Last week my contractor husband Tom came home shaking his head about a job site where they’d just installed what looked like a kid’s bedroom set. “You should see this…
Had a client call me last month, pretty frustrated about furnishing her new place. She’d just gotten divorced and moved into a smaller house – needed furniture fast but didn’t…
You know what’s funny? I’ve been talking about toxic furniture materials for years, but nobody really listened until 2020 hit and suddenly everyone was trapped at home with their particleboard…
When my sister called me three years ago to tell me she was pregnant, I expected the usual excited chatter about baby names and nursery themes. Instead, her first concern…
Last week I got this email from a homeowner in Salem asking about bamboo flooring for their kitchen remodel. Started reading it and honestly? I wanted to throw my coffee…
So there I was, standing on a construction site outside Kuala Lumpur at seven in the morning, already soaked through my polo shirt, staring at what the contractor kept calling…
I was standing next to this massive dumpster in Seattle last month, watching a crew tear down this old office building, and man… it just hit me wrong. Really wrong.…
You know what drives me nuts? Walking into a Home Depot and watching someone ask about sustainable building materials, only to see the sales guy point them toward whatever has…
So there I was last Tuesday, standing in this quarry outside Spokane, trying not to slip on wet basalt while Jim – the foreman who’s probably been doing this longer…
I’ve been putting off writing about Green Square Building Materials for way too long, honestly. Found them almost by accident last spring when I was trying to source some reclaimed…
You know what’s funny? Five years ago, I’d roll my eyes whenever an architect mentioned green roofs. Too many variables, I’d think. Too many ways for contractors to screw things…
Last week I’m helping my neighbor Lisa move some furniture around, and she starts going on about this coffee table she bought online. Beautiful piece, I’ll give her that –…
You know what made me laugh last week? I was at this big furniture trade show in Atlanta, and I swear half the booths had “sustainable” banners hanging everywhere. Green…