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...Home Showcase! This month, you'll find story of do-it-yourself green builders. Maybe you won't choose to go it alone during your upcoming build or remodel, but we hope Maria Muscarella and Toby Crawtey's story below will inspire you to at least get your hands a little dirty with your next building project.
NLJ: How did the process for building your green home begin? In other words, what prompted you to build, to build green, and to do it yourself?.
MM: It's hard to think of a beginning to the process. When my husband, Toby, and I first met, we both already had the idea that we would like to have a more sustainable home. It was also important to not be paying on a mortgage for many years. When we were first married, we wanted to put solar panels on our house, but restrictions in the neighborhood didn't allow it. It wasn't that the house was an energy hog, it was actually quite efficient, but it still relied...
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