Sanders residence living room

• Walls of Faswall (recycled wood chip/cement wallform
• Scored concrete floors colored with nontoxic stain (no acid)
• Salvaged wood doors, salvaged soffit material, antique wood beams
• Unpainted, unstained wood ceilings throughout
• High operable windows for ventilation and daylighting
• Interior walls painted with milk paint
• Outdoor shower will put water directly into landscape
• Building orientation and configuration to reduce energy consumption
• High mass walls and floor for summer thermal comfort
• Compact size for resource efficiency ­ 1542 square feet heated and cooled
• Patio and arbor area on south expand living area and provide summer sun protection
• Minimal disturbance of site. Emphasis on native vegetation.
• Owner-supervised construction waste management
• Emphasis on Indoor Air Quality (no carpet, no joint compound, metal receptacles, no formaldehyde-containing wood products etc.)
• Cabinets of formaldehyde-free Medite
• On-demand gas water heater
• Featured on HGTV’s Healthy Home and in Cool House Tour 1999