Copyright Information2008-Present by Kate Stillman. All rights reserved. Please do not use my original photos or reprint my writing without asking me for permission. Thank you! Share our Button with your Natural Moms! | We took a lovely neighborhood stroll this Saturday,actually we didn’t make it off our street,but it was fun just the same. Claire was searching for old bird nests and Ross was taking photos with his camera,while Mark and I enjoyed the clear winter day… America’s Recycles Day is Today! So in celebration of this day,I was approached by Nature Bridge to support them in their effort to educate children (and families) about the importance of recycling. Here are a few fun facts they have provided me: The average American throws away 1,600 pounds of trash each year. That’s 4.4 pounds [...] As some of you already know,when we moved our stuff out of storage and into the new house,all the foam furniture was ruined. There was inches of dirty and grime in the plastic supposedly protecting our mattresses and the couches were a total loss. In reality it was not a huge loss of money. [...] If it would stop raining we could get the yard graded and begin the landscaping,so in the meantime I will walk you through our process designing and deciding on the landscaping. The lot is rather large (about 1/3 of an acre to landscape) and we had our wish list of features our dream yard [...] Now,we get into the fun and overwhelming stuff! There are so many options at so many price points,I would not have known where to start without help. And thankfully Flynner Homes has a wonderful arrangement with Chris Woods at Majestic Flooring and Design here in Boise. I could have never [...] There are many details that are different in builing a Certified Green House,but they all revolve around the basic principles of conservating resources:energy,materials,and (I am going to include) chemicals. It maybe impossible to live an active life in our society and avoid all potentially harmful chemicals,but we can do [...] As you can see they have all the framing up for our house. This is when things really begin to move! It’s a whirlwind of electrical,plumbing,lighting,and landscaping as we move into the next phase. I mentioned before that we decided on a farmhouse style or barn style for the [...] So they finally were able to get some of the framing up,just the first floor. If the weather would cooperate we could really get going. So you probably can not tell from this picture,but we chose an American Farmhouse design for our house. You may also call it a barn-style [...] Here is a picture of the foundation of our new house. The progress this last month has been slow due to weather and the holidays. But that’s OK by me. I have sooooo many decisions to make in the next months,I can use the extra time. In my previous post,I [...] Some of you already now that we have decided to build a house here in Idaho. It was a big decision because of the extra time,stress,and expense. We could have gotten a lot more house for our money buying something already build or in a subdivision already under [...] | |
