Thought I posted this earlier but just can’t find it :-\ The City of Seattle Department of Planning and Development has posted this 3-page client assistance memo (CAM) titled Businesses in Your Home: Home Occupations Allowed in Residential Zones explaining the conditions in which a home business is allowed in residential zones. If you need further information the department is located at 700 5th Avenue #2000, Seattle WA 98124 (206) 684-8600.
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GE just introduced their new 2-way Talking Touch Screen Security Panel which easily and effectively controls and manages your home’s security systems including lighting, HVAC units, and it even provides a 4-day weather forecast. Via functionality through Alarm.com homeowners can control and manage their home systems from their smart phone. The design is wireless so it installs quick and easy. The site is useful and provides pertinent information on all the panel features (home status, emergency, window/door sensor, alarm status, keypad, thermostat, lighting, weather). If you need a GE dealer around Seattle I recommend Tim Burdick at Burdick’s Security. If you’re looking for an earth-friendly and thoughtful gift to give someone consider having a tree planted in their honor by the US Forest Service. At http://www.treesforachange.com you can affordably gift trees for all sorts of occasions (graduations, memorials to people and animals, marriages, divorces, birthdays, retirements, congratulations, housewarmings, etc.) Check out the ideas and options at their website. Mother Nature and Mother Earth will love you. I love ingenuity and exercising the creative spirit yet at the same time I’m perplexed about how much money people will send on, well, sorta weird stuff. Example. A piece of furniture designed by Marijn van der Poll. It’s a substantial stainless steel cube. http://www.droog.com/products/studio-work/do-hit-chair It’s very shiny and blingy. It comes packaged with a large hammer mallet thingy. And it’ll cost you nearly $10,000. When you receive your shiny cube, you use the hammer to smash the hell out of it. Hopefully your smashing has some strategy behind it because you’re going to be sitting in whatever you end up with and it’s not like you can undo any of it. The idea is you co-create your swank new chair. Ok, seriously, who the heck is spending 10 grand on this? King County responsible consumers unite and let’s recycle our plastic bags! This site http://www.bagyourbags.com makes it easy to do it. Find participating drop-offs by city and even watch a video about the benefits of recycling plastic. Here’s a site referral for homeowners who want to be in-the-know about local, state & federal actions that can affect their homes and communities. Whether you want to engage politically or just be aware of what’s going on around your neck of the woods, http://www.houselogic.com has something of value for you. Here’s another resource for you to keep your finger on the pulse of the real estate market. Check out the Real Estate Today radio show with Gil Gross – http://www.retradio.com There’s a Portland-based paint company that I wanted to share. A vibrant paint company with a fun name — YOLO Colorhouse. Named for the two women founders, Virginia Young and Janie Lowe, this company creates zero VOC paints in a color palette of evocative hues that’ll whisk your senses to places where blood pressure runs low, waters are shades of turquoise, and silky breezes cool sun-kissed skin. I saw this paint in a West Seattle home and it looked so beautiful I had to ask “What is this?” Their yummy Color of Hope Palette offers hue categories titled Imagine, Aspire, Thrive, Dream, Create and Nourish. This color palette was designed to help create positive and comfortable living spaces that “energize the human spirit.” Each hue in the Color of Hope palette represents a message of hope. How sweet to contemplate your home and be surrounded by lovely messages of hope. Virginia and Janie offer a rich inside color palette of Earth-inspired names such as Air, Grain, Leaf, Water, Stone, Clay and Petal. The palette is organized to reflect how color is naturally seen in the landscape. The seven color families of the outside color palate are more quietly inspiring with hues of Cloud, Prairie, Forest, Ocean, Desert and Canyon. Aside from offering zero VOC paints, YOLO Colorhouse is conscious about the size of their commercial footprint. See what responsible actions they’re taking regarding packaging, displays, manufacturing, plus other ways they’re being mindful of the effect their business has on the atmosphere, the planet, and its inhabitants. You’ll not only enjoy the colors surrounding you, you’ll also have justification to feel a little bit righteous about supporting a company that’s taken a stand to support our future. What is the carbon footprint of paint? I was surprised! You may be too. YOLO Colorhouse paints are widely available in our area. Click on the Retail tab and find the location nearest to you. In this short piece, Richard Wiseman talks about his study of Luck including traits of lucky and unlucky people and techniques that can improve one’s good fortune. Does any of this resonate with you? |
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