My kind of 'green' house

I'm pretty sure I'm not allowed to complain about working on a Sunday if my job involves touring three gorgeously "green" houses and attending a funky-junky antique and craft fair.

There were temptations around every corner at the Two Women Barn Bazaar, but I managed to walk away with just a small stack of vintage sight-word cards, similar to the phonics cards I bought at last year's Farm Chick's sale. Some of the words on the new (old) cards: bow-wow, mama, my, blue, bird, and Nancy, which is my mom's name. I'll be sure to show you what I do with them once inspiration strikes. Any ideas?

Here's a peek at some of show's other goods: 

The cards I bought are similar to these:

The tour of eco-homes was a real treat. I didn't have time to get to all nine on the route, but the ones I saw were stunning, especially a prairie-style straw-bale house in a neighborhood of turn-of-the-century homes near one of Spokane's most beautiful parks and a solar-powered house downtown that sits above the Spokane River.

I'd written about the river house a couple years ago when it first got underway, so it was fun to see the results. 

If you're at all interested in sustainability (and shouldn't we all be?), hop over to my work blog (Dwell Well) to read the list of features that make that house so green. Even the steps that lead from the house to the river were made from old sidewalks and curbs, and the insulation is made from denim.

There are more photos on Dwell Well, but here's a small taste:

The straw-bale house was lovely, too. I'll write that up for Dwell Well in a couple of days, but this will give you a quick idea of just how grueling my workday was:

Gee whiz. Somebody pass me a drink! (So I can park myself at that table and sip away.)

Comments

[Jennifer]

It's great when you love your work, eh? The photos are gorgeous. The florally one, is that a rug? or perhaps a cushion cover. I would love a rug like that in my kitchen, might have to do some brainstorming.

[Kristen]

I went to the Barn Bazaar as well and really enjoyed it. I saw those same word cards and picked them up and put them back down again several times! After I got home, I wished I had bought them - glad to see someone else did.

[Megan]

The fabric flower thing is a pillow cover, about the side of a pillow you'd put on a sofa. Please tell me why I didn't buy it. It was only $8.
Are you going to the Mad Hatter this weekend, Kristen? Maybe I'll see you there!