Monday, September 3, 2007
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Our Remodeling Business
About Me
- Carly Fay
- My husband and I are taking root! We just bought our first home, started our general contracting business, and are loving the challenges! I’m a listener and a watcher, always looking for answers, and I talk about my observations here. It’s becoming more and more apparent that our society is so confused. We live in a culture of excess (in food, escapism, spending, clutter…), so many of my posts focus around my own goals of breaking my consumerist cycle and living a simple, balanced, and attentive life.
Green Links:
- Break the Addiction
- Calculate your effect on the Earth
- ClimateCrisis
- Convert Your Car to Biodiesel
- Environmental FAQ's
- FightGlobalWarming
- GreenerChoices
- Grist - environmentalist mag
- Ideas for Living Off-Grid
- Lazy Environmentalist
- Lime - (green lifestyle mag)
- Local Harvest
- Offset your Carbon from Traveling
- PlanetSave
- Sustainable Style
- The Green Guide
- TreeHugger
- Verdant Magazine
- We Are What We Do
- WorldChanging.com
Green Remodeling Links
- 3Form
- Alkemi
- AmericanClay.com
- Breathe Easy Cabinetry
- Composting Toilet
- Cork/ Rubber Composite Flooring
- DIY Pre-fab House Kits
- Donate unwanted materials to Redo.org - they pick up!
- Durat Countertops ($50/ sq. ft.)
- Duravit Tubs, Sinks, and, Toilets (waterless urinal)
- Eco Friendly Flooring - wide price range
- EcoBathroom (towels are supposedly wonderful)
- EcoTerr Terrazzo
- EcoTimber
- Environmental Home Center (Seattle)
- Expanco Cork
- Find Green Homes, Contractors, etc.
- FireClay Tile
- Flushmate (retrofittings to use only 1 gal. per flush)
- Granada Tiles
- GreenRoofs.com
- GreenSource Magazine
- HabitusNYC (check out their Cork Mosaic Tiles)
- HenryBuilt Cabinets (Seattle-based!)
- Icestone Countertops (gorgeous, great company morals - $95/ sq. ft.)
- Nora Rubber Flooring
- Oceanside Glasstile
- On-demand Water Heaters
- Panelite
- Rejuvenation Lighting and Hardware
- RestorationTimber.com
- Richlite Countertops ($85/ sq. ft.)
- Roppe Rubber Flooring
- Safecoat Paint (has floor finish etc.)
- SmartHomeowner.com
- SolaTube
- Squak Mountain Stone (countertops)
- State Incentives for Energy Conservation
- Straw, Sticks, and Bricks (has everything)
- Teragren Bamboo Flooring (has some that looks like traditional hardwood)
- Timbron Moulding
- Trex Decking (avg. $5.20/ sq. ft.)
- U.S. Green Building Council
- Vetrazzo Counters (beautiful, 85% recycled)
- Wooden Duck Furniture (from recycled and reclaimed wood - $$ but good)
Design and Organizing Links
- BeJane - Women's Home Improvement
- CB2 (Crate and Barrel's modern sister)
- Chemetal Laminates
- CreativeWallCovering.com (much cooler than your average wallpaper)
- Decor8
- DesignKlub
- Domino Magazine
- Eliminate Chaos (my old boss!)
- HouseBlogs
- How Color Affects Emotions
- IKEA - very green!
- KitchenCabinetHardware (tough to navigate, great selection though)
- OrganizedHome
- This Old House
- West Elm
Green Construction Industry Links
Small Business Resources
- 100 Ways to be a Better Entrepreur
- AllBusiness.com
- BizStats.com
- Business Owner's Toolkit
- BusinessKnowHow.com
- Entrepreneur Magazine
- eVenturing
- Sample Business Letters
- Seattle Women's Business Centers
- Small Business Association's Free E-Courses
- Small Business Chat
- U.S. Chamber of Commerce's StartUp Toolkit
- WA Dept. Of Revenue
Misc. Links
- Boycott Walmart
- Dani's blog
- Fatten up the piggy bank!
- Fun to be had in Western Washington
- Happy News
- Homemade cleanser recipes
- How safe are your beauty products?
- Natural Cleansers Part 2 (bigger and better)
- Natural living tips
- Online Parallel Bible
- Simple Living
- SuccessConciousness.com
- Vegetarian Organic Life blog
- World's Healthiest Foods
- ZeFrank.com
Knitting Links
Good Causes
My Focus This Year
- Educate myself and others on simple ways to go green
- Get credit card debt free
- Get involved in the community
- Give as much love as I can
- Kill my out of control spending habit
- Make our business smooth and profitable.
- Master warm, stylish minimalism
- Streamline my life - simpler, cheaper, faster, cleaner, healthier, better