Collaborating with Houzz

Collaborating with Houzz

Houzz is a wonderful resource to use to collaborate on the design of your project. We get in sync by sharing “Ideabooks” in which you save images of design features that express how you would like your project to look and feel. We feed off of these images...

Our Homes Energy Legacy

The homes most of us know, certainly the ones we grew up in, were built for the world that was. And that world had little concern and only gave passing thought to the energy they required to maintain functions and provide comfort. What if we considered the legacy of...

Homes Built Like a Thermos

Chances are you’re already well aware of the strategy we depend on to design and build high performance, energy efficient homes – especially if you’re a coffee drinker! In this video we make the connection between how our homes and a thermos are both...

Our Energy Load is Our Legacy

Every home is the physical expression of what home meant when it was first built. They take their shape, adopt their style, divide up their interiors in ways that made sense then. This includes their size, how much storage they might have, even how people came and...

The Tiny Test: Learning from Living in 165 SF

I learned a lot from my night in a Tiny House. I know; that seems like hardly enough experience to form a reliable impression. Bear with me. My son Jesse likes to give experiences as gifts. Thus my wife Barbara and I just spent the night in a tiny house in the New...