Few nicknames resonate with more authority than the Granite State, that steadfast New Hampshire moniker that serves as a reflection of the state’s people as much as it does the endless bounty of rock below.
Photographed by Bill Truslow
You spent weeks planning Thanksgiving dinner—ordered the free-range turkey, stocked up on a bevy of local libations, put your own well-honed spin on all the fixin’s—and now, it’s over. With the faint din of football droning in the distance, you dry the last dish, grab your glass of merlot, and head to a living room filled with laughter and loved ones. Scanning the room to take in the smiling faces, the family, and friends, you forget for a second the untold hours and near disasters that made it all possible.
Chances are you have had this experience: It’s the first truly warm day of the year—late March, let’s say—and you have just gotten back from an unseasonably balmy park walk or seashore picnic. You walk through the front door, take off your shoes, head to the kitchen to start preparing the night’s dinner, and happen upon a trail of slowly moving black specks on the counter.
Photograph by shutterstock.com/Joseph Calev
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Local Painting Companies Show the Green Way Forward
Minute Men Painters used low-VOC Land Ark finishes, made from beeswax and all-natural pine resins, on the interior beams and water-borne polyurethane on the interior doors and trim of this post-and-beam house in Acton, Maine. Painting with a Different Brush
Minute Men painted this charming sky-blue bedroom in a house built by Gray Contractors on Rye’s Jenness Beach. Painting with a Different Brush
For Sean Sturk, co-owner of Minute Men Painters, the decision to...
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A Perfect Move finds a niche helping clients cut waste
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, an estimated 37.1 million Americans move every year. And anyone who has ever had to transfer belongings from one place to another—be it across town or across the country—knows that the process often entails a lot of waste. From cardboard boxes to long-forgotten trinkets and heirlooms, no move is really complete without a trip or two to the landfill or a curb full of refuse.
