Tuesday, March 9, 2010
More from last Saturday: A look at the Fabulous February Farm Fresh Food Fest....
Friday, March 5, 2010
What others are saying about last Saturday's Green Kitchen and Bath Workshop @ 'g'...
The conversation started with a prompt to participants to think about how to organize their kitchen space. There are many factors to take into consideration: is the "frequent user" of the kitchen a right- or left-handed? What type of storage is desired?
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Rate Us Green!

We believe that people who have worked with us are the best advertising for what we do. Especially in a tough economy, client opinions can be quite meaningful to others who are making green building purchasing decisions.
Rate It Green offers four levels of listings, and the first is free and always will be. Individuals who wish to post reviews on the site also register for free, but there is a survey involved if they wish to post content on the site (you can select "prefer not to answer" if you choose not to share most information). The registration is one way the site makes sure all of our reviews will be sincere.
Rate It Green is working to promote greater information exchange within the green building industry, so that individuals and organizations can find green building information more easily and so that companies like ours can showcase our offerings through a trustworthy and open resource. Visit www.rateitgreen.com or contact Allison Friedman at afriedman@rateitgreen.com with questions about Rate It Green. To register on the site, click "register" at the top right of the home page (registration: http://www.rateitgreen.com/register), and the site will guide you through.
Friday, February 26, 2010
The evils of granite: Why going green is important!



Come to our showroom tomorrow (2/27) for a workshop on Green Kitchens and Baths and learn more about our non-granite green countertop options, among other important and interesting information about greening your remodeling project! Check out our website for more information on how to register.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Product Spotlight: Young Cabinetry
One of our newest lines of cabinetry hails from New Hamshire. Young Furniture offers all of the benefits of custom cabinetry with the added benefit of an FSC (fsc.org) certification. These handcrafted cabinets are just the thing for your beautiful home. Specially, if you’re looking for unfinished cabinets, Young Furniture is one of very few FSC certified choices available here in America. Young Furniture’s collection includes Maple, Poplar, and Pine Cabinets.
Why choose unfinished cabinets?
Great looking cabinets can really make a room. With the flexibility of Young’s cabinets, perfect unique cabinetry is within your reach. Young’s designers can make just about any cabinet design you can imagine. Then, we at ‘g’ can help you pick out the perfect zero VOC paint or stain to work with your unfinished cabinets and entire room. All of this comes at a huge savings as compared to pre-finished cabinetry!
Maple Cabinets
Young harvests all of its maple trees from right here in America. The species used has a unique ability to grow quickly, which means the environmental impact is minimized. This fine-grained FSC maple is great for both staining and painting.
FSC Poplar Cabinets
Poplar cabinets present customizability like none other. These cabinets have the added advantage of the lowest formaldehyde emission when building with wood products in the industry.
FSC Pine Cabinets
Built to last past forever, think of Pine cahinets as an investment that will last for many years to come. Affordable , elegant, solid, and durable, it’s hard to see any flaws in this great wood.
Want to learn more? Join us THIS SATURDAY in our Mashpee showroom. We will be sharing information on Young Cabinetry, as well as other green cabinetry options, at our Green Kitchens and Baths workshop. Sign up on our website!
Of course everyone is also welcome to come in to our showroom to see samples of this and other FSC woods we carry. In the mean time check out http://www.ggreendesign.com/green-products-buildingmaterials.htm for the wealth of cabinetry options we carry at ‘g’.
Friday, February 19, 2010
Local Food Fair @ 'g': Saturday, 2/27
Join us for Farm Fresh and Find Food of Local Fare
Saturday, February 27th, 12-3pm
'g' Green Design Center's Mashpee Showroom

There will be tastings by each vendor as well as products to purchase.
Vendors include:
Great Cape Baking Company, showcasing its delicious artisan breads and other baked treats from ovens of Marstons Mills
E&T Farms, bringing along its sweet local honey hailing from West Barnstable
The Chocolate Peddler, peddling their infamous chocolate truffles all the way from Brewster
Smoked fish, cheeses and more!
The Winter Workshop, in our Mashpee showroom from 11am-noon, will cover steps to take and factors to consider in greening kitchen and bath remodeling projects. If you haven't signed up already, see all the details on our website and instructions on how to register to save a seat. We hope to see you on Saturday!
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Product Spotlight: Chicology Window Treatments
This week we wanted to tell you about some beautiful and also very affordable window treatments.
Chicology's Home line includes the following pre-made options:
- Rollup blind
- Roman shade
- Adjustable Double Rail Sliding Panel System
These three styles come in very standard lengths and widths that will work for most of your window needs. Most of these styles are offered in earthy goldens and dark greens, neutral off whites, and pure white. While the costs are low (around $17-27 per blind!), you can go ahead and order enough to coordinate your entire home. The pre-made window coverngs all come with a valence at no extra cost! Though the pre-made options do come with a 6 piece minimum order requirement, we think it's a great reason to go ahead and give all of your windows a facelift.
If you want to have more of a say in the look of the windows or you have some hard to fit sizes, look at Chicology's custom offerings. While still very affordable, for a bit more you can design the shade to work within your parameters.
The Chicology Custom line includes:
- Chicology Custom Roman shade & valence
- Chicology Custom Perfect-fit roller shade
- Chicology Custom Panel system
For custom window treatments these prices cannot be beat! With the custom shades, you're given the freedom to set the height and width, cord position, inside or outside mount, roll type, details as precise as the cord color, and most importantly, the fabric. The fabrics are made from beautiful all natural fibers, and come in three different light emitting styles - you choose between basic (middle weight fabric), privacy (more translucent, provides privacy but does not block much light), and Room Darkening. Most of the colors are quite neutral and basic [though stunning], but there are some surprisingly unique and fun fabrics to choose as well. You choose what works for you!
Stop into your 'g' Green Design Center showroom to look at swatches and talk to one of our designers to help you choose the best window treatments for your space. Be sure to bring your window measurements along so we can best assist you!


