You’ve probably heard about “Cash for Clunkers” and the first-time home-buyer credit. But, there’s another credit available. It helps to make your home more energy efficient, but many homeowners don’t know how to qualify. The upcoming 5×10 Improvement workshop will teach you how.
The workshop’s name means that homeowners can take five steps for no more [...]
So today was not the best day for green products. First Natural Home Magazine reported that products made of “bamboo fibers” are really…rayon. And next came the announcement from the Chicago Tribune that the earliest SIGG water bottles are lined with BPA, a plastic linked to cancer and banned from products like baby bottles in Chicago. These [...]
Sounds like the next set of updates to the White House might make it a “green” house. Inhabit magazine announced today a goal of LEED certification for the White House.
These green efforts would build on what Carter, Clinton and GHWB did previously. The difference is the certification. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standard, offered by [...]
My husband and I already own a Sleep Comfort Bed. His side is like a hardwood floor. Mine is like a marshmallow. So the last remaining point of contention in our marriage resides at our thermostat. He tells me when he was a kid he slept in an attic, with no AC, in a sleeping [...]
Elmhurst’s Wilder Park was recently covered on ABC7 as one of the Hidden Treasures of Chicago! The Lizzadro Museum is our family’s personal favorite.
I’m like everyone else…real estate was a driver of the current recession, and we need great growth in real estate to bring us back. And the good news is that we are seeing some good news lately. However, I noticed stats in two different industry publications that I follow that seem a little troubling. But [...]
What an honor to be named the Green Improvements winner in Better Homes and Garden’s magazine’s 2008 Home Improvement Challenge. The September issue is on newsstands now. I’m pleased that my son’s cute toes are featured in a full-page spread!
You can also see coverage of all the winning entries on Danny Lipford’s TV show. The [...]