As you start your new projects or dream of completing current ones, think green! Making conscious decisions to use environmentally friendly products is easier than you might think and actually saves you money, and more important, our planet.

Here at Project Kraemer Lane we’re thinking green as part of our whole house renovation. Something as simple as a changing light bulb can make a huge impact. We’ve recently begun using Energy Star compact fluorescent light bulbs which last up to 10 times longer and use about 75 percent less energy than standard incandescent bulbs. Imagine this: According to the U.S. Department of Energy, if every American home replaced just one light bulb with an Energy Star qualified bulb, we would save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes for a year, save more than $600 million in annual energy costs, and prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of more than 800,000 cars.

Well, the online world anyway.

So many people write to us and tell us how great they think our site is. I can’t help thinking that they must not see many good sites then, because there are SO MANY MORE great home remodeling and design websites out there, it’s amazing to think that we even rank among them.

10 Best Home Design Blogs

For the past while Home Rejuvenation has been asking people to vote on what they feel are the best design blogs out there, and the results came in today. Here’s what their email this morning said:

“Based on 4931 votes polled over the last month, the 10 most influential design bloggers are revealed! “

Read their post on the “10 MOST INFLUENTIAL DESIGN BLOGGERS“.

Our congratulations to all the winners!

Who I Nominated

After receiving this little refrigerator magnet gift that was made of a twig deer head, I pondered it for a while and decided it would look rather whimsical as a life-sized figure, and a creative and interesting way to greet guests to the lodge. The charmingly simple but goofy looking little deer head was made of simple twig construction.

Because I had recently felled a dead black locust tree located on the Bearfort property, I had many twigs and branches as waste. I soon became inspired, and using my chainsaw made quick work of cutting the pieces for my enviro-friendly deer head mount.

That’s right! We’re giving you access to post on our blog!

We’re opening up the ideaBlog to the most creative, inspiring, idea generating remodeling gurus out there… YOU! We want The ideaBlog to be a place where you can share your tips, tricks, ideas, know-how and inspiration for remodeling your kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, garden, garage, or anything around the house. All you have to do is register for free, and start posting your pictures and ideas!

Hello world!

Welcome to our online home where we have opened our doors to provide a place to share our remodeling ideas with you, as well as a place to let you share your remodeling ideas with others.

You’ll also find idea inspiring posts from contestants in our “$5000 Remodel, Blog & WIN” contest, where these amazingly devoted individuals share their remodeling secrets, techniques, ideas and pitfalls. They will show you that people just like you can make your remodeling dreams come true!

Have you been inspired by something you’ve seen on our site? Do you have some great remodeling ideas that you’d like to share with the world? Register for our site, and start sharing your ideas with the world! We have a photo sharing gallery coming soon, too!