 2011Everyone likes looking at photos of well-executed projects. Here's a little collection of inspiration information: kitchen idea galleries from around the web, to light the fires and kick the tires. Kraftmaid Design Biz This Old House Kohler Better Homes & Gardens HGTV Houzz Quality Cabinets Just a little sample; obviously there are hundreds more. Do you have favorites? Send 'em our way. Andrea -
Dark Green Appliances
- Tuesday April 12, 2011Is there an alternative to electric compressor refrigerators? Stephen & Rebekah Hren thought so in an interesting project book they wrote together...two years ago. [via Chelsea Green] So, where are we on sustainable appliances now? Claims made by companies touting low water consumption for dishwashers and Energy Star ratings for things like ovens and refrigerators are everywhere. The Hrens, in their book The Carbon-Free Home: 36 Remodeling Projects to Help Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit, covered a variety of alternative green appliance technologies, including solar-powered gas absorption refrigerators. The unfortunate keyword in that sentence is “alternative.†At what point will these work their way into the mainstream...
