From the monthly archives:

July 2010

American House Shrinkage

July 29, 2010

I haven’t been keeping up on my NAHB reports lately, but thankfully someone else has picked up the slack. According to Treehugger, those report reading over-achievers, the size of new homes in America has finally stopped it’s seemingly endless progression into the realm of gargantuan absurdity. In fact, in a shockingly uncharacteristic bout of logic, [...]

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Where We Sleep: The Master Bedroom Question

July 22, 2010

I have been thinking a lot about bedrooms recently. It could be because I have a little girl who keeps me from spending a whole lot of time in what I call my bedroom (a corner of our living room). Or, it could be because we are soon to be building a home with a [...]

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Most Affordable & Effective Super-Insulated Wall Assembly?

July 16, 2010

You know by now that we’re all about finding the best bang for our buck when it comes to energy efficient construction. That’s how this whole thing started. It’s been a while since we’ve posted on advancements in our building philosophy, so why not talk about our next super-insulated wall assembly that we think could [...]

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Mary Mary Quite Contrary, How Does Your Garden Grow?

July 1, 2010

With silver bells and cockle shells? Hopefully not if you live in Philadelphia. First of all ‘silver bells’ is now classified as an invasive species and cockle shells are poisonous if ingested. So, Mary had things kind of wrong. It’s important to know what you’re planting and to understand the conditions of where it is [...]

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