Look for Our New Sign on Route 2A in Acton!
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 Thomas Buckborough Associates has a new look and a new showroom!
This Green House Design Center is a place to discover products and design ideas for green remodeling, explore kitchen design and cabinetry and to experience the beauty of green kitchen living.
The showroom is located at the home of Thomas Buckborough Associates in Acton, MA
The purpose of architecture is to shelter and enhance
man's life on earth and to fulfill his belief in the nobility of his existence
- Eero Saarinen, 1968
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Happy New Year! The Showroom is Almost Done!
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This Green House
-- an environmentally friendly design center -- will soon be open and,
even though we're working on the finishing touches, we invite you to
come by and see our progress. Get a sneak peak at our beautiful
kitchen cabinet displays. We'll soon have our new sign up and begin
our grand opening celebrations. Join the fun!
Every green project begins in the design stage with proper planning. We
invite you to make an appointment now to come in and discuss your
remodeling project with us.
Get inspired! Learn new ideas and concepts!
Get expert feedback and discover possibilities within your budget and
scope of work for an ecologically responsible home!
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The Showroom To Date
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We have been
remodeling and updating our Office/Home into a showroom just like a real homeowner --
updating and remodeling as our budget allows. Here is what has been accomplished this past year:
1. Unused brick chimney removed -- some bricks will be stored for future reuse.
2. Side door removed and replaced with a window.
3. Antique fir floors sanded and refinished with no VOC and low VOC natural floor finishes from Bio-Shield.
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Fitting out of four green kitchen displays using
Environmental Stewardship Program (FSP) cabinets, recycled glass and concrete
countertop, bamboo butcher block countertop, ECO countertops, a custom concrete
countertop and cork flooring -- all wonderful sustainable materials for
remodeling projects in homes today. In the majority of cases the materials and
products are no more expensive (and are in some cases less expensive) than their
less sustainable counterparts. 5. LED
recessed lighting and under cabinet lighting 6. Painting
of walls with Bio-shield clay and water based solvent free paints. Other walls
with are in the process of being painted with "Old Fashioned Milk", made
locally in Groton,
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Edward Burtynsky Gallery
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This unique gallery of photographs by the Canadian photographer, Edward Burtynsky, follows a decade of exploring the topic of oil and its affect on our lives. Most importantly, he depicts the coming "end of oil" and what that may mean for the earth. Amazing! |
