Apartment Therapy: Green Tours

Green Tour: A Barn Inspired Wisconsin Retreat

Name: Carol & Dave Location: Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin Size: 2600 sq/ft Years lived in: 2 years owned >>Enter Slideshow I’ve had the great pleasure of spending a beautiful, long weekend at this v...

Green Tour: Harbinger Showhouse
West Coast Green 2008

Name:SG Blocks Harbinger - Design by Lawrence Group Location: San Jose Convention Center Size: 1700 sq/ft Assembled In: 4.5 hours >> Enter Slideshow The Harbinger is 1,700 sq-ft of pure illusion. ...

Green Tour: Lynne's Green Historic Restoration

Names: Lynne Henrietta Siodmak and Rubi Occupations: Textile Designer and Australian Cattle Dog, respectively Location: Ventura, Ca Size: 2600 sq/ft Years lived in: Owned 4.5 years >> Enter Slidesh...

House Tour: Rose's Self-Sufficient Solar Home and Garden
Washington DC

Name: Rose Occupation: attorney Location: McLean, VA Size: 1700 sq ft house Years lived in: 12 years, owned A proud hippie, Rose is truly committed to a green lifestyle. Her home is completely ene...

Green Tour: A Portland Rummer

Name: Jay and Brett Location: Portland, Oregon Years lived in: 4, owned Enter Slideshow Jay and Brett painstakingly remodeled their Rummer home—a Portland developer's copycat version of the ...

Green Tour: Nord's Straw Bale Home

(Hello again to Jen, who is trying out for a position on the Re-Nest editorial team. Check out her recent post on DIY Sock Potholders and enjoy the tour!) Names: Nord & Margaret, plus Kipling, Linco...

Green Tour: Rhizome Collective

(Hello again to Amber, one of the bloggers trying out for a spot on the Re-Nest editorial team. Her recent post on aDIY Irrigation System is here - please enjoy the tour she has put together for us ...

Green Tour: Green with an Abundance of Artistic Style

(Hello again to Trent, one of the bloggers trying out for a spot on the Re-Nest editorial team. His recent post on Cold Brew Coffee is here - please enjoy the tour he has put together for us today. ...

Green Tour: Anne's Sunny Renovation

(Hello again to Rachel, one of the bloggers trying out for a spot on the Re-Nest editorial team. Her first post on RetroPlate concrete floor finishing is here - please enjoy the tour she has put toge...

Green Tour: Malena and Graham's Shrine to '59

Name: Malena and Graham Location: Portland, Oregon Years lived in: 2, owned Enter Slideshow It took Malena and Graham a long time to find their home, and it's not green in the expected ways. You...

Green Home: 700 Palms House

I've seen the outside of this modern house in Venice hundreds of times, basically every time I come home, but with its giant walls I'd never caught a glimpse of the inside until now: ...

Green Tour: Green By Design in West Oakland, Part I

We met architect Matt Baran in an earlier post. Now here's a tour of the house he's building in West Oakland, California. It's designed to take advantage of the California climate... and to requir...

House Tour: Amy's Green House Goes Platinum

Name: Amy Occupation: Real Estate Agent Location: Mt. Pleasant in Washington, DC Type: row house built in the late 1800's Size: 1900 sq/ft Years lived in: owned for 2 (renovations took a year) >> E...

House Tour: Michelle Kaufmann's Smart Home

>> Enter Slideshow Yesterday, we trekked down to the Museum of Science and Industry to do the press tour of architect Michelle Kaufmann’s MK Solaire, which officially opens today. It was stormy, ...

SF House Tour: The Janssen Family's Roving Abode

Name: Matt, Sara, and Bella Janssen Location: On the road, at time of post: Scottsdale, AZ Size: Approx. 200 sq. ft. (32 ft x 8 ft) Years lived in: 8 months >>Enter Slideshow We couldn't have dr...

Green Tour: Michelle Kaufmann's Very Own Glidehouse

Name: Michelle Kaufmann Location: Novato, Ca Size: 1560 sq/ft Years lived in: 4 Average gas/electric bill: $0 >> Enter Slideshow! We remember where we were when it happened: It was a windy f...

Cheap & Green Kitchen Renovation
The New York Times 4.10.08

No stranger to extravagant taste, The New York Times helps keep it real this week with a story on the low-budget kitchen renovation of Brooklyn Heights resident Katherine Belsey Davis. Spending just...

Solar Harvest: A Green Showhouse
The New York Times 3.26.08

Yesterday's Business section of The New York Times looked at Boulder, Colorado resident Eric Doub who is the owner of Ecofutures Building. The company specializes in design-build projects that imple...

House Tour: Chicago Green Experiment
NYT House & Home Roundup 3.13.08

Today's New York Times features a thoughtful and beautiful modern redesign of a warehouse. Frances Whitehead and James Elniski, faculty members at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, embrace...

House Tour: Handmade House in Williamsburg
NYT House & Home Roundup 2.14.08

Last week, we posted the new collection from Canadian housewares giant Umbra. Today, The New York Times takes us on a tour of designer William Harvey's house in Williamsburg. Harvey designed the Sha...

Mini House Tour: A Santa Monica Apartment Goes Green

Lori Dennis (ASID, LEED AP) of Dennis Design Group was hired by a client who wanted to transform his high rise Santa Monica apartment from white to green...a redesigned interior with all green product...

November Best Posts: A Green San Francisco Flat, a Green Den, and a Beautiful Bench

Peek inside Suzanne and Joe's green San Francisco flat, tour a green den, and check out how an ugly deck becomes a beautiful bench. [links after the jump] ...

October Best Posts: mkLotus at West Coast Green, Building Green in Vermont, Live Lightly Tour

In October, we toured Raedia and Ian's beautiful new and green house in Vermont, Michelle Kaufmann's mkLotus house at West Coast Green, and shared a story about a vegetable-oil powered RV on a dif...

September Best Posts: IKEA Hacking, Insultingly Simple Tips, A Green Home Search, and Green Guilt

In September, the New York Times wrote about IKEA Hacking; we assembled a list of 10 idiot-proof ways to go green; asked for (and found!) a few good, green homes, though we're still up for more; a...