Residential Design and Construction 2010

Posted by on Mar 20, 2010 in Architecture, Events, Green The annual Residential Design and Construction event is coming up on April 14 and 15, 2010 at the Seaport World Trade Center in South Boston.  While RDC is geared to architects, interior designers, landscape architects, and allied industry professionals, the Exhibit Hall, at least, is open to the public.  (The brochure and website are very vague about what the public has access to.  Last year...
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Collection Curator

Posted by on Mar 17, 2010 in Green, Musings, Small Spaces You’re probably wondering what a Collection Curator is… so was I when Designer Pages invited me to curate a product collection because I was “identified as a high-taste driven blogger”  (their words, not mine).  How cool is that? Designer Pages is a manufacturer–generated search platform to help designers search, save, and share product information.  Currently, over...
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Phenomenal Furniture

Posted by on Mar 10, 2010 in Bedrooms, Children / Kids, Furniture, Green, Small Spaces I promised I’d share info about the furniture lines I learned about when I had lunch with David Harris, Director of Communications for the two – soon to be three – businesses.  David is one of three partners.  Philip Erdoes is the CEO, and Brady Wilcox is the Chief Creative Officer. ducduc, a children’s furniture line, is functional, colorful, inventive, and looks...
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Green, But Hazardous

Posted by on Oct 7, 2009 in Green, Lighting You would think that if a product is “green”, that it’s good for the environment, right? Did you know that compact fluorescent bulbs (CFLs) contain small amounts of elemental mercury, a toxin?  Actually, all fluorescent bulbs contain mercury… it’s the mercury vapor energy that helps create the light. On one hand, CFLs are good for the environment because they...
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Almost Perfect

Posted by on Aug 10, 2009 in Bathrooms, Green, Musings I found an almost-perfect public restroom..   I was at Nordstrom’s at the Northshore Mall in Peabody over the weekend and availed myself of the ladies’ room.  I was so excited by it that I couldn’t wait for my friends to check it out. What made this restroom almost perfect? 1.  The stalls are large enough that you don’t have to squish against the stall side and/or...
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