I just wanted to announce that I've been accepted to present a seminar at NeoCon in Chicago this year! For those of you who are unfamiliar with the NeoCon World's Trade Fair, it's a convention for designer, architects, and related professionals that is held each year to release new products and information related to the building and interior design industries. We will see the introduction of new products such as furniture and interior accessories, new software, books, wallcoverings, textiles, and other related items. It's similar to what the auto-industry has in Detroit each year. As found on the NeoCon website: http://mmart-staging.com/neocon2009/
"NeoCon® is a three-day celebration of the commercial furnishings industry. Every June, more than 50,000 industry professionals come to The Merchandise Mart in Chicago not only to see all the new products, but to NETWORK, LEARN and HAVE FUN.
Hundreds of parties are hosted by manufacturers, industry associations, publications and not-for-profits in fabulous permanent showrooms, temporary exhibits and interesting venues around the city. A plethora of networking opportunities from Black-Tie Events to Meet-and-Greets give attendees the opportunity to take advantage of their experience at NeoCon.
Off-site tours to experience the beautiful architecture around the city are offered throughout the three days and innovative exhibits will offer fresh perspective to give you inspiration for your own projects.
NeoCon offers more than 150 educational opportunities from keynotes and luncheon programs to association forums and 60-minute seminars. All 60-minute seminars are CEU, LU and CMU accredited. NeoCon offers more than 150 educational opportunities from keynotes and luncheon programs to association forums and 60-minute seminars. All 60-minute seminars are CEU, LU and CMU accredited. "
Yep, one of those 150 educational opportunities will be me! The title of my presentation is, Sustainable Residential Construction – A Case Study Analysis: Nutter Green Home. I'll be sure to take lots of photos!
Monday, February 16, 2009
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Tired of Christmas Trees?
Just a reminder that if you are new to this blog, you should probably go to the archives and start at the beginning. The beginning (March 2006) will tell you a bit about the start of this journey and what we were striving to do. The rest is just progress reports on how and why we did what we did! For more current information, to set up a tour/consultation, or for specific questions, feel free to email me at nuttergreenhome@yahoo.com
We were fortunate enough to get 4 snow days at the end of January, and so 2 out of 3 bi-fold closet doors were hung upstairs - yippee!!!!!!! Unfortunately, as the 3rd door was going up, a part broke and so now that one needs to go back to the store - bummer. Here's a few pictures of the snow days!
On our short-term To-Do List of course is finishing the interior trim (oh wait, that would mean that the trim had been started), fiddling with the HRV to get it set up correctly, finishing the stair riser metal, staining the windows, planting the wetland, and starting a vegetable garden. We are hoping to grow much of our own vegetables, strawberries, and blueberries this year. Eventually, we'll add blackberries and raspberries too.
Progress update from last year: many of last years' projects have turned out well. We added snow guards to the house and garage roof to stop the avalanche-effect. The house snow guards have worked perfectly! Unfortunately, the garage roof on the north side sees so little sun that the snow piled up, didn't melt, and the snow guards didn't hold, so now we need to reinstall the guards on the garage roof and perhaps add another row to assist with holding back the weight of the snow for longer periods of time. Or perhaps we just need to attach them tighter? No worries though - there appears to be no damage. You live and learn and that's what experimenting is all about. Last year we also planted grass seed and groundcover the ENTIRE length of the driveway on both sides. It sure felt good to get that done, and I can't wait to see it green up in spring.
Hello Everyone,
Well, I was politely "reminded" that I hadn't updated the blog in a while, as some family-member-to-remain-nameless told me that he was tired of looking at Christmas trees on our site. So to appease the masses, here is an update.
As some of you might know, it is currently basketball season - and so with 3 out of 4 of us either playing or coaching in multiple games each week, and the 4th of us relegated to support-duty (ie. chauffeuring), basically nothing much has been done on the house is a while now.We were fortunate enough to get 4 snow days at the end of January, and so 2 out of 3 bi-fold closet doors were hung upstairs - yippee!!!!!!! Unfortunately, as the 3rd door was going up, a part broke and so now that one needs to go back to the store - bummer. Here's a few pictures of the snow days!
Our Spring/Summer tour schedule is getting full already - several groups will be visiting around the Earth Day holiday, and another group is planned for June. Of course there is the National Solar Tour in October again, but I'm not sure we'll do that one or not.
On our short-term To-Do List of course is finishing the interior trim (oh wait, that would mean that the trim had been started), fiddling with the HRV to get it set up correctly, finishing the stair riser metal, staining the windows, planting the wetland, and starting a vegetable garden. We are hoping to grow much of our own vegetables, strawberries, and blueberries this year. Eventually, we'll add blackberries and raspberries too.
Progress update from last year: many of last years' projects have turned out well. We added snow guards to the house and garage roof to stop the avalanche-effect. The house snow guards have worked perfectly! Unfortunately, the garage roof on the north side sees so little sun that the snow piled up, didn't melt, and the snow guards didn't hold, so now we need to reinstall the guards on the garage roof and perhaps add another row to assist with holding back the weight of the snow for longer periods of time. Or perhaps we just need to attach them tighter? No worries though - there appears to be no damage. You live and learn and that's what experimenting is all about. Last year we also planted grass seed and groundcover the ENTIRE length of the driveway on both sides. It sure felt good to get that done, and I can't wait to see it green up in spring.
Well, that's about it for now. I'm getting excited for Spring to finally be here (or is it just for basketball to be over?) I'll be sure to add photos as I get them - and I'll try not to wait so long between posts!
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Christmas Trees!
The Kid's Tree in the Loft above the Great Room
The Adult Tree in the Great Room (still looking for a lightweight lighted topper)
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
We are a "Certified Backyard Wildlife Habitat"!!!!
We have had our property certified as a "Backyard Wildlife Habitat" by the National Wildlife Foundation http://www.nwf.org/backyard/. We should have a sign to post in the yard soon, but for now it appears that the word is out. Here is a new visitor that just started coming around in the mornings yesterday and today. I couldn't really get a great picture because he was about 70 ft away and I shot the photo through a window and screen. I don't have a powerful zoom on my D-SLR yet, so this is the best I could get with a little cropping and sharpen filter in Photoshop.
Kaila was the first to spot this guy yesterday. She said she saw a deer run through the yard and it looked wierd, "like a big dog with huge horns on it." I was a little intrigued with that description so I had her to describe whether the horns were big or little - she said big and made a HUGE gesture with her hands - so I was thinking we must have Bambi's Dad walking around and was expecting like a 12-point or something. As it turns out, this little guy appears pretty young - for a minute I thought it was a goat! Nevertheless, he does have antlers - although I couldn't get a good enough look to count them and I'm not sure my photo is good enough either. Anyway, I hope he sticks around a while and brings a few friends too. Enjoy!
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Solar Tour and Artwork
Below are photos of a piece of artwork by local artist, Nicholas Yust that was installed at the house (very early) this morning before the Solar Tour (Thanks Nicholas!) He trained at the University of Cincinnati and does some fabulous metal work. This looks absolutely awesome in our house - the photos do not do it justice - especially daytime photos. I can't wait to take some at night when the house is dark and the only lighting is on the piece itself.
The solar tour today was very sucessful - it was a guided tour on a planned route this year, so we really were only alotted time from 9:55 to 10:30. We tried to keep to that schedule as much as possible, but we still had some stragglers afterward until about noon, and then a few more came around 2:00. All in all, I think there were between 75 and 100 people who toured the house today - not too bad considering last year we had between 150 and 200, but were open all day from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. Feedback on the house was all very positive, and we were also featured on the front page of the Home Style: Life & Leisure section of the Cincinnati Enquirer today. We attended the solar tour kick-off Gala at Governor Strickland's residence in Columbus last night, and were up bright and early getting the house ready for the tour this morning. Overall it was a great day and I think everyone had a lot of fun! Thanks to all who attended!
The solar tour today was very sucessful - it was a guided tour on a planned route this year, so we really were only alotted time from 9:55 to 10:30. We tried to keep to that schedule as much as possible, but we still had some stragglers afterward until about noon, and then a few more came around 2:00. All in all, I think there were between 75 and 100 people who toured the house today - not too bad considering last year we had between 150 and 200, but were open all day from 9:30 am to 4:30 pm. Feedback on the house was all very positive, and we were also featured on the front page of the Home Style: Life & Leisure section of the Cincinnati Enquirer today. We attended the solar tour kick-off Gala at Governor Strickland's residence in Columbus last night, and were up bright and early getting the house ready for the tour this morning. Overall it was a great day and I think everyone had a lot of fun! Thanks to all who attended!
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