Project Ideas – Infiniti Real Estate & Development

Summer Projects for Your Home

Lawn chairs have emerged from hibernation, flowers are in bloom, and the smell of barbecue is in the airâ€”summer is finally here! With all the fun activities filling our weeknight and weekend calendars, carve out a little time to check these easy summer home maintenance to-dos off your list to keep your home in tip-top shape for the best season of the year.

Environmentally-Friendly DIY Staging Prep for Your Home

Like many of you,Â we are getting creative these days. We teamed-up withÂ Green Home SolutionsÂ and Seattle-area interior designer and stager,Â Cayetana San SegundoÂ to come up with some DIY activities to help you get your home ready for sale once we get to the other side of this quarantine. This is a good time to address those projects youâ€™ve been meaning to get done!

4-Steps to Installing Salvaged Kitchen Cabinets

Kitchens are the most renovated room in the house. Countertops and cabinets turn over more often any other household fixtures. This ends up sending a lot of good material to the landfill or to the salvage store.

Green Concrete Floor Cleaning & Refinishing

Using green finishes was important to us because our office shares walls with apartments with families in a mixed-use building. Even if the cost is marginally higher, we want to make sure our choices are considerate of those around us, good for workers, and does no harm to the environment.

The Seattle Backyard Cottage Design Challenge Showcase!

This backyard cottage showcase will include the work of overÂ 35 local architects and designersÂ who are combining good design with livability and sustainability. You will have the opportunity to view all design challenge entries, meet the designers, participate in the awards ceremony, and enjoy food & drink.

Backyard Cottage Design Challenge: Call for Submissions!

Help us create the next generation of affordable, green housing!

Method HomesÂ andÂ Infiniti REDÂ are joining forces to promote public awareness of Backyard Cottages in Seattle with the Design Challenge for Sustainable Back Yard Cottages.

Backyard Seattle Cottages

Now that backyard cottages are zoned citywide, theyâ€™re beginning to pop up all over the place, and in a plethora of delightful flavors. While they will inherently be as unique as the folks designing and building them, one very prominent theme is â€˜going greenâ€™.

Green Building Trends in 2010

Will the green building industry boom this year? How far will the envelope be pushed? What will homeowners and buyers be paying attention to? All good questions, and there are many answers flying around out there. Here are a few top green building trend reports weâ€™ve enjoyed reading:

How To Retrofit Your Home – Event

How to Retrofit Your Home is a workshop that we highly recommend. Not only will it be right on target with addressing health and sustainability issues, but itâ€™s taught by some of our favorite industry professionals. These guys are down on the ground walking the talk, making it all happen!