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Method Prefab Cabins

The idea of a vacation home sounds incredibly luxurious to us, but the rise of prefab architecture is bringing that dream closer to many people. The Method Home is packed with features geared towar...

The Eco-Shed

A forty-five minute drive and ferry ride from downtown Vancouver is all it takes to get to the Eco-Shed on Bowen Island, in the improbably named Snug Cove Village. The guest house is the project of J...

Blogging Cottage Living: From Suburban Rancher to Cottage Beauty

Psychedelic Snake Draught Excluder from Refab

An oldie but goodie. "Draught excluder" is apparently the fancy British way of saying"stuffed snake that keeps cold air from coming in under the door." If our mom didn't make them, someone's mom ce...

Blogging the Seattle Times: A Shared Sensibility

Last week's Seattle Times featured Meredith MacLeod and John de Wit's Whidbey Island home. The couple are artists: she a glass-tile artist and printmaker; he a glass-blower......

Blogging the Oregonian: Second Base

Icing on the home-ownership cake, or a whole other piece? Lucy and Joe Field are among the growing number of homeowners with second homes, and their waterfront vacation house on the Columbia River g...

Green Tuscan Villa Rehab
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It's pouring rain as we type this. We don't feel like we ever had a summer. So we'll just fantasize about buying and renovating our own Tuscan farmhouse, like Inhabitat writer Abigail Doan and he...

The Grill Extremis

In this pre-Fathers' Day moment we've been seeing a lot of the outdoor SUV grill. Big, fancy, engine-like contraptions that run on gas, require a large yard, and seem to shout: "I cook like a man." ...