Before Digging, Call Miss Utility

Better safe than sorry... before digging call 1-800-552-7001. For more info, visit the web site:

www.missutilityofvirginia.com

Decorating Tips For Small Spaces

Here are some great tips for decorating small homes and apartments, from HGTV:

http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/pac_ctnt_988/text/0,,HGTV_22056_62608,00.html

Do you have any tips you'd like to share? Please post a comment.

Charlottesville Ranked #2 in "Best Places To Retire Young"

Move.com ranked Charlottesville #2 in the nation! Read more at their web site:

http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/moneymag/0703/gallery.bp_retireyoung_new.moneymag/2.html

Eco-friendly Green Homes

"Bamboo flooring harvested from responsibly managed forests, energy-conscious fluorescent lighting, cement-fiber siding to maximize insulation, carpet manufactured from recycled materials."

More and more people in central Virginia, and across the nation, are building green homes to do their part to help the environment. Here's a great article from the "Daily Progress" newspaper in Charlottesville about one homeowner who went the extra mile:

http://www.dailyprogress.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=CDP/MGArticle/CDP_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1173351279293

She bought a lot of her building supplies from Nature Neutral on Greenbrier Drive in Albemarle County. Nature Nurture offers “environmentally preferable” pressure treated lumber, sustainably harvested wood for flooring and trim, paints, insulation, piping products and more.

What do you think? Is this the future of home building?