Bamboo Flooring...Eco-friendly, hard as steel, and increasingly versatile in color and grain, bamboo has come from nowhere to become an architect and designer favorite. All bamboo flooring is engineered, meaning it.s e...Wood Flooring...Wood reclaimed from barns, swamps, and centuries-old homes continues to set the trend for the wood-flooring market, even as bamboo and other "green" alternatives make their way into the mainstream. En...Home, Green Home...Walls and floors. They’re the basic building blocks of your home—and also some of the easiest parts of the house to make green. A recent boom in renewable, nontoxic materials means that yo...Hardwood Flooring...The warm look and feel of hardwood comes in such a bewildering variety that even traditional options like oak, chestnut, and pine come in categories like wide plank, wormy, and rustic recycled. Add ...How to...Repair Bamboo Floors...One of our pals just put in a new bamboo floor, and it's been less than 24 hours and he's already found scratches in it. Usually, our advice is, "Don't worry about it! It'll give your home character!...AIA Home of the Month Seattle Magazine: September/October 2008...
This Phinney Ridge remodel transformed a cramped and single-story 1912 bungalow into a modern, open two-story home with a 3-star Built Green certification. Bamboo flooring and a seismic retrofit rou...The Alphabet of Sustainable Building...After yesterday’s excitement I thought we’d settle a bit and take a calm look at some topics you know and some you may not concerning sustainable building practices. While by no means comp...Match your LCD to your floor with a 19" bamboo screen...
Bamboo is the perfect 21st century fiber and I sincerely hope to see more of it in cases like the 19 inch Widescreen Bamboo LCD TV. It's easy to care for, superheated until sterile, and fully biodeg...Earthen Floors 101...
While we hear a lot about the benefits of eco-friendly flooring like bamboo and cork, earthen floors are more rarely discussed. Floors made from clay and varnished with natural sealants have long be...Malena and Graham's Shrine to '59From Re-nest: Our site that covers abundant design for green homes...
Malena and Graham have a different approach to green: they haven't done an intensive renovation, or put down bamboo floors, or built from scratch. They invested time in finding the perfect house fo...
