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Hot Posts: The Cassette Tape Closet, Indoor Composters, Wine Cork Cork Board, and Herb Plant as Centerpiece

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...

Magazine Readers Pay More for Recycled Paper
Blogging Advertising Age

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 ...

CB2's Darjeeling Table

We like the rough aesthetic of this dining table from CB2, made of wood reclaimed from Indian railroad cars......

Smart Home Halloween Event
Chicago

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...

How To: Dig Your Own Root Cellar

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...

Is DIY Spray Foam Insulation a Bad Idea?

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...

Scavenger Roundup: Danish Mid-Century Dining Chairs
Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago

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...

Look! Recycled Wine Bottle Platters

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-...

Good Questions: How To Get Rid of Grain Beetles?

(Note: Include a pic of your problem and your question gets posted first. Email questions and pics with QUESTIONS in subject line to: green(at)apartmenttherapy(dot)com) Tracy sent us this question:...

Working From Home

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...

A DIY Recycled Wine Rack, Cordless Vacuum Controversy, Green Halloween Candy, and Simply Beautiful Furniture
Slinks for 10.24.2008

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...

Green Idea: Fresh Water from the Air

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...

Stubby Pencil Studio

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...

Five Tips for a Greener Kitchen
ShopSmart: November 2008

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...

6 Tips For Sustainable Living
That Are Easy To Do

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...

5 Incredible (and Colorful) Container Houses

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...

International Housewares Association Green Roundup

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......

Quick Greener: Stop the Phone Books!

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...

Slinks: Green Halloween Ideas
n. (slingks) Surreptitious web links to other good sites

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...

Good Question: Green Flooring Options for a Kitchen?

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...

Easy Upgrade: Reupholster an Office Chair

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 ...

Scavenger Roundup: Vintage Midcentury Modern Teak Chair for $150
Los Angeles, Chicago, DC, and San Francisco

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...

Isabella Stool by Ryan Frank

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...

Best of 3: Rainwater Barrels

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...

Eco Touch Car Products

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...

Wanted: Wool Sweaters with Holes

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...

Limited Edition Print Benefitting El Triunfo Biosphere Reserve

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...

Affordable, Eco-Fabric Bins from The Container Store

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...

Eco-friendly Options for Fallen Autumn Leaves?

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...

Harvest Cooking: What's Inspiring You?

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...

Creative Reuse 2008:Wine Glasses as Chandelier

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 ...

The Bailout Bill: Bicycle Commuter Act

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...

GoodGuide: Household Products and Politics

Democratic Republican 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...

Green Tour: Angie and Ed’s Practical Green

Name: Angie & Ed Location: Chicago, Illinois Size: 2800 sq/ft Years Owned: 3 Months! >>Enter Slideshow Ed & Angie describe themselves as “not the type of people that want to live on the bleedin...

Homeowners Associations: Green Scourge of the Earth?

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...

Furniture from Recycled Oil Drums

There's been beautiful furniture from bicycle parts, an excellent washing machine table and now, there's furniture from recycled oil drums! ...

Scavenger Roundup: Gossip Bench in SF
San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and Boston

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...

Creative Reuse, Grand Scale: Former Airport Becomes New Urbanism Project
Austin, TX

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...

Michelle Kaufmann Announces mkHearth

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 National Association of Homebuilders Goes Green

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...

Green Condos in LA, Danny Seo's Home For Sale, Recycled Metal Globes, and Tips for New Homeowners
Slinks for 10.22.2008

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...

Sondra Arkin Recycles and Repurposes in her Art Studio

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...

Benjamin Moore Natura Paint

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...

How To... Reuse a Coffee Sack as an Office Board

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 ...

Alternative Energy Faces Headwind
New York Times 10.20.2008

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...

Feel Recycled Tile by Trend USA

What's black and white and green all over? ...

Save Energy for a Strong Economy

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...

Creative Reuse 2008: Vintage Art Slides as Lamp Shade

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 ...

Etsy Find: Recycled Bookends by 1453 Design

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....

Look! Chairs from Surfboards

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....

Scavenger Roundup: Amazing Candle Holder Chandelier
Chicago, DC, San Francisco, Los Angeles

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...

Creative Reuse 2008: Canvas Keys as Mini Sculpture

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 ...

Good Question: Nail Polish Disposal?

(Note: Include a pic of your problem and your question gets posted first. Email questions and pics with QUESTIONS in subject line to: green(at)apartmenttherapy(dot)com) Lisbet just sent us this que...

Has the Economy Affected Your Home Improvement Plans?

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...

Creative Reuse 2008: Picture Frame as Raised Dog Feeder

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 ...

2 Ways To Repurpose Materials At Home
Top Design

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...

Best Felt from Branch

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...

Roundup: Five (Easy) Ways to Plunge the Wooden Stake in Vampire Energy

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...

The Cassette Tape Closet: A Great Way To Recycle Old Media

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...

Bike Question: Reusable Plastic Bag Versus Metal Basket

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...

Herb Plant as Centerpiece

Despite our past record as a serial killer of houseplants, we've found an easy way to keep a basil plant alive......

Creative Reuse 2008: Wine Corks and Salvaged Wood as Cork Board

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 ...

Kindling Accessories, [re]Drive, EcoBee Smart Thermostat, and Home Deconstruction
Slinks for 10.20.2008

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...

Organic Fabrics by Live Textiles

For reupholstering furniture or creating some pillows scratch, here's a great source for stylish organic fabric....

On a Scale From Light to Dark...How Green Are You?
Blogging the NYT

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...

Grape Wine Rack by Robert Bronwasser

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:...

Welcome: We're Still Creatively Reusing!

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...

Memo To US Government: How to Fix the Housing Industry

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...

Emmanuel Cosgrove's LEED Platinum Rowhouse
Montreal's Gazette

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...

I Didn't Know You Could Recycle That
EcoMetro

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...

Green Cuisine by Philips: The World's Most High Tech and Ecofriendly Kitchen

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...