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Exotic Reclaimed, Recycled,
Re-used, and Sustainable Flooring

Local wood reclaimers and national manufactures offer great green flooring options.
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Green Floor Fundamentals
Wood, bamboo, cork, linoleum, and wool carpet are choices in today's flooring.
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Clean Dust
Redo your wood floors without the all the dust.
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A Pocket Door Without the Pocket
Want the space-saving characteristics of a pocket door, but can't make one work? Here's an alternative.
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Green Building Materials and
Products: From the Roof Down

An overview of green home products.
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Re-Building Green:
Easier Than You Think

Deconstruct, reuse, recycle, and use sustainable products to convert your remodel into a green home.
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What Is Green Seal Certification? Or
The Many Shades of Green Paint Certification

Read about how Green Seal Certification works.
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Green Incentives Programs and Agencies
Learn about the Energy Trust, Energy Star, Green Seal, and the EPA WaterSense programs.
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How-To
Replacing a Front Entry Door
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New Architectural Salvage and
Antique Shop Opens in Portland

Architectural salvage-hounds in the Northwest have a new destination for discovering recycled treasures.
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Five Steps to Take When
Buying a Tankless Water Heater

Mike Filbin of A-Boy Supply offers tips for buying a tankless water heater.
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Paint Brushes 101
Learn all about using, cleaning, and storing your paint brushes.
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We Built It Ourselves!
With a Little Help.

Being your own GC can be a lot easier when using experienced consultants.
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The Arts and Crafts
Movement in England

Jack Bookwalter visits the British Isles and gets a first-hand look at the
architecture produced by this turn of the 20th century movement.
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The Architectural Designs of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Margaret MacDonald
Jack Bookwalter concludes his architectural tour of the British Isles
with a visit to Glasgow, Scotland, and the work of the Mackintosh movement.
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Venerable Vintage
Rideout Reclamation gives new life to old wood.
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The Historic Balch Hotel
One couple takes on the challenge of restoring and reopening the hotel to weary travelers.
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Three Hot New Sustainable Finishes for the Home
From the 2007 USGBC Greenbuild Conference and Expo.
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DEPARTMENTS

Japanese Handsaws
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Flashlights revisited with two new and one remake.
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Panasonic's cordless impact driver.
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The Teeny Tuner screwdriver
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Wheat core laminated doors
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News
• New Green Products and Catalog
from Schoolhouse Electric Co.
• Efficiency Washers Clean Up on Savings
• Compost Bin, Kitchen Scrap Collector, and More
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• The Latest Dirt...
Two Green Organic Garden Products
• Solar Now! is heating Up in Oregon
• New Lumber Product Made From Sunflower Seed Hulls
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• MetroPaint Recycled Latex
Now Certified Earth-friendly
• Paintbrush That Cleans in Seconds!
• Ecologically Sound Insulation
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