By Daniel Gregory, Sunset senior editor/home

It's hard to believe that the mkLotus green prefab designed by Michelle Kaufmann for the West Coast Green home building expo has already been and gone. But mirage it was not, as the many thousands of visitors can attest.

They asked for information on everything from the recycled ceramic shards used as gravel to the peach pit mulch.

A major attraction was the sleek "mail slot-style" bathroom sink made of concrete and recycled pulverized toilet porcelain—an example of cradle-to-cradle recycling or, better yet, call it bowl-to-bowl!

Another draw was the green furniture, including a sofa bed made of woven craft paper (shown below), and an alcohol-burning fireplace (also visible below).

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