Can you spot the tomato sauce cans used in the construction of these cottages? How about the flour sacks? Or the vent hoods? If not, it's because the found objects used to craft these 364-square foot cottages blend so nicely with the more traditional materials used by their Craftsman neighbors. Incredible inspiration from two builders with unusual salvage below the jump!
posted originally from: AT:San Francisco
So it's a week past the election and you're still looking out the window at your lawn sign. Recycle? Save for posterity? Re-nest offered a few ideas, but now you've got one other option -- get it out of your yard and onto your bike. Find out how below the jump!
posted originally from: AT:San Francisco
Most of us have reached the point where recycling is second nature. But even the most diligent might be overlooking household items that clutter up our space...toothpaste tubes, razor handles and even old cassettes. Find out where they can be recycled below the jump!
posted originally from: AT:San Francisco
We blogged recently about the Margarido House -- the first in Northern California to win the LEED-H Platinum rating. Now Portland's at it, with two homes in inner SW earning the top level distinction. They're also smaller and more reasonably priced, making for a green buy indeed.
posted originally from: AT:San Francisco
Back in our summer camp days, we made friendship bracelets and rolled beads out of tiny scraps of paper. But never did we think beyond jewelry. Well, artisans in the Philippines have taken the idea to a whole new level, crafting vases out of magazines and newspapers.
posted originally from: AT:San Francisco
AT blogged about Dwell’s “How Green Are You?” contest a while back and now it’s time to share the home of the winner, who hails from right here in Portland. Ryan Walsh of DRW Design Build took home the grand prize for the rebuild of his 1925 bungalow, which makes use of recycled products in unconventional ways.
posted originally from: AT:San Francisco
Name: Lise
Location: Portland
Every three months, I get an impending sense of doom when I go to the mailbox. Any day, I might open it and find the dreaded water bill.
Sure, I wash my plates in an energy-saver dishwasher and let my lawn go green in the summer, but I just can’t give up a lengthy shower. And my bill definitely takes this into account.
posted originally from: AT:San Francisco
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