It wasn’t long ago that homeowners and interior designers were focused on bringing the outdoors inside, with large windows and furnishings designed to incorporate nature into the home.

A Medford builder has announced plans for two “green,” energy-efficient housing projects in the Rogue Valley.

The Southern Oregon Multiple Listing Service is hoping to go green this year, probably before summer.

Blower doors and duct blasters sound like video game titles, but they’re standard protocol for people who want to know how much energy their house is losing.

When the housing market slowed a couple years ago, Mark Wickman, owner of Vision Homes, started building energy-efficient homes as a way to set himself apart from other builders.

In the past, even Kermit the frog would have a difficult time being “green” when it came to remodeling his pad or building an environmentally responsible home. No more.

Fred Gant was standing in the buffet line at the Jackson County Expo, grinning from ear to ear.

A Shady Cove developer has broken ground on Southern Oregon’s first all-“green” subdivision, a 45-lot development of energy-efficient and eco-friendly homes tentatively called Rogue Heights.

If any of the more than 200 homebuilders, contractors and real estate professionals who attended a “green” building seminar at the Jackson County Expo April 26 expected to learn about straw bale...

Whether trying to block out excess sun, a bad view, a draft, street noise or nosy onlookers, a window problem can be fixed in chic, affordable ways.

A Grants Pass company called Encore Ceramics is blazing new trails in the realm of ceramic tile — both artistically and environmentally.

Outdoor fabrics used to be a lot like raincoats: they were great in a downpour, but you wouldn’t want to wear them indoors.

Can’t decide on how to hang your artwork? Don’t know how to keep a group of pictures from looking like a mishmash? Have a collection of family photos you’d like to hang? If you follow these simple...

Life is a dirty adventure, which makes the living room an oft-used, oft-dirtied space – use these tips to keep it running clean for years to come

Every year, the International Builders’ Show unveils “The New American Home”—a showcase project built using the latest design techniques, crammed full of the newest technology.

A Medford builder has announced plans for two “green,” energy-efficient housing projects in the Rogue Valley.

The Southern Oregon Multiple Listing Service is hoping to go green this year, probably before summer.

Blower doors and duct blasters sound like video game titles, but they’re standard protocol for people who want to know how much energy their house is losing.

When the housing market slowed a couple years ago, Mark Wickman, owner of Vision Homes, started building energy-efficient homes as a way to set himself apart from other builders.

In the past, even Kermit the frog would have a difficult time being “green” when it came to remodeling his pad or building an environmentally responsible home. No more.