Category Archives: Contractors

I loved that (new) old bathroom

and then, if you turn around and look behind you, you find… Oh, yeah… that’s the old bathroom in Houston.  It was gigantic by our neighborhood’s standards.  The previous owner told me that, before they turned it into the master bathroom, it used to be a sewing room for the German sisters that lived there prior to them. From the… (more…)

Yearly trek to the home show

I went to the home show this weekend.  I love the home show.  Last year when we went, we found our architect, Bouril Design Studio.  This year, we were on a mission to find and research insulation options and windows.  But, wandering around the maze of vendors, I found myself chatting with the radiant heat guys, the geothermal guys, and… (more…)

Green, Efficiency, Carbon Footprint, & Health…

Wow, how’s that for a title.  Let Google crawl all over that one. I consider myself to be relatively green, concerned with efficiency, pretty well informed & educated, and often indecisive.  It turns out, this is a dangerous combination.  Let me ‘splain. Being ‘green‘ means taking care of the environment – reduce, reuse, recycle – taking steps to reduce your… (more…)