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Have You Entered Michelle Kaufmann's Eco Gingerbread Contest?
One of my eco heroes, Michelle Kaufmann is sponsoring a Green Guru Gingerbread Challenge. You have two more days to enter the contest, and I know that CasaSugar readers are a creative bunch, so I thought you should rally to make your own design!
Check out this house, for example, which is powered by chocolate solar panels and features clerestory windows, a deep roof overhang, low-E glazed windows, a frosting water catchment system, and green roofs planted with native flora.
Love It or Hate It? Eco Gingerbread House
You know that I'm a fan of green building, and that means my enthusiasm also extends to the world of gingerbread houses. Are you a fan of eco-oriented gingerbread houses? Or do you prefer the traditional models?
Which Sugar Gingerbread House Is Your Favorite?
For some imperceptible reason, a few weeks ago I decided to challenge my office to a gingerbread house-making challenge, a "Gingerbread-Off," if you will. Turns out getting my walls and roof to stand on their own was not an easy feat, and suddenly memories of disastrous gingerbread houses from my youth rushed back to me. It was a fun weekend activity though, and I was excited to see what my coworkers had come up with.
Deck the Haus: KMD Architects Has a Sweet Tooth
KMD Architects, a San Francisco-based architecture firm with an award-winning international practice in architecture planning and urban design, has abandoned its seasoned mediums of glass and steel for child's play and sugar (something I'm a big fan of). That's right, KMD recently constructed Chinese New Year, a dynamic gingerbread version of San Francisco's famed Chinatown Gate, for Seattle's Gingerbread Village, a gingerbread collective meant to raise awareness about juvenile diabetes.
The Stranger, a Seattle newspaper, calls the details of this sugary Chinatown Gate impressive: "The scales of the dragon are made from chocolate coins; the spines on its back are a line of Hershey's Kisses; the roof of the Chinatown gate is tiled with dark-green jelly beans."
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Crave Worthy: Beach House by Mary Bloch
You may not be the owner of an actual beach house, but you can still getaway from it all with the Beach House by Mary Bloch ($2,097- $4,474), designed in 1962. That is, if you've got nearly seven grand to drop on this little, woven cabin and its stool. The petite lounge-chair-like hut will give you a bit of privacy from the neighbors, and its waterproof canvas roof will keep you dry.
Before and After: Pirouettes Redux
With a Pirouttes tin left over from my gingerbread house project, and decorative paper left over from my Ikea hack, as well as some scissors and rubber cement, I revived something with a brief shelf life. To see my cookie jar redux, read more
Etsy Find: Sweet Home Kitchen Towel
If your home didn't get enough lovin' from my Hearts Dishtowel, try this Pata Pri Sweet Home Kitchen Towel ($14). The limited-edition design is printed with a gingerbread-like house, steaming with hearts — a cute, modern cloth to perk up your Love Shack. If pinks and reds aren't your thing, it also comes in subdued blues and greens, or you can pick up a pillow cover ($30) in vivid orange and turquoise.
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