Focused mostly on remodeling, construction, wellness, real estate, sustainability. Also writes about lifestyle, pets, education. Bylines in AARP, Forbes.com, USAToday, Better Homes & Gardens.
Marketing Industrialized Construction to Consumers
Here’s how (and why) to target consumers with clear messaging about factory-built housing.
Make it Fun
Decluttering your home is no laughing matter, but when you make the process a game, motivation follows. Here’s how to get yourself—and your entire family—into the organizing groove.
Common materials, uncommon building
This piece, for Building Stone magazine, tells about how locally sourced volcanic stone brings beauty to a Rwandan hospital as well as jobs and dignity to patients and workers.
Affordable Modular Infill
Using steel-framed modules, Chicago-based Kinexx can build infill homes on urban lots in working-class neighborhoods for less cost than stick-built.
This company has concluded that cost and schedule savings make modular a good fit for small urban lots in working-class neighborhoods.
11 Gorgeous Buildings Around the World Designed by Black Architects
Black architects have been designing architectural structures and making their mark on the international landscape since the late 1800s, despite historical barriers. check out these incredible new and historical buildings from Southern California to Tokyo.
Goodbye To All That
Identifying your attachment to things can help you unburden your heart and declutter your life.
Organize Your Tech
Simple ways to make your tech work for you —and not the other way around.
So, You Think You Can Dance? Nora Fox Can
A Q&A with a 73-year old world champion pro-am ballroom dancer.
Blood Brothers
AKC Family Dog magazine
Canine blood donors can one day save your dog's life.
Uptick in Backyard Dwellings Gets Pandemic Push
When Kevin Yost began working from home last spring due to the pandemic, he set himself up at his San Francisco area home's dining room table. But with sensitive material on his laptop, he needed more privacy from his wife, who often worked from home, and two teenage children. Yost discovered a solution in his own backyard.
2020 Best in American Living Awards: Pockets of Joy
A round up celebrating nine "pockets of joy" from the 2020 Best in American Living Awards.
The best home builders, architects, and designers turn houses into homes by creating spaces that bring energy, positivity, or a sense of calm to their occupants. And they do it in any number of ways, using proportion, light, natural elements, sculptural details, or a dash of whimsy.
How A Texas Passive House Survived the 2021 Deep Freeze
Texas storms vs. Passive House construction: And the winner is...
Architect Trey Farmer shows how his Certified Passive House stood up to the massive storms that hit Texas in early 2021.
This story was also picked up and reprinted by Green Build Media.
Surf's SUP, Dog! Here's the Best Way to Teach Your Dog to Surf or Stand-up Paddle Board With You
Why “Hang 10” when hanging 16 is even better? With their low center of gravity, your dog can make for a great surfing or SUP boarding companion this summer.
We live, learn and work differently: How COVID is changing new home design
Since March, the pandemic has changed the way we live in our homes. In this article I interviewed architects and designers, including Alaina Money-Garman, whose firm helped develop a post-COVID home design that will address issues of indoor air quality, health and wellness.
AKC's Family Dog March-April 2020
Diagnosed in 20% to 40% of dogs, separation anxiety can affect your pet far into the future. A new device has shown promise in helping dogs and their owners cope.