Building the White House

Designing and building an environmentally-sustainable home.

Onto the bank!

I met with Cam from A Cut Above today. They’re the local Lindal Cedar Homes dealer, based out of the old Ron’s Army Navy building in Burnside. 
Cam and his business partner met me out at our lot last week. He agrees that it’s the perfect lot for a modern, environmentally designed house. 
And today, he delivered. [...]

A more compact and energy efficient two story option

Well, after our little freak out about the state of the housing market and the second thoughts we were having, we asked Monica to “fill in” the second floor loft space. Doing this and bringing the house down in size and scope to fit a more standard two story has made a project that is [...]

The Latest Two Story Option

Well, we think the most recent design really nails it. After our discussions with Monica about the problems we foresaw with the beautiful but overdone three story house, we asked her to “fill in” the loft space on the second floor. This house is much more in line with our original goals of having a [...]

Vermont Eco-Builder house blog

I discovered another eco-builder blog today, this time based in Vermont. They’re already living in the house, after starting the process about 18 months ago.

One of the things I’ve found that’s really interesting about their project is the use of recycled and cast-off materials from builders and showrooms. They’ve also tried to be super conscious [...]

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