Green Remodeling Basics...

Green remodeling, just how elusive is it? Green building and energy efficiency are not the Holy Grail. You bet there are some measurable efficiency- standards out there that could make your socks roll up and down, but that’s in a different post. This post is of the super basic variety.  I want to give you a few ideas how you can tune-up your own home to achieve a level of ‘green‘ that you can measure in your monthly utility bills as well as the ‘Honey-do-you-feel-a-draft-in-here‘ factor. Some of these tips are easily done by an unsupervised...

Laminate Countertops and Surfaces...

Can you believe these are little snapshots of modern laminate? Though I work for The Artisans Group, I don’t typically work directly in our Design Center. Today as I was passing through, not unlike our dog on a visit to Petsmart, my eyes were roving over all the colors and textures while quickly cataloging little mental notes of “oh, yeah, THAT would be fun…” and “mm hmm, those are going on the wall behind my range…” and before I knew it I had a full remodel worked out in my mind, despite that I just had a full remodel less than a year ago. So many...