Remodeling & Design

Remodeling & Design

Get the latest news in green certification and home design, plus eco-friendly remodeling tips.

  • The reverse stain chair

    Wed, Jun 24, 2009 11:22 PM by Matt Hickman

    I'm loving the Chaise Lawn Chair — a chaise/lawn/wheelbarrow hybrid — but good lord, talk about a magnet for bad grass stains.

  • Who framed Bo Obama?

    Wed, Jun 24, 2009 11:10 AM by Matt Hickman

    The First Pooch just had his official portrait taken. Here's a few White House-worthy eco picture frames worth vetting.

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  • It takes two

    Wed, Jun 24, 2009 9:01 AM by Matt Hickman

    Writer, industrial designer and certified poo doyen Virginia Gardiner explains her low-tech waterless toilet, LooWatt.

  • Deconstruction Hills 90210

    Tue, Jun 23, 2009 2:05 PM by Matt Hickman

    A Beverly Hills home is deconstructed instead of demolished, and the bulk of it is salvaged for humanitarian reuse.

  • Green, goth-y sofas

    Mon, Jun 22, 2009 6:42 PM by Matt Hickman

    Have an eco-oriented Siouxsie Sioux/Gomez Addams design aesthetic? Coffin Couches may be for you.

  • Scary, beautiful trash bag creatures

    Mon, Jun 22, 2009 11:23 AM by Matt Hickman

    The streets of NYC come alive with plastic bags, subway exhaust and the imagination of artist Joshua Allen Harris.

  • Shelving to die for

    Fri, Jun 19, 2009 12:03 AM by Matt Hickman

    Love them or hate them, William Warren's Shelves for Life give the ecobalance phrase cradle-to-grave a whole new meaning.

  • Brit cave-dweller gets the boot

    Thu, Jun 18, 2009 7:19 PM by Matt Hickman

    Greenthumbed 'eco-warrior' Hilaire Purbrick gets evicted from his subterranean lair due to lack of fire exits.

  • Studio apartments

    Thu, Jun 18, 2009 8:53 AM by Matt Hickman

    The soon-to-be-completed 12th LEED Platinum building in California, Cherokee Studios, boasts a unique rock n' roll background.

  • Lean and low-impact in London

    Wed, Jun 17, 2009 4:21 PM by Matt Hickman

    Take a video tour of British architect Luke Tozer's skinny n' stylish green home but be careful ... you may fall in love.

  • What about green?

    Tue, Jun 16, 2009 7:53 PM by Matt Hickman

    Don't fret ... actor Richard Dreyfuss is skipping over the baby steps and giving his Encinitas, Calif., home a full-on eco-makeover.

  • Nice rack

    Tue, Jun 16, 2009 10:47 AM by Matt Hickman

    Portland, Ore-based design firm Merkled's Pot Rack is made from locally salvaged steel loom ends.

  • A prefab palace and a lilliputian pied-à-terre

    Tue, Jun 16, 2009 5:00 AM by Matt Hickman

    Two attention-grabbing home designs: Daniel Libeskind's prefab villa and a pint-sized "Shed for Living" from the UK.

  • Rogue Amish outhouses

    Mon, Jun 15, 2009 2:04 AM by Matt Hickman

    The rigidly archaic Swartzentruber Amish sect butts heads with authorities over decidedly old-school sanitation methods.

  • Playing catch up: 12 on 12

    Fri, Jun 12, 2009 3:13 PM by Matt Hickman

    Chances are, you won't be watching analog TV this weekend ... a perfect reason to check out these green home news items.

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