Articles tagged with: green houses

Welcome to the companion site for our new book, “Dreaming Green Eco-Fabulous Homes Designed to Inspire”. Just five years ago, when our family began a top-to-bottom green renovation of a Manhattan brownstone, it seemed …

ABC’s Sam Champion tours Lisa and Paul’s eco-friendly townhouse and Heidi Jones interviews Lisa on dreaming, building and living green. You can see it all right here.

Are you worried that your rooms will be lit like stuffy offices if you use compact florescent bulbs? We were too until we chose the proper light fixtures that allowed the warm textiles of the shades to serve as filters, giving the rooms a more natural looking light palette.

Did you know that most mattresses contain formaldehyde? That’s the stuff they use to preserve pigs brains for your kid’s science class. Are you sure you want to sleep on it too?

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Good Housekeeping Magazine’s “Your Good House” Article on Our Green House
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New York House Magazine Article on our Green Townhouse
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“Early in the process, we decided that almost every aspect of the renovation was going to be green – from the gut job to the design. We wanted a healthy house made of chemical-free, natural materials that didn’t pillage the earth.” -Lisa Sharkey