Battling Those Lingering Fall Odors
Whether it is your stinky child or a wet dog, fall is the season of stink. As the weather turns colder and wetter we also have less opportunity to open our doors and windows or to air out stink before bringing it in. We recently learned about seemingly simple, healthy, and effective options for battling those lingering odors.
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Garden Kitchen Addition
Sometimes a small targeted addition can make a world of difference. In this case the just-right-sized addition enlarged and updated an older cramped kitchen and created a gracious connection to the back garden for a family that loves cooking and hosting garden...
NW Green Home Tour 2021 Spotlight: Garden Kitchen Addition
On May 1 | 9:11:30 am, Mighty House Construction and LD Arch Design will be presenting a Garden Kitchen Addition at the NW Green Home Tour. This home’s original small kitchen was showing some wear, and the stairs out to the back were narrow and not connected to the...
MHC and 2nd Use Present: Salvaged Cabinets 101 with Doug.
Thinking about starting a kitchen remodel this year? Salvaged cabinets are one of the most popular ways to incorporate reclaimed materials into a remodel. Like most salvaged material, working with salvaged cabinets presents many rewards, as well as a few challenges....
Northwest Green Home Tour Friends, We’ve Been Thinking of You!
With NWGHVT ("v" for Virtual) coming to you over three successive Saturdays in May 2021 on your Internet connected device. We hope that you will join us again at this event. We offer conversations on topics you are interested in, virtual tours and discussions of new...
Cool Wool Facts!! Wool Carpet – The Natural Air Conditioner
Another way to cut your energy use dramatically and simply is by installing pure, natural, wool carpeting.
Groundhog Sees Shadow
As you have probably heard, Punxatawney Phil has seen his shadow and we have another month and a half of winter assigned to us. Great. It is actually quite a pleasure to be following innocent, non-news about a groundhog and not another emergency. The sun setting later...
Free Salvaged Cabinets 101 Workshop in February
By Amanda Harryman Thinking about starting a kitchen remodel this year? We have just the workshop to get your project off on the right foot! Salvaged cabinets are one of the most popular ways to incorporate reclaimed materials into a remodel. Like most salvaged...
Sustainability in Language: How do you like your Primary Suite?
One manner in which we experience our surroundings is by framing it with language. The room is big or small, filled with light or damp and dark. The living room, the den, the guest bath, the kid's bedroom, and of course lots of other descriptors. One of the things...
Breathing Cleaned Air
I relish filling my lungs with Northwest air. I can taste how clean and different our air is from rest parts of the world every time I leave our region. The new summer smoke season makes me appreciate when I can really fill my lungs with the good stuff. Especially...