We're not sure if you loved the Cassette Tape Closet or hated it ... but you sure were interested in it this week. Readers were also checking out indoor composters, wine cork bulletin boards, and herb...
Hearst, publisher of magazines like Country Living and House Beautiful, conducted a survey and found out that 43% of their subscribers would pay more for a magazine printed on recycled paper.
Would ...
We like the rough aesthetic of this dining table from CB2, made of wood reclaimed from Indian railroad cars......
Have you been Michelle Kaufmann’s Smart Home yet? If not, this Saturday the Smart Home will be having a fall harvest festival just in time for Halloween and the changing seasons. There will be a far...
When it gets to be this time of year, people who know about these sorts of things start talking about root cellars -- which always leaves us feeling a little clueless. Having been born and raised in S...
While I'd love to stick denim insulation in my walls, it's just not possible without ripping off all the sheet rock. So while the debate goes on for petroleum based insulation products that claim zero...
Look what we found today: Danish mid-century dining chairs in LA, a mid-century teak Danish secretary in Chicago, and a Random Light by Mooi from DWR in SF.
Get all these links and more after the jum...
Friends of ours are having a party this weekend to celebrate their out-of-state wedding last week. And had we thought ahead, we would've ordered a few of these for our recycle-minded, wine-and-cheese-...
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Wired recently ran an article on the benefits of working from home, and it's triggered a serious conversation on several blogs. Something to reconsider: the assumption that working from home is alway...
Finally it's Friday! Here's some reading that'll get you closer to 5pm: a DIY recycled wine rack (with video instructions), a guide to greening your Halloween candy fix, a look at Dirt Devil's AccuCha...
Just as important as conserving electricity is conserving water. While we can do this by making changes to our daily habits, you can also do it with crazy things like this combo washing machine toile...
If there's anything that can trump our love of school supplies, it's our love of art supplies. And art supplies that are also environmentally friendly? And reasonably priced? We're there.
From soy-b...
You don't have to spend a lot to go green, but it's easy to make costly mistakes if you don't do your homework. There are no federal regulations for items marketed as eco-friendly so some green produc...
Last weekend we had a sustainable living coach stop by our house. We've always recycled in our apartment and used scratch paper for printing but it never really went beyond that. Toying with compost...
We're endlessly interested in container houses. They're green and almost always fascinating pieces of architecture.
This "house" in particular, the Container City in London, really knocked us over. A...
A recycled ginger ale bottle broom, a cutting board made from reclaimed milk jugs, and a travel mug that's both 100% recycled and recyclable were just a few of our favorites at this show......
We're all fairly plugged in these days, so the phone book has been getting more and more dusty. Make that the phone books... with the proliferation of phone companies, we get no fewer than three sets...
There are only a few days left until Halloween – have you carved your pumpkin, gotten your treats, and decided on a costume yet? Well, if you’re looking for a little inspiration, we’ve found a b...
Awhile back, we mentioned that Mom is about to remodel her kitchen. Not only is she looking for new cabinetry, she's also investigating new flooring options. The old tile isn't going to make the cut w...
My girlfriend often comments (rightfully so) about our uncomfortable computer chair. As we passed the chair section of Costco last weekend, I asked her, "So what kind of chair do you envision for the ...
Look what Craig has to offer today: A vintage midcentury modern teak chair in LA, a very cool leather Corbusier lounge/chaise in DC, a gigantic vintage sectional in Chicago, and a sweet midcentury Dan...
From the same guy who brought us the innovative bamboo ZIG shelves and the Strata chair and ottoman made from salvaged office desks, another fantastic sustainable object: this off-beat, functional, mo...
Rainwater harvesting is one of the best things you can do if you have a yard and want to preserve water at home. However, some people complain that rainwater barrels are eyesores. With that in mind, w...
Car nuts with a green streak—or those of us in drought-stricken California who simply want a clean and shiny car—can now have a sparkling ride without guilt or washing harmful chemicals do...
As temperatures continue to drop and you pull your sweaters out of storage, don't toss the ones with holes! Remember, you could always make a wine cozy or a flower vase from the sleeves (if you're fee...
Home to over 400 species of birds, El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve is a 300,000 acre park in the Sierra Madre Mountains of Mexico. In an effort to support the park, artist David Tomb has created a series...
For our redesign and organizing business, we have frequent occasion to help people select storage bins to corral their stuff. More times than not, we revert to plastic bins. So we're delighted tha...
As temperatures in DC drop, so do our fall leaves. Municipal leaf collection does not begin for another few weeks, but we have friends already debating the wisdom of bagging leaves vs. mulching the...
It's Harvest month at The Kitchn, and we've been spotlighting a different local ingredient each week. Last week it was local apples, and the week before that it was local cheese and a look at buying f...
What do you reuse? And how do you do it? Let us know, because we're looking for readers' photos and creative reuse projects. The first 15 ideas we post will get a free AT T-shirt (get all the details ...
With all the talk about the bailout two weeks ago, we were surprised we missed this, which was included in the bill and is now law:
As of January 1st, employers can deduct up to $20 a month for parti...
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GoodGuide has a new tool that lets you look up to which political party a corporation has given money... above are the companies in Go...
Name: Angie & Ed
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Size: 2800 sq/ft
Years Owned: 3 Months!
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Ed & Angie describe themselves as “not the type of people that want to live on the bleedin...
Awhile back, we declared leaf blowers the most environmentally annoying things on the planet. Maybe we were over exaggerating a little.
But what about homeowners associations? Now we have two big re...
There's been beautiful furniture from bicycle parts, an excellent washing machine table and now, there's furniture from recycled oil drums!
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Full disclosure: We'd never even heard of a Gossip Bench until we saw this one in the SF Scavenger. But we like it! We also like a mid-century walnut table in LA, a Heywood Wakefield schoolhouse chair...
Here at Re-Nest, we've been talking a lot about creative reuse: sweater arms, napkin rings, and spaghetti jars have been given new purposes in life.
But creative reuse can be done on a much larger s...
There aren't a lot of celebrities in the green building world -- Michelle Kaufmann is about as close as it gets. So when she announces a new prefab design, we pay attention.
This is the mkHearth....
The state homebuilder associations of Connecticut, Delaware, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire, New York and Oklahoma have affiliated themselves with the National Association of Home Builders [NAHB...
This morning we're looking at a couple fun, green finds: green condos in LA's South Park neighborhood, frugal (green) tips for new homeowners, pictures of Danny Seo's Delaware River cottage -- which h...
Local DC artist Sondra Arkin shared her home and meditation room with AT. She also showed us her fantastic art studio and how she reuses household items. Almost nothing in Sondra's home gets recycl...
The other day we went in search of an eco-friendly paint for our new home. We actually walked out with something brand-new -- Benjamin Moore's zero-VOC paint, Natura. In fact, the paint is so new th...
Any way you can avoid having your home office look like a display at Staples is worth looking into. Maya*Made has a great project that involves turning a burlap coffee beans sack into a mounted cork ...
Ever since we started sensing this financial crisis, we've been wondering how it might affect all things green -- green building, green consumerism, green remodels...
Now we're seeing how it is adver...
Lots of people are putting more insulation in their homes, making plans to add PV systems, and finding more efficient ways to keep warm in winter and cool in the summer. So what are we doing with the...
What do you reuse? And how do you do it? Let us know, because we're looking for readers' photos and creative reuse projects. The first 15 ideas we post will get a free AT T-shirt (get all the details ...
Sometimes it takes a serious flash of creativity to find a green solution to an everyday problem.
Case in point: You need some bookends -- but you don't want to buy anything new....
Some of you may have seen these at surf shops on either coast, but here's a great use of old boards that are no longer being used....
Craigslist has plenty to offer this morning. We're liking a Humphrey Bogart mirror in DC, a candle holder chandelier in Los Angeles, Artemide Tolomeo Lamps in San Francisco, and a brass and wood servi...
What do you reuse? And how do you do it? Let us know, because we're looking for readers' photos and creative reuse projects. The first 15 ideas we post will get a free AT T-shirt (get all the details ...
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A survey conducted in September found that many are still spending on their home despite the troubled economy. We're wondering how Re-nest readers have been affected by the turmoil, so we're asking a...
What do you reuse? And how do you do it? Let us know, because we're looking for readers' photos and creative reuse projects. The first 15 ideas we post will get a free AT T-shirt (get all the details ...
Top Design is getting good. We think it has something to do with the fact that there's less designers which means more time for an individual to show us what they're all about. We caught up last nig...
It's no secret that San Francisco favorite Branch holds a special place in our heart. And since felt is awesome and we love it, we thought we'd show you the best felt products that Branch has to offe...
Last April Good Magazine and animator Nigel Holmes created a video that explains how wasteful vampire power is. In the short film, Nigel narrates us through the cost of keeping your computer, microwa...
What do you do with all of your old cassette tapes?
Throw them out, recycle them or reuse them? There are multiple ways of doing either though, and most of the time, old cassette tapes just get tosse...
We need a basket for our bike. (Since we don't own a car, grocery store trips have always meant riding with an oversize tote weighing us down on one side, like one of those old V8 commercials.)
We w...
Despite our past record as a serial killer of houseplants, we've found an easy way to keep a basil plant alive......
What do you reuse? And how do you do it? Let us know, because we're looking for readers' photos and creative reuse projects. The first 15 ideas we post will get a free AT T-shirt (get all the details ...
Here are some things we were checking out over the weekend: Fall decorating ideas via Kindling Accessories, the most efficient external hard drive, a cool wi-fi enabled thermostat, and a good green wa...
For reupholstering furniture or creating some pillows scratch, here's a great source for stylish organic fabric....
Here at Re-Nest, we talk a lot about how every small green move is still a move in the right direction. We point out that whether you're saving a couple of gallons of water a month, or you've complete...
We're surprised to find ourselves so admiring a product made of plastic foam. Here's the case for this clever wine rack by Dutch designer Robert Bronwasser:...
Hey Re-nest readers, we're still looking for creative reuse projects! We've got 7 more T-shirts to give away -- so take those pictures and send us your ideas.
Are you doing something special with emp...
There's an elephant in the room and no one's talking about it. The candidates are spending a lot of time talking about fuel-efficient cars and alternative energy — all of which is very, very i...
The rowhouse's third floor addition is passively heated with the help of this window wall.
Montreal's Gazette took us inside the home of Emmanuel Cosgrove last month. His Plateau rowhouse achieved L...
Most of us have reached the point where recycling is second nature. But even the most diligent might be overlooking household items that clutter up our space...toothpaste tubes, razor handles and even...
As much as Philips is known for TV's and home electronics, they are also very active in conceptual integrated home tech and lighting environments. Most recently they exhibited the ambient experience...
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