Orange Cars and Black and White Houses

Orange Cars and Black and White Houses

In 1966 my parents remodeled our kitchen; new stained maple cabinets, laminate counters, avocado colored appliances, and a mosaic tile pattern vinyl floor. I was thirteen and thought it looked cool. A decade later and early into my remodeling career, those avocado...
What We Learned at the Avon Open House

What We Learned at the Avon Open House

This past weekend we welcomed 84 people to see and learn how different a future friendly Zero Energy home is from the homes most of us live in. We gave a presentation explaining why that difference matters, and how we achieve such high performance, and with the walls...
Multi Generational Zero Energy Home in Avon

Multi Generational Zero Energy Home in Avon

We love domesticity. We love to create homes for people to thrive in. That can mean different things for different people at different times, so we love getting to know the people we work with so that we can create a home that fits them and their lives. And since our...
Design: Ornamental or Fundamental

Design: Ornamental or Fundamental

“He’s pictures, he’s words” the client offers as an executive summary of the service provided by the two ad agency representatives sitting in the office of London Fog’s owner. This scene from the TV series “Mad Men” sums up in brief the notion most people hold of...
Trade Students Like Our Net Zero Home

Trade Students Like Our Net Zero Home

We are in the habit of hosting Open Wall Open House tours of our new Net Zero homes and Deep Energy Retrofits of existing homes while the framing is open so folks can see and we can explain just what makes these homes so different, and why that matters. These are...
Right Sizing a Home that Fits

Right Sizing a Home that Fits

We’re pleased to be featured in this timely book. Author Sheri Koones has had her finger on the pulse of a number of significant trends in building responsibly and in “Downsize: Living Large in a Small House” she is once again aligned with the times....