Comments for Mountain Living blog http://blog.mountainliving.com Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:29:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Comment on Design pros, get a free subscription to ML! by Allyson Conklin http://blog.mountainliving.com/mountain-living/design-pros-get-a-free-subscription-to-ml/comment-page-1/#comment-2979 Allyson Conklin Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:29:32 +0000 http://blog.mountainliving.com/?p=2581#comment-2979 Wow! This is an amazing offer! Wow! This is an amazing offer!

]]> Comment on Design pros, get a free subscription to ML! by Christine http://blog.mountainliving.com/mountain-living/design-pros-get-a-free-subscription-to-ml/comment-page-1/#comment-2978 Christine Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:16:16 +0000 http://blog.mountainliving.com/?p=2581#comment-2978 Hello Peggy, Yes, you are welcome to take advantage of the offer. Enjoy! —ML Hello Peggy,
Yes, you are welcome to take advantage of the offer. Enjoy!
—ML

]]> Comment on Design pros, get a free subscription to ML! by Peggy Reed http://blog.mountainliving.com/mountain-living/design-pros-get-a-free-subscription-to-ml/comment-page-1/#comment-2977 Peggy Reed Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:13:03 +0000 http://blog.mountainliving.com/?p=2581#comment-2977 Does this promotion apply to architecture students as well? Does this promotion apply to architecture students as well?

]]> Comment on Hotel Pick: The Sebastian in Vail by Vail Village rental http://blog.mountainliving.com/mountain-living/hotel-pick-the-sebastian-in-vail/comment-page-1/#comment-2965 Vail Village rental Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:34:09 +0000 http://blog.mountainliving.com/?p=2213#comment-2965 An awesome perspective of Vail Town and the runs beyond too. An awesome perspective of Vail Town and the runs beyond too.

]]> Comment on Tell us, how do you go green? by Debbie Hindman http://blog.mountainliving.com/go-green/tell-us-how-do-you-go-green/comment-page-1/#comment-2941 Debbie Hindman Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:53:34 +0000 http://blog.mountainliving.com/?p=2462#comment-2941 At home, I have had a favorite armchair reupholstered several times over the years. It has "good bones". Plus it knows my nooks and crannies well and when newly covered it feels like it has a new lease on life. LOVE that feeling! Finding a good reupholsterer is the key to helping and that adds to supporting a local artisan as well. At work, we can work with a client's existing pieces to remake or renovate them in a creative way and make reuse of them. While some items may not be of heirloom quality they can often be salvaged in some fashion. They then become a one of a kind, unique and personal piece to the owner, which is meaningful to them AND contributes to saving additional resources. At home, I have had a favorite armchair reupholstered several times over the years. It has “good bones”. Plus it knows my nooks and crannies well and when newly covered it feels like it has a new lease on life. LOVE that feeling! Finding a good reupholsterer is the key to helping and that adds to supporting a local artisan as well.

At work, we can work with a client’s existing pieces to remake or renovate them in a creative way and make reuse of them. While some items may not be of heirloom quality they can often be salvaged in some fashion. They then become a one of a kind, unique and personal piece to the owner, which is meaningful to them AND contributes to saving additional resources.

]]> Comment on A chat with Grace Bonney of Design*Sponge by Design books at the top of our list | Decorating Secrets | Mountain Living blog http://blog.mountainliving.com/mountain-living/a-chat-with-grace-bonney-of-designsponge/comment-page-1/#comment-2916 Design books at the top of our list | Decorating Secrets | Mountain Living blog Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:09:17 +0000 http://blog.mountainliving.com/?p=2529#comment-2916 [...] Subscribe to feed ‹ A chat with Grace Bonney of Design*Sponge [...] [...] Subscribe to feed ‹ A chat with Grace Bonney of Design*Sponge [...]

]]> Comment on Tell us, how do you go green? by Virginia Betty http://blog.mountainliving.com/go-green/tell-us-how-do-you-go-green/comment-page-1/#comment-2894 Virginia Betty Wed, 11 Jan 2012 19:30:38 +0000 http://blog.mountainliving.com/?p=2462#comment-2894 In our remodeled Boulder home, my husband removed all of our old steel gas lines to replace them. I reused the 1" pipe as our drapery rod for the living room, which holds two panels made from "rejected" fabric from my drapery workroom. The fabric is $120 per yard fabric that had flaws, but my workroom sold it to me for a steal, and sewed the panels so the flaws are hidden. We took two items that would have otherwise been tossed, and made them the focal point of our living room! In our remodeled Boulder home, my husband removed all of our old steel gas lines to replace them. I reused the 1″ pipe as our drapery rod for the living room, which holds two panels made from “rejected” fabric from my drapery workroom. The fabric is $120 per yard fabric that had flaws, but my workroom sold it to me for a steal, and sewed the panels so the flaws are hidden.
We took two items that would have otherwise been tossed, and made them the focal point of our living room!

]]> Comment on Tell us, how do you go green? by Linda Paul Studio http://blog.mountainliving.com/go-green/tell-us-how-do-you-go-green/comment-page-1/#comment-2893 Linda Paul Studio Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:36:41 +0000 http://blog.mountainliving.com/?p=2462#comment-2893 Small changes add up fast to a healthier environment. I am a fine art painter who makes my own paint the "old school" way by mixing natural earth pigments and egg yolk. Not only is this healthier to breathe, but the paint inself is far prettier than any acrylic or latex paint could dream of being. Remember, acrylic means plastic aka petrochemicals, we don't want those going down the drain or breathing them in our homes. At the studio we have pretty much stopped using paper towels and have replaced them with cut up rags and cloths. Its amazing how much money you save doing this as well as saving trees Small changes add up fast to a healthier environment. I am a fine art painter who makes my own paint the “old school” way by mixing natural earth pigments and egg yolk. Not only is this healthier to breathe, but the paint inself is far prettier than any acrylic or latex paint could dream of being. Remember, acrylic means plastic aka petrochemicals, we don’t want those going down the drain or breathing them in our homes. At the studio we have pretty much stopped using paper towels and have replaced them with cut up rags and cloths. Its amazing how much money you save doing this as well as saving trees

]]> Comment on Tell us, how do you go green? by The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies http://blog.mountainliving.com/go-green/tell-us-how-do-you-go-green/comment-page-1/#comment-2880 The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies Tue, 10 Jan 2012 20:22:21 +0000 http://blog.mountainliving.com/?p=2462#comment-2880 The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, a non-profit environmental education center in Aspen, CO, is participating an Employer Services program instituted by the City of Aspen called TOP (Transportation Options Program). The TOP program is an effort on the part of the City to encourage more sustainable, alternative transportation practices within individual businesses and organizations. Benefits of the program include but are not limited to: awarded grant funding to participants for in-house alternative transportation programs, emergency ride home services, monthly incentive programs, information regarding public transportation and carpooling alternatives, and much more. The program boasts almost 40 business and organization participants in the City of Aspen alone! The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies has been a member of the program since it's inception. ACES supports 100% staff participation in an in-house monthly incentive program and has used awarded grant funding for things like: -bus passes for employees -winterizing an office bike to be used around town (as an alternative to driving or taking the bus for work related errands) -implementing a summer "bike board" program which allows visitors to track their transportation to and from two of our education centers and awards prizes to those who biked or walked the most throughout the season! In addition to our staffs' transportation-minded goals for the TOP program, ACES has also extended our efforts internally to include an overall reduction of our carbon footprint. Commitments to this cause include things like: using cold water for laundry, Meatless Mondays, unplugging all unused appliances, turning the heat down when any building is empty, reducing shower time, hang-drying laundry, eliminating single serving purchase, the list of creative efforts goes on! These individual staff efforts parallel a goal on the part of our organization to reduce our carbon footprint to zero by our 50th anniversary in 2018. As an environmental education and nature center ACES strives to lead by example and use our experiences as tools for education. Our efforts to do so extend beyond the a fore mentioned programs. Let it be noted, however, that ACES is proud and grateful to be a part of a community such as Aspen, whose leadership encourages and educates it's citizens on best "green" living practices! The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies, a non-profit environmental education center in Aspen, CO, is participating an Employer Services program instituted by the City of Aspen called TOP (Transportation Options Program). The TOP program is an effort on the part of the City to encourage more sustainable, alternative transportation practices within individual businesses and organizations. Benefits of the program include but are not limited to: awarded grant funding to participants for in-house alternative transportation programs, emergency ride home services, monthly incentive programs, information regarding public transportation and carpooling alternatives, and much more. The program boasts almost 40 business and organization participants in the City of Aspen alone!

The Aspen Center for Environmental Studies has been a member of the program since it’s inception. ACES supports 100% staff participation in an in-house monthly incentive program and has used awarded grant funding for things like:
-bus passes for employees
-winterizing an office bike to be used around town (as an alternative to driving or taking the bus for work related errands)
-implementing a summer “bike board” program which allows visitors to track their transportation to and from two of our education centers and awards prizes to those who biked or walked the most throughout the season!

In addition to our staffs’ transportation-minded goals for the TOP program, ACES has also extended our efforts internally to include an overall reduction of our carbon footprint. Commitments to this cause include things like: using cold water for laundry, Meatless Mondays, unplugging all unused appliances, turning the heat down when any building is empty, reducing shower time, hang-drying laundry, eliminating single serving purchase, the list of creative efforts goes on! These individual staff efforts parallel a goal on the part of our organization to reduce our carbon footprint to zero by our 50th anniversary in 2018.

As an environmental education and nature center ACES strives to lead by example and use our experiences as tools for education. Our efforts to do so extend beyond the a fore mentioned programs. Let it be noted, however, that ACES is proud and grateful to be a part of a community such as Aspen, whose leadership encourages and educates it’s citizens on best “green” living practices!

]]> Comment on Hot shops in Jackson, Wyoming by Irma Navarro-Hankins http://blog.mountainliving.com/mountain-living/hot-shops-in-jackson-wyoming/comment-page-1/#comment-2879 Irma Navarro-Hankins Tue, 10 Jan 2012 19:29:56 +0000 http://blog.mountainliving.com/?p=2494#comment-2879 Oh goodness! I am in love.. I need to visit. :) Oh goodness! I am in love.. I need to visit. :)

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