Here's a little sample of what was hot at Re-nest this week: A discussion of the "No 'Poo" (shampoo) movement, a look at a few at-home dry cleaning options, a debate over liquid vs. bar soap, and a su...
As you’ve (hopefully!) discovered, the assignments in Week 2 of the Cure can be so liberating. Editing your home—cleaning, sorting, and allowing yourself to detach from items you don’t need—is...
Hot water down the drain seems like a waste of energy, right? Well, a low-tech product called EcoDrain is aiming to recapture that energy by placing a heat exchange device between your outgoing shower...
Cyrilla Daybed
We were taken aback when we came across Canadian company PURE and Ami McKay's beautiful and "guilt-free" furniture line. They've managed to create green furniture without sacrificing o...
According to a telephone survey of 500 preformed by The Shelton Group in January 2009, consumers are more interested in saving money than they are in saving the planet. Are you surprised? See the res...
Ever since she was a puppy, our dog Fin has loved to bask on the carpet in any sunny spot she can find. It's really cute, but keeping the carpet clean is always a chore.
To keep our place smelling f...
THIS WEEK
• Velocity Sale
• Structured Green Sale
• Gaiam Free Shipping
• The Company Store Organic Bedding Sale
• Amenity Home Linen Pillows Sale
• EConscious Market Sal...
U.S. gasoline consumption fell nearly 6% in 2008. As someone who doesn't drive a car, it's easy for me to think that gas prices should simply remain high if it encourages people to drive less, walk mo...
Visiting my mother in the summer usually means returning home with bags full of tomatoes, zucchini, eggplant, and whatever else she happens to be growing in her vegetable garden. She always has too mu...
Creating a carpet runner at SCRAPEven if your budget for home-related expenses has shrunk, it doesn't necessarily mean that you can't spruce things up a bit for the new season. The SF Chronicle shares...
We came across this Amish kitchen from a historical farmhouse site, and we think it is so beautiful. The appliances surprised us, too; the refrigerator is gas-powered!...
If you're anything like us, you're starting to get that "Spring Cleaning" itch. We're thinking that next weekend might be the right time for our all-out cleaning bonanza.
We'll probably need a few su...
This is where the rubber meets the road! After absorbing Abby and Laure's tips last week, you're probably ready to roll up your sleeves and start turning your creative vision into your home's reality....
We talk a lot about making the switch from virgin to recycled for toilet paper, and entirely eliminating paper towels - but what about the other household paper product, facial tissue? Grist recently ...
What kind of birds do you have? If you have rustic, shabby-chic loving birds, then your standard wooden bird house will do. But if your birds are the cutting-edge, futuristic type, then they might...
While the Drink Bottle Lights aren't a completely new idea, this one actually looks really good. Thirty 500ml plastic Coke bottles were reused to make this lampshade and the inner base is made from re...
As the weather begins to turn to spring (ok, maybe you have a few weeks of winter left, but go with us here), we can't help but start thinking about outdoor volunteer opportunities.
Chances are, you...
We're in love with Georgiosi's OWL ("Objects With Light") collection. Reclaimed lighting is not a new concept, by any means, but these objects have been particularly chosen for their picturesq...
Attention fans of Michelle Kaufmann and fans of prefab design! And, also, fans of really beautiful photos ... We've got a book to suggest for you: Prefab Green by Michelle Kaufmann and Cathy Remick.
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We just saw this project over at Ohdeedoh and thought it was genius. A very crafty mom turned Fresh Direct delivery boxes into a precious little play kitchen. That's a brownie pan as the sink! Get a "...
Built from materials made to withstand the elements, barns can make beautiful and long-lasting homes. They often come equipped with lofty ceilings, wide-plank wood, and impressive landscapes. With s...
We're always excited to see what projects our favorite interior designers take on in their own homes, and Erika McPherson Powell of Urban Grace Interiors certainly does not disappoint! Wanting to gi...
Yesterday we showed you Allyson's strategy for keeping cloth handkerchiefs handy around the house so now our mission is to procure handkerchiefs. We saw a pack at our local discount store the other...
We just happened upon this photo, while browsing through Bay Area hotels.
We absolutely love the way they've used vintage suitcases as the base for a large table in the lobby....
We're afraid to ask if some of you still remember 3.5" floppy disks. But if you happen to have a few of the archeological technology remnants still around, wasting away to oblivion, how about this coo...
Eating locally and seasonally just got easier with the new iPhone App, Locavore. This app uses GPS technology to detect your location and then displays a list of fruits and vegetables that are locally...
Confession: I hate bagless vacuum cleaners.
Granted, it might be the greener choice because you're not using and throwing away all those bags. But isn't it a little self-sabotaging to have invest...
Butterflies are not only beautiful and harmless creatures, but they also provide natural pest protection against destructive aphids, eat rotten fruit aiding in composting, pollinate flowering plants a...
Here in Austin, taking care of the environment is at the top of the to-do list. We're quite proud of all the city's efforts, especially because helpful information tends to circulate quickly.
With on...
Nature is a great source of inspiration, as interaction designer Philip Worthington and product designers Todd Bracher and Anna Rabinowicz discovered when they spent a day at the Nature Lab on the c...
Rescuing unwieldy shopping carts after they've been abandoned in an alleyway, ditch or under a bridge, Reestore gives them new life as a chair......
Plenty to sink your teeth into today: Take your cues from the Obamas and start your own Victory Garden (with some help from CasaSugar), daydream about a tiny vacation home, and gaze at 10 pieces of ex...
L.L. Bean asks, "Is it wrong to love a doormat?" Don't think so. If you're reading Apartment Therapy, chances are that you're the type of person that loves something in your home that others find neut...
Inna Alesina is a designer who takes sustainability and functionality into account when designing her products. Graduating with a degree from Parsons School of Design in New York, her mission is "t...
We've switched to CFLs, outfitted the family with Klean Kanteens, dutifully recycle everything we can and are looking for the next painless green step we can make in our household - the reusable han...
While the Ikea Summer 2009 sneak peek at AT LA had us lusting over the Arholma outdoor sectional, what we didn't, and should have taken a closer look at, was the solar lighting selection. We are yet t...
Boys used to build forts. Men used to hang out in the garage or go ice fishing. We recently blogged "The Man Room." Now they just get handy and build themselves forts that look like something out o...
As newbie gardeners, with very little outdoor space, we're just getting geared up for our very first foray into the mysterious world of plants. Seriously, they baffle us. But we're determined to grow ...
Wow, we're really growing this time. I couldn't be happier. Hopefully our new page and the emails (first one went out on Saturday) are helping, and we've also got one Flickr account that we can all us...
InstallationAntiques is an online vintage house wares shop that carries a number of early and mid-century pieces. The shop offers many fun and funky refurbished styles of furniture, but we were partic...
We've never been much for motivational posters. While the sentiment is right, they always come off looking cheesy and cheap. Right Brain Terrain's AMPs (alternative motivational posters) try to avo...
New for 2009, these innovative interior building products are not only eco-friendly, but also better-performing and more attractive that those of last year. See 7 great new green products after the ju...
We spent time harvesting my mother's garden over the weekend, whisking pounds of kale, spinach, sugar snap peas, onions, turnips, and carrots back to the city with us. Farm-fresh food, dirt still clin...
Ever wonder what are the best plants for your health? Green architecture activist Kamal Meattle shares the top three plants he thinks can make a big difference to your indoor air quality. And he s...
Usually apartment dwellers are trying to get rid of vermin--not bring them in. Over at How To Homestead, one urbanite shows how to compost indoors with a homemade worm bin, along with videos about a K...
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South African designer Laurie Owen creates amazingly peaceful spaces. Her interior designs for African homes and hotels are inspiring for both aesthetic and env...
Though the skies have been rather cloudy in LA these past couple of days, the scene at the Silver Lake farmers' market was bright and lively. There's still quite a bit of citrus, but between the crate...
click thumbnails for larger picsReaders of Daily Danny know that he's been hard at work doing a green renovation of his home and working with JCPenney as their Green Living partner. Here are a f...
After returning home late last night from our Chicago get-away, we opened our suitcase to find our favorite white shirt had become best buds with our red lip gloss (which we swear was in a zip top ba...
This is sort of cracking us up and intriguing us ... it's Deodr, a contraption that freshens your clothes through the power of a photocatalyst light tube and fan-induced convection (whatever that mea...
We've always liked the design of the Casabella goods from a purely visual standpoint and now they have taken the line to a green(er) place. At the Home & Housewares show yesterday, we saw their crad...
Sometimes the easiest way to cut down on power usage is by visual feedback – real-time information displaying your household electric consumption. The BLUEline PowerCost Monitor and Energy Meter doe...
No, we're not talking about the color eggshell. We're talking about actual eggshells. Studioroom906 has designed a stationary set called Childhood Memories made of eggshells melded together under v...
Instead of buying a trellis at the local home improvement store, why not try your hand at making one from scraps of branches with this simple DIY....
We know it's Monday, but that just means we're all thinking about the weekend already--so take a moment to mark your calendars because you'll want to be a part of Earth Hour this Saturday, March 28, a...
We love this. Vintage ironing boards used as outdoor tables! Yes, they're a little narrow, but they're colorful and sturdy. We found this image from Flickr user One Take Movie, and apparently it ...
We tend to buy liquid soap for our bathroom sink. Since we share it with guests, using the same bar would kind of ick us out. But then we started thinking about how liquid must weigh more, plus there'...
We were holding onto some old batteries until we could finally make it to an electronic recycling drive, but we just found out where we could properly dispose of them any day of the week......
Here are a few things for you to take a peek at on this beautiful Monday morning: A fascinating post on packaging waste (by the CEO of TerraCycle), some tips on recycling beauty product packaging (and...
In the restaurant biz, this is called "FIFO," or "First In First Out." Unlike some of those crazy molecular gastronomy shenanigans, this is one restaurant trick we can definitely apply at home! Let's ...
It's really not as hard as you might imagine. And just think: You don't have to find somewhere to install a paper towel holder. We've got some tips, plus a few questions for you, below......
The Environmental Working Group has just put out their fifth edition of the classic, "Shopper's Guide to Pesticides" including the Dirty Dozen and the lesser known Clean 15. This is a great way to ...
Name: Marcella de Boom
Occupation: Artist
Location: Cullinan, South Africa
Type: Cob house
Size: 970 sq.ft.
Years lived in: 9
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