The Sink

The old bathroom sink had been developing a crack and it was very ugly anyway so we went to the Rebuilding Center in North Portland to find a new one. The Rebuilding Center takes donations from building demolitions and then cleans them up andre-sells them for a huge discount. This sort of recycling has been going on here in Portland for a long time but the other stores sell stuff at much higher prices. The Rebuilding Center is a Non-Profit Org.

So we found the perfect sink nice and deep and wide and very MODERN which is an aesthetic and philosophy Melinda and I appreciate. It looks like a Devo hat upside down and white. Part of the MODERN aesthetic is the economy of space which fits nicely with the M3house vision, not to mention it is a discarded object bought locally and the funds will go back into helping the community.

The new lights are used also from the Rebuilding Center, and the new cabinet. I had to replace the hardware on the cabinet and could only find new replacements. Painted the walls and cabinet with a "green" paint. I'll write about paint later.

Drip Drip..

Last year we started the garden beds in the front yard and tomatoes in the back. We kept forgetting to water them and in turn did a crummy job. We installed a drip system this year which is WAY more efficient and runs on a timer.
(Volunteer Jeremy Kemp)
Back and front yards. It was quite simple, my goal is to have a battery of rain barrels on the south side before next summer.

What about the sun?