Elizabeth Hilts

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Nice Day for a…Green Wedding

Planning a Ceremony That Celebrates the Earth Thomas Jackel/Thomas Jackel Studio The “white” in “wedding” has come to mean “expensive.” Indeed, until this modern era of conspicuous consumption, most weddings were simple, at-home affairs attended only by close friends and family. Brides wore dresses they sewed themselves, flowers came from the garden, the good china […]

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The Strength of Steel For New Houses, Recycled Metal Framing Can Replace Wood

When Mary and Howard Maynard were building a new home in Connecticut, the design included an 18-foot high wall of glass that spanned nearly the entire east side of the structure. Wood framing would not have been effective. “That vast space had a number of tricky structural implications,” says Howard Maynard, adding that the engineer […]