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Posts tagged “green tour”

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: 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 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: 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...

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...