AirBnB Hosting Anew
August 25 2012
When we built our new home on 6th Street SW, the topography naturally asked for a ground floor level that is not visible from the…
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Net Zero?
June 28 2012
We’ve only been in our new house 6 months, and it might be a little premature, but it certainly seems like we might be living…
Sometimes sh*t doesn’t go downhill
January 20 2012
There is an old plumbing maxim: Hot on the left, cold on the right, and sh*t runs down hill. Well, I gloriously proved that wrong……
off the beaten path plumbing selections
January 13 2012
We thought we’d spotlight a lit of our dare I say “oddball” plumbing fixtures in our new house. The first photo shows a simple water…
Green Appraisal?
December 13 2011
We are about to get an appraisal done on our newest home, which was built to Passive House, EarthCraft and Energy Star standards. Since the mortgage…
Taking the Jefferson Bed for a test drive
November 7 2011
Being in the land of Jefferson, we felt a certain obligation to at least give a nod to the old man when building our new…
Abode: Pushing the Envelope
September 27 2011
Abode just ran a nice article on the Passive House standard of design/construction. We are one of the builders featured in the piece. Read here…
Hard Hat Open House Tour
September 21 2011
Hard Hat Open House Tour 310 6th Street SW (Directions) (Project Page) Saturday, Oct. 1 and 8, 11-2 Passive House designed home with triple pane…
Made in the USA
September 16 2011
I just ran across an article that talks about a builder who is trying to make his homes be made with as many products manufactured…
Insulation begins…
September 13 2011
Our insulation arrived this morning from Natural Fiber in Belchertown, Massachussets. Eight hundred bales of atomized newsprint and old paperbacks-twenty thousand pounds in total; an…