Rather than build new, the greenest thing you can do is to renovate. The amount of energy, not to mention waste in building a brand new house is considerable. So, how do you plan a renovation ? You make a list. What are the things you want to change ? What rooms ? What appliances ? What systems ? And remember think GREEN. What are the Energy Star rated appliances on the market ?
In the old days one approach would be to look through magazines, and cut out pictures of rooms and themes that you liked. As a Designer we would recommend you start a scrap book, a wish list of your favorite interiors. This could get expensive since many of the very best Interior Design and Architecture Magazines run about $15 a pop. So if you need to buy and look through hundreds of Magazines to find and cut out images of what you are looking for this gets very very expensive.
Luckily, today there are web sites that catalog some of the best Interior Remodelling photos available and you can sign up and look through thousands of images - for Free. One of the best Sites that we have discovered is called Houzz.com.
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