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Green roofs are definitely a growing trend in large commercial and institutional buildings. Planted with sod or other vegetation, they can reduce the “heat island” effect and keep significant amounts of water from running off, reducing the contaminants carried into streams and groundwater. But is the typical homeowner ready for a living roof? It’s certainly an idea that&#...

Ask Martha: Vegetable Garden Basics Martha Stewart Martha shares her vegetable gardening wisdom in this video! Do shipping container houses make sense for disaster relief housing? Treehugger “Japanese architect Yatsutaka Yoshimura has designed what he calls the ‘ex-container project,’ in what Designboom says is a ‘response to calls for disaster relief housing after t...

Thinking about getting into shape now that spring is here? You could have worked out in style all winter without leaving your house if you had one of these amazing home gyms we discovered on Houzz. Some are fairly modest and utilitarian spaces tucked into renovated basement corners. But most of them are jaw-dropping creations that include such features as climbing walls, lap pools, full-...

Material du Jour–Copper Design Milk “Here is a round up of some of our favorite pieces featuring copper… some designed by us, some designed by others… ” 10 Kid-Friendly Ideas for Backyard Fun Apartment Therapy “My parents always shooed us outside in the summertime. We’d come in for lunch and the occasional popsicle, but we otherwise lived outside. If you’...

How do you feel about concrete as an interior design material? It’s certainly generating a lot of buzz in the design world these days. Concrete as an exterior material really took off in the post-WWII era, but its use in highly designed interiors is a much more recent phenomenon. Freshome has featured several concrete creations, and here’s a recent roundup of concrete interiors...