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Hung over a glass tile backsplash, custom kitchen cabinets
fabricated by Balding Brothers incorporate sea grass resin inlays.
Interior designer Jennifer France of Big Sky Design specified
the TorZo Seeta bar top made from composite sunflower seed
hulls and Kirei Board, a lightweight but durable wood substitute
made from reclaimed sorghum straw. Both products eliminate
the use of formaldehyde adhesives.
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JAY DeCHESERE, ARCHITECT, AIA, LEED AP
Sustainable Design Collaborative
3404 Talon Court, Wilmington, NC 28409
jaydechesere-architect.com, (910) 350-0115 or SDC-team.com
In an economy where many are tightening their belts and reno-vating
existing homes, people are also looking for ways to save
energy, resources, and help our environment. As an architect
and member of Cape Fear Green Building Alliance, Jay DeChesere
is focusing on helping create a “pathway to sustainability”. Whether
commercial, residential, new construction or a renovation, solutions
are available. A new venture, the Sustainable Design Collaborative,
incorporates architectural, landscape, interior design, energy rating,
and construction services. It is team of professionals committed to
green design, providing an integrated approach to a healthy, com-fortable,
durable, and efficient living environment.
Leslie Stachowicz and Jennifer France
Big Sky Design
Residential and Commercial Interior Design,
Sustainable Design Collaborative (SDC) member
4037 Masonboro Loop Rd., Suite 2K, Wilmington NC 28409
www.bigskydesignonline.com, (910) 793-3992
Look at where we live! We may be biased, but we believe that
the Wilmington area has the core values and inspiration needed
to transform how homes and commercial buildings are built.
The beauty of our surroundings remind us every day how precious
our water, air quality and land are to our lives.
As interior designers, we see firsthand how manufacturers are
making positive changes by adding recycled content or creating
closed-loop methods of fabrication. Beautiful and unusual materials,
generated by ideas of reuse, have become our tools.
Green is not necessarily “granola.” Green design is smart, innovative
thinking as exemplified in the Talon Court project.
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