Oct
15
2009
[image] Bamboo floor detail
Oct
12
2009
Lots of progress at the house today. We will start in the kitchen, where the bamboo floor was installed. It is mostly covered by cardboard for protection, so these pictures do not really do it justice. (We chose bamboo because it is a fast-growing plant -- actually a grass -- so it is renewable. A...
Oct
6
2009
[image] Bamboo flooring in box
Sep
14
2009
The official color of our house is Newport Taupe with Brandywine trim and accents.
For the choice of siding material, for us the choice came down to vinyl and fiber cement. The cost to upgrade to fiber cement was over $10,000 (about 150% the cost of vinyl). However, there are both "green" and prac...
Aug
30
2009