There are many aspect to building in support of the environment. As energy producing fossil fuels are growing scarce, it is up to individual home owners to seek more efficient, economical and environmentally friendly ways to manage our homes by.

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Feature Stories

Preventing Stacybotrys Growing In Your Home - leaky houses are not 100% preventable, but preventing stacybotrys is ....more
How To Detect Stacybotrys In Your Home - many household molds look alike, but none is so toxic as stacybotrys.... more
Home Remedy To Remove Stacybotrys Spores - guidelines to removing stacybotrys spores and myctoxins from inside your home environment....more

Todays Home Remodeling & Renovation News

Sketchpad: Landscape Values

Few home remodeling projects would fail to be improved by better landscaping.
05/31/2008

Sketchpad: Squeezing in a Lav

When remodelling a house it's almost always possible to fit in a new half bath â€” meaning a toilet and a sink.
03/31/2008

Sketch Pad: Proper Faux Columns

Columns today are not used in quite the same way as they were used by the Greeks and Romans, but we do persist in trying to replicate these symbols of their civilizations.
02/29/2008

Lights Out?

In the beginning, there was light, and that is how it should be.
01/31/2008

SketchPad

When remodeling an old house, what can be more tempting than to vault the ceilings or add a large dormer? The attic joists don't seem to be doing much.
12/31/2007

Restorative Venture

Bringing an old home into the 21st century is a delicate balance of preservation, renovation, and restoration.
11/30/2007

Soldiers, Sailors, Shiners

10/31/2007

Marina Green

A neglected row house in a historic San Francisco neighborhood gets a facelift and an impressive (and expanded) interior update.
09/30/2007

Creative License

An unremarkable 1950s brick home gets a fresh and imaginative "loftlike" overhaul.
09/30/2007

Sketch Pad

Do we want a Frank Gehry on our block? Or do we want another standard Colonial? Or a McMansion? Every situation is unique, but there is one golden rule: Be a good neighbor.
09/30/2007

Project Blog

Keep up with the latest progress in our feature home renovations project....more