This week, Re-nest readers were all about DIY. Monks building their own temples out of beer bottles, everyday Joe's digging their own root cellars, and some people even spraying their own insulation. ...
Assuming the pumpkin we have on our front porch survives the "trick" part of tonight, what should we do it with tomorrow? Roast the seeds? Bake a pie? Leave it up another week?
What do you do?...
Just in time for the holidays Grasshopper 510 has launched their online eco-boutique. In honor of the launch we rounded up a few favorite items – click below the jump to check them out:...
On Wednesday, Emily's question on maggots in her kitchen scraps set off quite the compost conversation. It also raised a couple more questions that need answers. We're posting them below the jump to k...
Three affordable bird houses to match your own green home!...
Old meets new in today's Scavenger Roundup. It's a pair of 1950s vintage lamps vs. a brand spankin' new Boon Flair Highchair. Who wins?
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Has anyone else already heard the holiday music being pumped through places like department stores, craft shops, and home improvement places? Today we're dressing up for Halloween, and already we're b...
A few weeks ago, we looked at three different recycling bins. At that point, we'd never seen this touchless version. It opens when your hand "enters the zone 6 inches from the infrared sensor on top o...
Can you give $5?
This is it. We're in the home stretch of AT's Donors Choose Challenge. AT is currently in 2nd place in our division with $4,140 total raised! We still want to raise $2,060 to fully...
Do you happen to have 100 plastic bottle tops lying around? Start saving. We've just found a very cool lampshade made from bottle tops. Also, a 129 foot cabin, the Lifecycle Building Challenge Winners...
Growing up, we always had a "rag bag" hanging on a hook in the kitchen pantry. A basic tote bag or laundry sack, the rag bag was the place where we kept rags for cleaning and dusting. Every now and ...
We saw this beautiful entryway over at Body+Soul, the now defunct "natural" living magazine from Martha Stewart. The credenza is wheatboard — a material made from straw waste and formaldehyde-fr...
Here in Northern California, the sky keeps getting grayer and grayer .... but still no rain. We heard that some is coming this weekend, but we're not getting our hopes up. Instead, we're focusing on m...
These handmade knitted trees by local independent designer Kim caught our eye at the local Brooklyn Fea last weekend. If you're like Jonathan, and need a little help remembering to water your plants, ...
Cell phones, cordless vacuums, laptop computers, fake candles, Wii accessories...It's remarkable how many gadgets and doodads around the house require a rechargeable battery in order to function.It's ...
You give, you take, everybody reads! Sitting amongst all the other newspaper boxes, we spotted this newspaper box - turned - library down the street from our house. If your friends don't host book exc...
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Finally, I can stop being jealous of cat owners for the bamboo cat loungers thanks to these bamboo dog feeders and a bamboo dog bed frame.
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We don't know exactly what we'd do with the antique medicine cabinet in DC, but we love it anyway. We're also digging a Danish modern telephone chair (think: small landing strip) in Chicago, a totally...
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 ...
We have friends who escape every summer to spend a week on a rented houseboat on Lake Shasta. We've seen the pictures and it looks like a fantastic vacation. However, their houseboats definitely don't...
Halloween is tomorrow, and we're hoping more manufacturers will take the opportunity to dress up their products in unexpected ways. These ordinary-looking skylights, for example, aren't skylights at ...
We don't know if you feel the same way, but to us it seems like fair trade just isn't taking off the way the organic label has ... However, yesterday we heard that Starbucks has decided to double its ...
French designer Lise Lefab lives in the Netherlands where she created a spin on the bear rug using recycled wool blankets. These traditional woven Dutch blankets are being replaced by modern comfor...
Have you ever fantasized about living in a converted warehouse or fire station? (Here in the Midwest, we're fascinated with barn conversions.) For all your conversion fantasies, check out the portfo...
We know it can difficult to find a CFL that's right for you. They can flicker, they can't be bright enough... we've heard (and experienced!) all the stories. So, when we found this roundup of the be...
Vegetable stock is one of those ingredients that is easy to buy off the shelf yet so much more delicious – and economical – when cooked from scratch. And you don't have to purchase pounds ...
We're normally pretty critical of cardboard furniture. A) It often looks like cardboard. And B) even though it's recyclable, we'd usually advocate spending more money on something that will last.
How...
Creative Reuse month is coming to a close, so we're glad we get to squeeze in this project before the end of the week.
Studio Sam's carefully curated screen--made of vintage books--bends and folds. ...
We've been blown away by the volume of responses and the brilliance of the submissions to our Creative Reuse series. Now you can put that creativity and design sense to work while supporting FSC, one...
Well it's finally happened, yesterday we wore our winter coat and turned on the heat. It got down to the 30s outside and below 60 inside, which is our comfort threshold. That means it’s time to star...
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This past weekend I finally installed the remaining counters in our kitchen renovation. After they were in (and looking pretty darn good), it was time to choose a finish....
Chairs, chairs, and more chairs: 4 Eames LCW Chairs for $400 each in Chicago, and a Danish Modern teak chair from Mobelfabrik in LA. And, well it's not a chair, but we really like this Paul McCobb Dre...
Earlier this month, Trent gave us tips on green gear for our bikes. And he mentioned the Timbuk2 bags made of hemp and recycled PET.
We've had our eye on one of these for a while, but we're glad we ...
Growing up, our garage was Dad's domain. You were welcome to enter as long as you were just grabbing a skateboard or switching the laundry. Everything had a place -- car parts, tools, and enough nasty...
It's odd to see a big oil company touting conservation, but that's exactly what Chevron is doing. And for us, it's reaching saturation levels—we feel like the woman holding a sign reading, "I w...
Isn't it good to know that even if you aren't into hunting you can still have your very own cashmere buck? We're also looking at why gaming is green, the top 5 space heaters, and another magazine tabl...
Pet Design Month may have come and gone, but that doesn't mean that well-designed pet products escape our notice. We like the modern look of Square Cat Habitat's new Baobab climbing tree for cats.
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Flipping through the latest Dwell magazine, we came across this stunning house in Georgian Bay, Ontario (Canada). The house is only accessible by boat or seaplane and is completely self-sufficient w...
Sometimes we get tired of looking out the window and seeing the same concrete landscape, but we can't afford a weekend home to change things up. That said, if we lived in this concept we wouldn't h...
We think that everyone is starting to realize that leaving your gadgets plugged in when they aren't in use isn't good. It costs you money. Here at Unplggd, we want you to unplug your gadgets to save m...
There's only one kind of ice cream we buy anymore: Straus Family Creamery Organic Coffee Ice Cream. Sure, we like that it's local and organic -- but that's not really why we buy it. We buy it because ...
Name: Don and Alberto
Location: Austin, Texas
Years Lived In: 2
Size: 2,000 square feet
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“When people ask me if this is my dream house,” owner and architect Don jokes, “All I...
If you are looking for a replacement for your gas-guzzling SUV, but still need to haul the occasional load, we've got the fix for you: a SUB. That's right—a sport utility bicycle....
A couple of weeks ago we asked you what basic green step is holding you back – one commenter suggested that it was her husband. Last week Treehugger wrote about one married couple who was airing out...
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Remember those square Heinecken bottles designed to be reused as building blocks once they had been consumed? Well, these Thai monks didn't wait for bottles to become square, they simply used a little...
We have a feeling that, at $20, theses rattan chairs won't last long in San Francisco. Of course, neither will this $200 West Elm bed frame in Chicago. We also like this solid wood expandable dining t...
It seems like even the tiniest drop in temperatures sends us into the kitchen with the oven blasting full-force for cookies, casseroles, pizza, and the like. In our household, we cook for two humans a...
Just in time for the holidays, Oprah has announced her new favorite thing: Amazon's e-reading gadget, the Kindle.
This news inspires all kinds of mixed emotions for us. How about you?...
Here's one more reason to do all you can to preserve what's left of the natural environment: simply looking at a green landscape can help refresh your brain....
We're always on the lookout for "green issues" and new green magazines, so we were surprised when we noticed Positively Green last night at our local drugstore.
Where had this new green magazine -- w...
We absolutely love the simplicity and sustainability of STAACH products. The furniture company just released these new trays, just in time for the holiday season. Like most of their other products, ...
Years ago, a friend of ours was downsizing her stuff and we scored this genuine World War II poster (above) in the process. The poster's sentiment is particularly relevant today, in light of our s...
Not the prettiest light switch we have ever seen, but we can definitely get behind the idea of saving electricity while minimizing the effort to do so. Targeted for homeowners that are not comfortable...
As renters, we have very little control over our plumbing. However, if we had our way, the water in our washing machine would definitely be recycled to water the plants in the backyard. Gray water mak...
Tech-y friends will love these green, geek-chic home finds: discarded computer circuit boards as pencil cups, book ends, and clipboards...
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A few days back, we asked about how to green Halloween. Well, the new Green, Inc. blog over at the New York Times is wondering why people would shell out more money for an organic Halloween pumpkin. ...
While visiting a friend this weekend we spied quite the clever creative reuse - a repurposed frame to display... other picture frames! ...
According to Wikipedia, shotgun style houses were the "most popular style of house in the Southern United States from the end of the Civil War (1861–65), through to the 1920s." They're simple and sm...
Taalman Koch Architects recently completed work on their glass iT House, a lovely, minimal home that aims for simplicity, elegance, sustainable design and green principals in a new living site called ...
Busy daydreaming about how nice this Bensen Neo 3-Seater Sofa could look in your living room? We are too .... We also like this Room and Board Bianco Chair (even though we don't know how much it's sel...
Reclaimed wood furniture has such a striking presence in a home. Its warmth invites and offers comfort, but the piece is simultaneously modern and up-scale. And since we've been shopping for a rocking...
The most interesting thing we found this morning as we cruised the green blogosphere was probably the e-note, a digital post-it of sorts. Unnecessary gadget or ingenious paper-saving invention? You be...
We had some serious cabinet chaos thanks to an overabundance of tea and coffee. These simple wooden crates we picked up for less than a dollar each at the local salvage store did the trick......
Hi Re-nest readers. Well, October is winding down, but we still have 4 AT T-shirts to give away to people who want to send us their creative reuse ideas.
We've seen wool sweaters as wine cozies, toi...
We know what you're thinking: "You've already asked us if we could eat on $25 a week and told us how to save money in our cooking. Now you want us give up food altogether?" Is the economy looking that...
Times are tough and people are cutting down everywhere. Why not try and cut down on one of the expenses that you'll pay almost every month of every year? That's the kind of thinking that brought TED t...
As many of you know, living in a studio in an expensive city requires ingenuity. We were delighted to learn that one of our clients, Paul Irish, employed the "use what you have" principle so creati...
Being green is all about being resourceful — looking at everyday objects with an open mind and a little creativity to make something new. Why not apply the same concept to Halloween?
Forget th...
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