Several companies manufacture rubber roofs from recycled tires. These products are durable (many come with 50-year warranties), as well as fire and wind resistant. Metal Roofing With a long life, metal roofs keep composite material out of our landfills. Also 100% of the material used is recyclable. This is just a preview...Read the rest... Read More →

What does it mean to re-build green? As with any other home improvement project, the answer comes down to the scope of work and budget. The material choice is where you get to decide how “green” is your garden, or in this case, the kitchen, bath, or other living spaces. This is just a preview...Read the rest... Read More →

Beginning in the mid-1880s, the Arts and Crafts Movement in England developed a philosophy of design based on medieval concepts of handmade artisan-produced goods. The movement arose as a reaction to the over-abundance of machine-made, often shoddy products that were flooding the marketplace at the time. Thinkers such as William Morris and John Ruskin viewed the industrialized Victorian landscape with disdain. They saw a nation of workers toiling in never-ending drudgery by day, returning to sooty,... more

Thanks to the financial incentives offered by state- and government-sponsored plans, homeowners are being energized to “go green” and “save green” at the same time. Energy Trust www.energytrust.org This is just a preview...Read the rest... Read More →

Home sellers for years thought that painting the interior of their home beige, gray, or white would help their homes sell faster. Some realtors even suggested painting all the rooms realtor’s beige so that potential buyers could imagine their furniture against the neutral background. But studies show that a room painted a warm color — something with yellow or red in it — actually feels warmer and more inviting than an interior painted cool colors — greens or blues or the neutral colors. This... more

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“Being green” is not just a phrase being thrown around anymore, it is a fact of life. More and more manufacturers are getting on the green path and creating better and more cost-effective organic products, which brings me to the point of my column this month. This is just a preview...Read the rest... Read More →