Sustainable thinking with a Design to Value approach

Open the windows and let the fresh air in!

This post contains affiliate links.So, three years after we move in, and at least 2 years after we started this project, we finally got it done.And this is the one year when we actually have mosquitos out there.

Sustainable thinking with a Design to Value approach

Anyway.. We’re still pretty excited about this most recent project and addition to the usable living space in our house.The frog population will recover next year and we’ll be amazingly mosquitoless again.I think it has something to do with the crops we have around us this year and the stuff they use on those crops that really affects the ecosystem in the creek behind our house..

Sustainable thinking with a Design to Value approach

So here’s how the deck out back used to look:.This was actually just after we started the project.

Sustainable thinking with a Design to Value approach

Our house was fully wheelchair accessible once upon a time, so there was this biiiiiiig ramp that stretched across the whole back of the house leading up to this deck and into the master bedroom back hall.

Also, there were no stairs.It’s so easy, which is key!.

Grab a few different colors of craft paint.Any paint will do, and any colors!

They won’t care, as long as they can squish it all together.You’ll also need a big ziplock bag and some type of tape.

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