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Greyhaven Designs to host TN Tree Day 2023 pickup site!

Post author By Tyler Upchurch
Post date November 6, 2022
Categories In Ecology

It is with great excitement that we announce our acceptance as host of the Fayette County, TN pickup site for the Tennessee Environmental Council’s 2023 TN Tree Day! We have spent much of the last year learning about the ecological role played by trees and could not be more excited to help our fellow Tennesseans […]

The energy value of a tree

An average full size deciduous tree evaporates 100 gallons of water during a sunny summer day, which uses up about 660,000 British thermal units (BTUs) of energy and cools outside a home as well as five average (10,000 BTU) air conditioners. “Energy Efficient and Environmental Landscaping” by Ann Simon Moffat, Mark Schiller, and the staff […]

Mid-century modern in a farm field

Pre-Design Greyhaven Designs is currently in the design stage of a mid-century modern home in Fayette County. The future homeowners contacted us a short while ago to request a meeting. To begin the process of pre-design, they supplied us with the address of their property (a good sized plot of recently in production row crop […]

When the family changes and the home no longer works

This is the story of a family who worked with Greyhaven a few years ago. They had a child who received a traumatic brain injury at birth. Their story illustrates the saying, “where there is a will, there is a way.”

Removing barriers from home design

Post author By Tyler Upchurch
Post date February 21, 2022
Categories In architecture, universal design

Approximately 1 in 4 Americans live with disabilities, with the South having the highest percentage. Every year, 5% of Americans will live with a temporary disability for 6 months or less. We all live and move around on a spectrum of ability, whether or not we experience serious injury or disease, beginning in infancy and […]

The most important thing for modern home design

Did you know that according to a study sponsored by the EPA, modern Americans spend 93% of their day indoors? If we spend that much time indoors, we need to make it as pleasant and healthy as possible. Greyhaven Designs begins each project with an appropriate, site-specific solar orientation with a tasteful abundance of window […]

“Every tree has its enemy…”

Light when the power goes out

Observations Along with many in the Fayette and Shelby County areas today, we lost power. I took the opportunity to evaluate the amount of light we are getting at Greyhaven when it’s overcast and there’s no other source of light available. East facing office window: 10 lux. South facing living room window: lower, 120 lux; […]