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By ReBecca TeagaRden

The Seattle Times/MCT

SEATTLE _ Before she gotinto the construction business41 years ago, Donna Shireywas a teacher.

Turns out, she still is.Our rst project with SIPs

was in 1987, says Shirey, co-

founder of Shirey Handyman& Remodeling, discussing thebenets of building with struc-tural insulated panels. Therst show we ever did wasthe Tacoma Home Show in1987. People said to us, Youregonna put foam in houses? Iread about that in Popular Sci-ence.

The Shireys, Donna and herhusband, Riley, have long be-lieved that sustainable build-ing is smart building. And in2005 they decided to go forit: build the greenest, most af-fordable, healthy, comfortableand quiet home possible on theshore of Lake Sammamish inBellevue, Wash. The Shireys

would be their own client, andthey would open the house toanybody who wanted to comehave a look, from constructionto completion.

Its sustainable credentialsare many: photovoltaic panels,solar hot water, tankless waterheater, hydronic radiant heat-ing, heat-recovery ventilator,living roof, recycled-contenttile, salvaged-wood ooring,metal roof, local materials,rainwater collection using a3,000-gallon cistern, smallfootprint, wind turbine, 5-starBuilt Green rating. More.

We had 3,500 people comethrough, and thats not in-cluding groups, Shirey says

brightly, sitting in the goldenkitchen of their 1,630-square-foot home, a little bit country,a little bit contemporary anddesigned by architect DavidClinkston. Riley thinksthe lookie-loos added threemonths to the process.

The more the merrier, is howthey look at it. Why, Shirey(whos fond of such construc-

tion bon mots as build tight;ventilate right, and use built-ins, not furniture) has livedall of her years in a sustainableframe of mind.

My parents went throughthe Depression; my dad wasa butcher in Cleveland. Wesaved and recycled every-thing, she says. You never

knew what you were going toneed.The Shireys completed the

place they call the Zero Ener-gy Idea House in 2009. Mostrecently it and the couplesFlorida home were featuredin the book Prefabulous +Almost Off the Grid by SheriKoones. (Fun fact: RobertRedford, who wrote the pref-ace, worked as a roustaboutin the oil elds south of LosAngeles as a teenager.)

Koones tells us that housesuse about one-third of all theenergy in America. But for 80percent of the year, the Shireyhome requires no energy tooperate. And each year Puget

Sound Energy has sent theShireys a check for about $650for power returned to the grid.

The home is contemporarybut made comfortable with fatalder trim and bright, cheer-ful (no VOC) paint. Rooms(two bedrooms, 2 { baths) areno larger than needed. Theliving room is a conversation-inducing 11 feet by 12 feet.The home steps down thelakes-edge hillside, from TVloft upstairs to the bedroomsbelow the main living space.

Interior designer AutumnDonovan helped inside, work-ing with the Shireys re-cycled furniture _ pieces theyalready owned. Those chairs

over there? Shirey says,pointing to the living room.Ive had those since 1982. Wejust got them recovered.

That kind of ethic is evidentall around. Theres alwayssomething people can do,Shirey says, whether theyrebuilding a new house or havean existing one.

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Cabinets are oak, rom Pacic Crest Custom Cabinetry in the Bellevue, Washington home o the Shireys. Appliances are Miele.Counters are cast concrete and include a built-in trivet. (Benjamin Benschneider/Seattle Times/MCT)

The small living room, 11 eet by 12 eet, sits tucked just othe kitchen in the Bellevue, Washington home o the Shireys.Overhead is the TV lot. The bedrooms are one foor down.(Benjamin Benschneider/Seattle Times/MCT)

The Shireys call their Bellevue, Washington home, designed byarchitect David Clinkston, and the Zero Energy Idea House.The exterior is metal and HardiePanel. The home has a 5-starBuilt Green rating. (Benjamin Benschneider/Seattle Times/MCT)

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By Lisa Boone

Los Angeles TimesMCT

LOS ANGELES _ WhenMark Fay heard that the F.P.Fay Building was about tobe demolished, the True

Blood sound engineer droveto downtown Los Angelesto see the building namedfor his great-grandfather.That day, Easter Sunday, hediscovered the building hadalready been knocked down,with little left but someironwork and Fay Buildingsignage he found on a pieceof marble.

Twenty-three years and onetrip to the welder later, thesilver F-A-Y lette ring nowstands out against a livingroom wall with matte blackchalkboard paint, hung abovea treasured turntable. In theEagle Rock home whereMark and Melinda live with

their two boys, Boon andHaskell, the rescued signrepresents not only a piece ofsalvaged family history butalso the decorating mix ofthe moment: a playful blendof vintage and contemporary.

I have great nostalgia forthings and an appreciationfor vintage, said Melinda, apsychotherapist who special-izes in art therapy. I lovemidcentury, but I believe incomfort. I like to mix it up.

The heirlooms go beyondinherited pieces (thoseEmmy Awards on the shelfbelonged to Marks father,Sheldon, a cameraman). Forregulars at the Rose Bowland Pasadena City Collegeea markets and acionadosof Etsy and EBay, the couplehas amassed their posses-sions through a combinationof kismet and determination.

Case in point: After hisgrandparents house in theHollywood Hills was de-molished, Mark jumped thefence and found The Ar-cher, a large tile originallymounted outside the poolhouse. He snagged it fromthe junk pile and hung iton the exterior of the brickreplace at their Eagle Rock,Calif., house. The Archernow oversees his children at

play, just as it did when he

was a child.The Fays surplus of art-

works, including outsider artand thrift store nds, chroni-cles the couples life together.In the master bedroom hangsa painting by street artistBecca that Mark bought towoo Melinda. Over the couchin the family room, a snakeis rendered on a vintage mapby Lynn Hanson. Our houseis right on the bottom abovethe artists signature, Me-linda said.

The artwork is as diverse asthe homes decor. Melinda,who is launching a galleryshow May 11 at Curve LineSpace in Eagle Rock, calledit such an emotional andpersonal thing. But the cou-ple also has had to be prag-matic, adapting the rooms ofthe 1948 home to accommo-date their growing family.

During the last two years,the couple worked withSouth Pasadena, Calif., inte-rior decorator Tamara Kaye-Honey to add layers of tex-ture and color and to createseparate gathering places in-side and out. What used to bea large, difcult-to-arrangeliving room has been dividedinto a central area with leath-er couch, a more intimatenook by the replace and a

station for spinning LPs. Thefamily room for kids inside isbalanced with a chill spacefor grown-ups outside.

Im into creating a spacefor my kids where they canbe free and have memories,Melinda said. As a therapist,I think I wanted to create in-timacy by establishing bothgrown-up spaces and kidspaces.

High-end furnishings arepaired with budget nds.In that reside nook, anantique settee covered inoral Schumacher fabricsits alongside chartreusechairs from a thrift store. Adining table _ bought fromGoodwill and renished _ issurrounded by classic chairsfrom Midcentury L.A. Andin a surprising move, decora-tor Honey chose a patterned

black Christian Lacroixwallpaper as a backdrop fora Salvation Army dresser,renished using a bleachedpickling process.

Adding to the sentimental-ity that permeates the homeis a ceramic whippet statue,once belonging to Melindasaunt. Placed next to the re-place, it is one of the rstthings you see as you enterthe house.

It always greeted me whenI went to her house, Me-linda said. Nostalgia playsa big role in both of our livesand our memories growingup with the things that sur-rounded us. We have tried toinfuse those elements intoour home and imprint thosememories onto the next gen-eration.

Home of Te imes: Te past becomes eclectic

A reading nook with vintage chairs and reupholstered setteewith Schumacher high-end abric is eatured in the Eagle Rock/Highland Park home o Mark and Melinda Fay, in Los Angeles,March 10, 2013. (Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

Boon, right, and brother Haskell swing in hammock chair asparents relax on deck below at their Eagle Rock/Highland Parkhome in Los Angeles, March 10, 2013. (Anne Cusack/Los An-geles Times/MCT)

Interior designer Tamara Kaye-Honey, let, rom House o Hon-ey, enjoys the outdoor dining area with owner Melinda Fay ather Eagle Rock/Highland Park home in Los Angeles, March 10,2013. (Anne Cusack/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

Repurposed lockers are used as a dresser are refected in themirrors on the door in the Eagle Rock/Highland Park home oMark and Melinda Fay, in Los Angeles, March 10, 2013. (AnneCusack/Los Angeles Times/MCT)

In the entry way the amilyshoes are in bins underneatha collection o artworks in theEagle Rock/Highland Parkhome o Mark and MelindaFay, in Los Angeles, March 10,2013. (Anne Cusack/Los Ange-les Times/MCT)

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By Karishma mehro-

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The Atlanta Journal-

Constitution/MCT

ATLANTA _ A sign on thefence in Anne-Marie An-dersons Decatur, Ga., homereads: Beware of Chickens.Walk in and Andersons 18birds roam freely, diggingamong the fallen leaves. Theysquawk and ap their wingsto cross a stream. Glenda,one of the bigger chickens,waddles straight through thewater.

Here, here chick-chicks,

Anderson clucks in a Britishaccent, doling out food.

Its very nice to hang outwith a cup of coffee andwatch the chickens runningaround clucking. They exudegeneral contentment.

Anderson and her family areamong the growing numberof city dwellers nationwidewho keep chickens in theirbackyards.

In Atlanta, more than 2,000backyard poultry buffshave joined the citys Back-yard Poultry Meetup, a groupthat plans monthly meetingsfor conversations with egg-sperts.

Whether it is for their chil-drens enjoyment or for ahealthier food source, moreand more urbanites have de-cided to color their backyardswith the wild feathers of theirwinged pets, causing manycities to rework their ordi-nances.

(EDITORS: BEGIN OP-TIONAL TRIM)

Cobb County, Ga., boastsits own Backyard ChickenAlliance.

Decatur and Alpharetta,Ga., have adjusted laws toallow for backyard chickens.Cobb loosened its restrictionsin February, allowing the fowl

on lots less than two acres,the former minimum needed,if owners apply for variances.

Its coming up at prettymuch every town and cityacross America, says Patri-cia Foreman, author of thebook City Chicks. Whatis becoming evident ... is thatthey do add a lot to the urbanlandscape. People have dis-covered the chickens role as abackyard employee, Foremansays.

A lot of people are turningto their backyards and saying,You know, we arent lackingland to grow food in, Fore-man says. We are lacking adifferent paradigm. We needa new vision of how to pro-duce our food.

Chickens are bio-mass recy-clers, insect controllers, foodsuppliers, fertilizer producersand, Foreman adds, bloodpressure reducers.

First you get chickens.

Then, you fall in love. Andthen, you learn how to employthem, Foreman says. Theytruly are pets with benets.Joey Zeigler, founder of Zei-glar Homestead Services, acompany that helps trans-forms backyards into pro-ductive and sustainable home-steads, calls home-grownchicken eggs real food.

Its just more vibrant and Iwould say dense with avorand very genuine, he says.You can taste that imme-diacy in it, the intimacy. Youcan taste your own blood andsweat in there a little bit. Andit tastes better.

Walter Reeves, the Geor-gia Gardener and one of themost respected regional gar-den gurus, believes that ruralliving remains in Atlantasblood. Chickens are related tothat psychological phenom-enon.

In the South, we are not

that far removed from a ruralagrarian side, Reeves says.A lot of people in Atlanta re-member the comfort of beingon the farm.Not all agree. Ordinances

across metro Atlanta limit thenumber of chickens one canown. Some counties, suchas Gwinnett, Ga., require aminimum of three acres forchicken owners.

People realize ... two orthree chickens are good tohave. I cant have 40, saysBradford Townsend, planningand zoning director for thecity of Roswell, Ga. I thinkthere has been a realization(that) you have got to main-tain the proper numbers.

The problem sits with thosefew owners who start out withtwo chickens and end up witha big ock, Townsend says.

People who are gettinglittle chicks for their kids toraise really have no clue what

they are getting into, he says.Back in Decatur, Anderson

thinks it is outrageous thatthe city would try to preventpeople from living more sus-tainably. To better glorify thebackyard chicken movement,she backs events like the Ur-ban Coop Tour and Chicksin the City. Though she triesnot to be the mad chickenlady, it is quite obvious: She

loves her chickens and she isin good company.

Chickens are simple, verystraightforward, Andersonsays. Why wouldnt some-one own them? Check withyour city or county planningand zoning ofce for restric-tions on keeping backyardchickens.

City chicks: Backyard poultry

making a comeback

Anne-Marie Anderson with her chickens in the backyard of her Decatur, Georgia home, April21, 2013. Georgia. Shes one of a number of chicken raisers that are gaining acceptance in someareas while being turned away in others. (Kent D. Johnson/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/MCT)

A hen checks out a nest box, where someone else has alreadylaid an egg at the home of Anne-Marie Anderson in Decatur,Georgia, April 21, 2013. Georgia. Anderson is one of a number

of chicken raisers that are gaining acceptance in some areaswhile being turned away in others. (Kent D. Johnson/AtlantaJournal-Constitution/MCT)

Anne-Marie Anderson with her chickens in the backyard of herDecatur, Georgia home, April 21, 2013. Georgia. Shes one of anumber of chicken raisers that are gaining acceptance in someareas while being turned away in others. (Kent D. Johnson/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/MCT)

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By Mary Beth

Breckenridge

Akron Beacon JournalMCT

ON THE SHELF: BOOKPROVIDES GUIDANCE

ON FURNITURE MAKE-OVERS

Repainted and repurposedfurniture is all the rage,but just slappi ng on a coatof paint doesnt alwaysyield high-quality results.Furniture redesigner BarbBlair shares her methods fordoing the job right in Fur-niture Makeovers: SimpleTechniques for Transform-ing Furniture.

Blair, owner of KnackStudios (http://knackstu-dios.com), gives readersall the basics they need totake on their own projects,

right down to suggestingher favorite brands of paint-brushes and furn iture wa x.Unlike many do-it-yourselfbooks, this one i s dedicated

mostly to teaching tech-niques rather than providingprojects to copy, althoughshe does share 30 of her fa-vorite makeovers.

Readers will learn what to

look for when theyre buy-ing used furniture, whattools and materials yield thebest results, how to prepareand make small repairsto furniture and how toachieve various nishes anddecorative effects.

Furniture Makeoversis published by ChronicleBooks and sells for $24.95in hardcover.

WHATS NEW: NEW PRO-CESS PRINTS ARTWORKONTO CABINETS

Picture your pets photoon a kitchen cabinet door oryour childs artwork on yourbathroom vanity.

Its possible with a newline of cupboards called

Facets from Custom Cup-boards Inc.

The company can digi-tally print cabinet doors anddrawer fronts with graphicpatte rns, a rtwork , photogra-

phy or text. The designs canalso be printed onto panel-ing or pieces of solid wood.

The Facets line is availablein maple, cherry and alder.

The cabinets are customproducts, and pr ices dependon a number of variables.But in an average 10-by-10-foot, L-shaped kitchenwith Facets designs on threeof 13 cabinets, the designswould add about 10 to 15percent to the tot al price ofthe cabinets, or about $1,500to $2,200, the companyspresident , Mael Hernandez,said.

Q&A: REMOVING KRAZYGLUE

Q: My husband acciden-tally laid his tuxedo on atable that had an open glue

container. He thinks it wasKrazy Glue. He took thetux to the cleaners, but theycould not get it out. I amhoping you can help.

A: A consumer specialistwith Elmers Products Inc.,which makes Krazy Glue,said you can try removingthe glue with acetone. Itsan ingredient in some nailpolish removers, but I wouldbuy pure acetone to avoidstaining the garment withother ingredients in the re-mover. You should be ableto buy acetone in paint andhardware stores.

Acetone will damage some

fabrics, so try it rst in aninconspicuous place, such asa seam allowance.

Home style: Furniture Makeovers; cabinet art; removing Krazy Glue

Furniture redesigner Barb Blair shares her methods for doingthe job right in Furniture Makeovers: Simple Techniques forTransforming Furniture. (MCT)

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