Rosedale House

article in Canadian journal of green building and design- Home Sweet Home reno of the year http://ow.ly/bK7hU

June 11th the Home Sweet Home competition is hosting a party at our house! a kick off for the competition! http://hsh-competition.ca/ I better get the house in perfect shape!

Home Sweet Home Competition: Home Simply, it's where people today want to live. And it's what Ontario's best home-building and renovating teams are creating. Comfortable, quiet, and healthy for great indoor living. Energy efficient and economical to save money over the long term. Ecologically and socially responsible to protect the ...

Great article on the house!

Case Study: Extreme Retrofit Project Honors the Past While Looking to the Future - Green Building, R 90-year-old home transformed into one of the most energy-efficient dwellings in Ontario.

New paint job

Last nights open house was fantastic!!! Thanks to everyone who came to warm up the house. Big thanks to Season 2 Taste for catering the event the samosas were delicious!

Greenbuild tour was very successful. 3 awesome projects by people trying to change the world through the way they live. Check out the Reno coaches blog on his passive house and John Bell's LEED platinum home probably has something on line as well

Replacing stucco

The living room earth plaster is complete. I have a medium gray colour on the west wall to add drama. I just have to get my art work up to cover up the storage space behind.

Stucco and Painting have been arranged and hopefully will be complete by the Date of the Open House - Oct 7th!!!

Jane Lockhart was by yesterday to spend all my money on drapes. Why oh why do they cost more than the windows they cover???? Jane gave me great ideas for exterior colours and an Earth Plaster accent wall in the Living Room!