Last week I was doing a site visit at what the contractor kept calling their “most sustainable project ever.” Walking through the main floor, I’ll admit I was impressed. Reclaimed…
I was scrolling through one of those parenting forums at 2am last week (don’t judge – my son had strep and wasn’t sleeping), when I came across this incredible story…
I swear, if I see one more product claiming “100% recycled content” where they’re counting the cardboard packaging, I’m going to lose it completely. Just last week – and this…
I've been meaning to write about Article furniture for months now. You know how it is – you see these sleek, minimalist pieces all over Instagram, and your first thought…
Last month I found myself sitting cross-legged on a bamboo floor in a workshop outside Kyoto, watching an 80-year-old craftsman named Yamamoto-san transform discarded rice husks into what would become…
My phone buzzed at 6:47 AM on a Tuesday – an unusual time for client calls, but increasingly common as restoration projects gain momentum nationwide. The voice on the other…
So I’ve been going down this rabbit hole lately about something called regenerative design, and it’s kind of blowing my mind. It started when I was researching ways to make…
I was skeptical when my client Maria first called me about transforming her 1970s ranch house. "I want to feel like I'm living in a treehouse," she said, "but without…
So here I am, supposed to be an expert on sustainable building practices, and my neighbour catches me completely off guard with what should’ve been a simple question. “Marcus, can…
Three weeks ago, I found myself sitting in what the restaurant called their "living room" – basically a greenhouse that someone had plopped tables into. The walls were lined with…