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EcoVertex: Final Chapter, Next Book
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A home remodel that embraces green design and construction practices. And a diary of a green journey. Monday, October 15, 2007. Final Chapter, Next Book. I realize that this house project has served to propel me more completely into a green and sustainable lifestyle. Hence, the title. Final Chapter, Next Book. This renovation project is finished and it culminated in a public showing yesterday as one of the homes featured on the Sonoma Community Center Kitchen Tour. The Kitchen and Baking Pantry. A vertex...
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EcoVertex: Finishing Touches
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A home remodel that embraces green design and construction practices. And a diary of a green journey. Monday, July 16, 2007. I realize that I’ve been away from my “green house journal” for a while. I’ll blame it on wanting to unpack fully. As well, I had the first of many houseguests who are staying with me over the summer. I wanted to make sure the place “showed” well. I do have many observations that come with living in the space and I’ll try to capture them here for my new few blogs.
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EcoVertex: April 2007
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A home remodel that embraces green design and construction practices. And a diary of a green journey. Tuesday, April 10, 2007. Several times in the past week or so Cemil and I have had some doubts about our choices. But in the end, we managed to find a way to work with the products and they are in the house. But, I hope this information will save you some of the frustration that we’ve experienced. Organic floor adhesive from DriTac. DriTac 7500 Eco-urethane) www.dritac.com. As Cemil has commented…&...
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EcoVertex: June 2007
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A home remodel that embraces green design and construction practices. And a diary of a green journey. Sunday, June 17, 2007. Spreading the Green Word. I've been bogged down with moving back into the house. I also took a week off to help my mother in South Carolina get her house updated and sorted out. I want to report on a couple of events that lead me to believe that green is no longer just for the initiated. Magazine) and features from the Wall Street Journal. South Carolina green design. In the series...
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EcoVertex: July 2007
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A home remodel that embraces green design and construction practices. And a diary of a green journey. Monday, July 23, 2007. Coloring a Kitchen Green. I've started showing the finished house and I seem to get the same question, "what makes this kitchen green? I decided to highlight the features here as it may help guide others as they choose which elements to incorporate in their renovation projects. This renovated kitchen incorporates all of those features in the following ways:. All of the wood is FSC ...
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EcoVertex: Spreading the Green Word
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A home remodel that embraces green design and construction practices. And a diary of a green journey. Sunday, June 17, 2007. Spreading the Green Word. I've been bogged down with moving back into the house. I also took a week off to help my mother in South Carolina get her house updated and sorted out. I want to report on a couple of events that lead me to believe that green is no longer just for the initiated. Magazine) and features from the Wall Street Journal. South Carolina green design. A vertex is t...
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EcoVertex: May 2007
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A home remodel that embraces green design and construction practices. And a diary of a green journey. Tuesday, May 29, 2007. First, the Inspiration. I have to first commend my partner in all this, Cemil Hope. He’s the dream contractor who also fills in as architect, design partner, project foreman and teacher. This was really a journey for the two of us. Now that it is 6 months later, these boards are a little worse for wear, but they helped to keep everyone on track and allowed me to show vendors what m...
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EcoVertex: Oh Canada
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A home remodel that embraces green design and construction practices. And a diary of a green journey. Monday, August 20, 2007. I recently visited Victoria, BC with my mother and I have to say that I was smitten with so much about the city. I had been there before on business but never really got the chance to explore it fully. Aside from the physical charms, I am so impressed with their commitment to maintaining an eco-balance. A visitor to the Royal BC Museum www.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca. Benjamin Moore Aura...
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EcoVertex: March 2007
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A home remodel that embraces green design and construction practices. And a diary of a green journey. Sunday, March 25, 2007. How Green Can You Go? This week was full of starts and a few stops. By that I mean, we were all ready to move into final stages of putting in the finishes when we made some interesting discoveries. I’ll try to highlight a few of them here. EcoTimber ( www.ecotimber.com. Especially for “green products.”. The adhesive was the worst “green packaging” offender that I’...Early on,...
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EcoVertex: When Green Becomes Beige
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A home remodel that embraces green design and construction practices. And a diary of a green journey. Thursday, June 7, 2007. When Green Becomes Beige. I recently watched an interesting program on the Sundance Channel ( www.sundanchannel.com/thegreen. What came through in the discussion from the DFE team (design for the environment team) at Hermann Miller www.hermannmiller.com. It just looks like a fabulous product. PS: I also really like what the Salm brothers are creating at www.mioculture.com. That wa...
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