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Designing and Decorating with Beetle-Killed Wood

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We've all seen it...the sad stretches of forest in the Rocky Mountains that have been devastated by beetle kill.

*Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

After reading a recent story in the Colorado Business Journal, "Building with beetle-killed wood one answer to problem"we were inspired to create a Pinterest board with all of the fantastic things that people are building and creating from Beetle-Killed [...]

Diary of my Berkeley addition: Foundation and framing

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It has been a crazy two months at my house and finally getting around to post some pictures and talk a bit about the process. It has been easier than I thought since all the construction has been in the backyard and hasn't impacted us inside too much. It has been loud, and we certainly miss our backyard, but am amazed by how easy it has been [...]

How the proposed Zillow/Trulia merger might impact the real estate consumer

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Big news on the national real estate front. Real estate sites Zillow and Trulia have announced they plan to merge. And it could signal significant changes for the industry in the coming years. Our own John Skrabec, Founder and Broker/Owner of Live Urban Real Estate chimed in on the issue, in a article published today at [...]

What to do with your extra fruit and veggies this year in Denver

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One of my biggest pet peeves is walking through Denver neighborhoods in the fall and seeing so much fruit from fruit trees lying on the ground, going to waste. With all the hungry people in Denver, it sure seems like such a waste of high quality, free food. I get it, picking fruit can be a pain and very messy. Luckily, there are a few great [...]

Denver rents increase again and vacancy rates drop. Just another reason buying in Denver makes sense.

Nearly 1,300 new apartments were added to the metro Denver rental inventory during the second quarter, but rents still edged up and vacancy rates declined according to a recent article from the Denver Post about the incredible rental market in Denver, click [...]

2nd Annual Farm to Table Benefit for UrbiCulture Community Farms

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One of our favorite non profits in all of Denver is UrbiCulture Community Farms.UrbiCulture operates 8 urban farms in 5 distinct neighborhoods of Denver with a central commitment to growing food sustainably for all people, regardless of income and economic status, and engaging communities through educational and volunteer [...]
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