Recently in Building Category

I took advantage of the beautiful sunshine and road my bike to downtown Saratoga Springs to make my sales calls for the upcoming Harvest edition of the new eco-Local Living magazine, when I saw the signs at the City Center for the Adirondack Living Expo.  Being a big fan and supporter of all thing Adirondack, I had to stop in and check out what was going on.  The event is now in it's eighteenth season, and the promoters are taking advantage of the excitement that is downtown Saratoga in August to showcase the best of Adirondack craftsmen, green building technology and outdoor adventure.

by Sophie Gillet Castro & Karen Totino


Time outdoors in the summer and the beauty of nature may inspire us to beautify our interior. It's a great time to bring into the home colors and textures that will sustain us in the months to come.

It might not be financially sensible however to re-decorate the entire house. So why not focus on wall treatments this summer?

By David DeLozier

The current housing crisis has got many people rethinking the idea of how we should live in the world of the future.  The old adage of "bigger is better" has proven unsustainable in many ways.  Cookie cutter McMansion neighborhoods are attractive looking out the car window, but the lifestyles in these "Wysteria Lane" clones can leave the residents desperate for something more.  Many people are looking for ways to live more affordably and self sufficiently, in harmony with their surroundings.  There is a grass-roots movement of people out to create what is being called "Intentional Communities."  Not the communes of the 60's heydays, but a new type of neighborhood where people are integrated to the land and with each other, working together in a partnership to enhance the whole to create a dynamic living arrangement.  In an intentional community, a part of the design is the gathering places that provide opportunity to meet your neighbors in natural ways - Common Gardens, meeting spaces, exercise trails, and shared activities.

By Stacey Allen
Contributing Writer

This time of year, more than ever, there's probably not one among us that hasn't imagined being off the grid... not having to worry about the cost of heating our home throughout the winter chill. Tucked away in the middle of 80 acres on the borders of Greenfield Center and Corinth, photographer Tom Stock and his wife, Roberta, are living just that life.