Do you need to insulate?

Recently at an Oregon Remodelers awards luncheon, I was speaking to a colleague, Chuck Waldal from Gale Contractor Services about their insulation business.  We discussed the push at the end of 2009 when homeowners were insulating their homes to take advantage of federal tax credits.  That reminded me of the difference it made in our [...]

Is preserving a historic building really green?

BuildingGreen.com posted an interesting article in their blog that really encourages us to stop and think about how we approach “green” building.  If a home or building is consider historic, we have typically passed legal guidelines for remodeling the structure and the land around it.  However, with the new focus being on energy conservation, one [...]

Not sure where to start?

Do you find it challenging when you want to remodel your home to picture in your mind how you want your final outcome to look?  If you’re not a visual person like myself, it can be a very time consuming process to make material selections and try to piece together a new kitchen, bathroom or [...]

Meeting was a great success!

Not only was it great to spend the evening with the designers from NKBA and NWSID as well as our fellow ORA/NARI members, but it was also great to listen to John.  He was entertaining as always, and finally had some good news to share about our economy.  Not only is the economy expected to [...]

ORA/NARI Meeting – Economic Forecast

Tonight we have the opportunity in the Oregon Remodelers Association (ORA) to listen to well known and sought after economist, John Mitchell, Ph.D from Lake Oswego.  John is known to be very entertaining as he shares the often boring and detailed facts about the history and future of the U.S. economy and what it means [...]

Warmer weather, a welcome site!

What a pleasure to have a mostly dry day today with temperatures that finally reached the 60′s.  I was starting to think Spring temperatures would never arrive.  Of course with the warmer temperatures comes the reality of the landscaping that is now necessary to get our home back in order.  It was strange to see [...]