This Green House

I’m all for this trend. Smaller more thoughtful homes. Check the article out:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Death-of-the-McMansion-Era-of-cnbc-1051033821.html?x=0

You never know who or what may be visiting our office!

“Houses….they grow in the sun and sleep in the stillness of the night, and they are not dreamless. Does not your house dream?” Kahil Gabran, The Prophet

My current cooking craze is soft shell crabs! I am just loving them! My favorite recipe is pan fried with roasted onions, fennel and red peppers and a roasted garlic and red pepper remoulade sauce.
Cut up the veggies into medium chunks, coat in olive oil and sprikle generously with kosher salt and fresh ground pepper. [...]

Cooking up an Eco-Friendly Design
When people think of green building projects they may picture arrays of solar panels, perhaps wind turbines, contemporary architecture and an abundance of skylights…Most of Thomas Buckborough’s clients want to remodel, perhaps only one room, and most are think it isn’t easy going green…read full article

As of April 22nd any renovation or painting companies working on homes older than 1978 will be required to comply with a number of requirements set out by a new EPA program. The program is part of enforcing the 1992 EPA lead law. Thomas Buckborough & Associates is now a registered “Lead Safe Certified Firm”, [...]

These are photos of our new custom concrete counter tops in our showroom. I LOVE them!! They are 80% recycled content. They were custom crafted by “Alpha Stone” out of Turners Falls Massachusetts. Dan Gobillot and his right hand man Bobby Turk, are true concrete artists and craftsmen. More of their work can be [...]

This is an interesting article on what kinds of projects people are doing that have good value .
6 ways to ensure a remodeling project pays off
Let me know what you think!

Check out this photo portfolio:
Edward Burtynsky OIL
Corcoran Gallery of Art
The photos are both a beautiful and disturbing commentary about how our society has regarded and treated the environment we live in. Post your comments, I’ll be interested to hear what you think of them.

Sprayed in open cell foam insulation fills all of the voids and minimizes any air leakage. It’s also superior for sound proofing for the same reasons, it leaves no place for the vibrations of sound to leak through.