Remodeling & Design

Remodeling & Design

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

  • Cave sweet cave

    Sun, Feb 22, 2009 2:17 PM by Matt Hickman

    Here's a hot property with three bedrooms, two baths and 17,000 square feet of space.

  • Oil rig hotel

    Fri, Feb 20, 2009 2:00 AM by Matt Hickman

    Yep, you read that correctly. Take a gander at a stunning vision of an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico transformed into an eco-resort and spa.

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  • Victorian mansion gets a green McMakeover

    Tue, Feb 17, 2009 1:21 AM by Matt Hickman

    Take a video tour of a drafty British town house that has been given a complete eco-retrofitting.

  • MIO bueno! redux

    Mon, Feb 16, 2009 4:57 PM by Matt Hickman

    MIO — Philly-based designer of all things "Beautiful, Sustainable, Affordable" — is back with the sculptural Trask Lamp.

  • Green McMansions: (Oxy)moronic?

    Mon, Feb 16, 2009 3:57 PM by Matt Hickman

    Should these green giants be legitimized by the green building community and environmentalists? Or are they just a bad idea?

  • Swiss Family Prefabinson

    Sun, Feb 15, 2009 2:31 AM by Matt Hickman

    Step away from reality for a moment to admire EcoCoon Retreats, a new prefab design concept.

  • Vase study

    Sat, Feb 14, 2009 9:02 PM by Matt Hickman

    Procure a few petals from admirers but in need of a vessel? Here are a half-dozen sustainably designed vases to display your lovely loot in.

  • Thinking outside of the box

    Sat, Feb 14, 2009 7:55 PM by Matt Hickman

    With the Wannabe table, a German design firm gives creative reuse to the ordinary, often-thrown-out cardboard box.

  • Little green house on the Bowery

    Thu, Feb 12, 2009 4:07 PM by Matt Hickman

    Green Depot’s first LIVE store — a LEED-certified green home supply superstore — opens today in downtown Manhattan.

  • Playing catch up: How do I love thee?

    Wed, Feb 11, 2009 1:38 PM by Matt Hickman

    I’ve counted the ways. Cozy up with a dozen freshly picked, long-stemmed green home news items to end the week.

  • The little search engine that could

    Tue, Feb 10, 2009 5:24 PM by Matt Hickman

    Google announces the PowerMeter, a nifty and free energy-monitoring application accessible from your iGoogle homepage.

  • “Afficiency” in the UK

    Tue, Feb 10, 2009 10:57 AM by Matt Hickman

    An ambitious plan from across the pond: Improving the insulation of 7 million UK homes in order to curb emissions and “fuel poverty.”

  • A Green Acres for the new millennium

    Mon, Feb 09, 2009 7:38 PM by Matt Hickman

    On TV sitcoms, a good chunk of the action takes place in the characters’ homes. When will these prime-time domiciles get green makeovers?

  • Kinda loud and very eco-proud

    Mon, Feb 09, 2009 10:31 AM by Matt Hickman

    Give that Valentine's Day windsock a rest this year and let your green colors fly with the Green Pride Flag.

  • Green eggheads and ham

    Mon, Feb 09, 2009 9:13 AM by Matt Hickman

    I've already geeked out and picked my top 10 choices for the 2009 Green Gadgets Design Competition. What are yours?

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