Buy Green in the Northwest.....

I do see many clothing designers using organic and bamboo and such for new clothes and that's great!!
My choice is to remake from used and vintage, and tossed away stuff.
There is an endless supply....of stuff....

I especially love building with reclaimed wood, windows and such...I do realize any new building must be energy efficient and non-toxic and new technologies can provide that.....here's a link to LEED....

From a Seattle PI article...

Counter intuitive: What began as a concept for a graduate-studies paper by Ameé Quiriconi is now a caressable countertop cast in Woodinville. Squak Mountain Stone Countertops' textured, cement-based composite, mixed with waste fly ash as well as newsprint and other recycled paper, is an alternative to quarried stone. A 30- by 48-inch slab: $420.29. A new line, Trinity, uses recycled glass to mimic smooth granite. Call 425-486-3417 or www.tmi-online.com.

Bee Green: Kim Denend and Aaron Otto combine organic farming and beekeeping to make soaps, salves and lotion bars tested on family and friends. Most of their ingredients are grown on Pragtree, a land-trust farm near Arlington, or come from other sustainable producers. Calendula soap: $5.95; muscle rub with cayenne: $10.95. Moon Valley Organics: 877-652-1819 or www.moonvalleyhoney.com.

Waste not: ELWd ("elwood") Systems, a division of Auburn's Forest Concepts, began replicating woody debris for salmon-habitat restoration and branched out to erosion-control bales, planters, fencing and other products made from wood that would otherwise be wasted. Sets of pole units can be used in place of rock, block or creosoted railroad ties for landscape terraces. A 90-inch unit: $52.99. ELWd Systems SlopeCheck: 253-333-9663 or www.elwdsystems.com.

Moving right along......

This week was wall-whacking....busted up by several trips to Homeowner Hell.....stud-counting and sheetrock hanging.....It's a fairly bare room about 20' x 40' plus a bath and a closet and a back hall that leads to the backyard weed patch...(Yes, oh Joy...a pre-garden),and the basement.
Looking towards the back.......and Inside looking out my front door....


See that black hole there? That is the dressing room....don't worry.......










I brought a palm and a Boston fern in first.....good feng shui....
and went next door and chatted

with Kenny about promotion......
Keeping it real....and providing another venue for ART.....
We are a block up from Tacoma's Link to downtown....To get here you take
Exit 133 and turn right....Pass Brown & Haley makes 'em daily......and stop in front of Yung's Teriyaki....say hi to Kenny when you eat lunch in his sweet little cafe......

Don't worry...we won't get big swelled heads...Because we have a fantabulous view...You can see our Bright Blue Building from almost anywhere in that part of T*Town
Don't tell anyone....but we can see the switching yard, Brown's Point, all of downtown, the Spur into City Center......We Rock!

A few more pieces of sheetrock and we'll start the painting.....a lot of ragging and sponging.....and we're gonna Pollock the floor.....Jackson Pollock that is.....don't worry .....we won't sell it for 5 bucks like that potty-mouth retired-truck-driving Granny on 60 Minutes.....She's my kinda people....

I'll post pics of the outside soon and I'll draw you a map!
Meanwhile feast your eyes on the first flyer....up there on the right side....soon to be littering the streets of T*Town...press Releases next week...late....and then after Mother's Day...we start moving in the goodies.....

We're shooting for opening day...June 1st...in this neighborhood...we'll get our wish....Bullseye Shooter is just down the hill, nestled across the parking lot from Alfred's Bubble Room! Yup, guns and liquour.....my kinda neighboorhood!