Tag: reuse and reclamation of building materials

A Tree Grows in My Bedroom

Andrea Cordonier

Architecture & Design, Education & Learning, My Old House, The Trades

“Why are there trees I never walk under but large and melodious thoughts descend upon me?” – Walt Whitman A bitter, alarming storm blew up the river and through the village a few weeks ago. Swaths of trees were felled in an instant, looking like a gaggle of giants had stomped through. The rain blew… Read more
A Carpenter’s Life: As Told By Houses

Andrea Cordonier

Books, Bricks & Mortar, Community, History & Heritage, Resources & Environment, Sociology & Psychology, The Trades

I was encouraged by my elders to “follow my heart.”…Would not our world be a better place if we all followed what our hearts tell us to do? People with heart won’t fight senseless wars, they won’t strip-mine a beautiful mountain, commit genocide, pollute our land with toxic waste and chemical fertilizers, foul the air… Read more