Here's what was hot on Re-nest this week: A recycled BIC pen vase, DIY all-natural carpet refresher, a smart green remodel in Portland, and no-hassle gardening.
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Week three in the Cure is all about filtering and prioritizing by starting a landing strip and laying plans for repairs and color. So even though things might not be coming together yet, don't worry y...
Ooooh, check out these neat reclaimed wood panels – so graphic and pretty! B&N Industries recently teamed up with TerraMai to update their original collection of carved relief panels with reclaimed ...
Yesterday I got an email from my neighborhood CSA that our 2009 shares were open! Hurray! Last year was the first year I participated in a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) and it was wonderfu...
I just finished a path at my own home but I wish I had seen these ideas first. Here are three green path ideas that can be done on a budget.
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As spring and summer get closer, we're dreaming up our ideal patio and garden. There are of course eco-friendly lanterns, lots of edible vegetation growing from our containers, and the sweet sound of ...
THIS WEEK
• HerbTrader Free Shipping
• Velocity Sale
• Structured Green Sale
• Gaiam Free Shipping
• The Company Store Organic Bedding Sale
• Amenity Home Linen Pillows S...
Besides being made of bamboo and having low voc paint, this kids' dresser has something else very green about it......
Do you know what's in your household cleaners? We don't. We admit it.
There are certain "green" brands that we trust, and we use their products even though we have no idea what chemical ingredients a...
I think that most of us take it as a given that we will use dishwashers to clean up our dishes. I've had a few, but I have to say that I rarely use dishwashers. Most of the time, immediately after usi...
Maybe it's the poor economy. Or perhaps because it's trendy (we hope not). Whatever the reason, we're thrilled to hear that Baltimore's City Hall formal garden will be turned into a 2000 square fo...
As much as I love warm weather, there are a few things that come with it that I'm not so fond of ... As I set out making lunch yesterday, I realized -- with much anguish -- that it's fruit fly season...
If you already knew what a ballcock is — you are much smarter than us! Crafter-extraordinaire Kelly Wilkinson, of Make Grow Gather, came up with this awesome little project using this plumbing devic...
Yesterday, we asked if coffee filter décor was hot or not, many people thought it probably looked better as a picture than in person. Well, look what we walked past later in the day – coffee filter...
This would be such a great skill to master. Furoshiki is a traditional Japanese wrapping cloth, and the possibilities are endless! This video gets into a few of them, including how to wrap bottles...
This recently build home located in Maine is the third LEED Platinum home built in the country, and brings together energy and resource efficient design, with locally harvested wood, cabinets made fro...
We may have been rather quick to breathe a small sigh of relief yesterday when we heard a report on NPR saying the 2008 congressional ban on phthalates (the chemicals that make plastics soft and pliab...
A few weeks ago Maxwell was at the home of Luis Caicedo to shoot his space for Apartment Therapy's upcoming Small Spaces book. (Great home.) Luis is a designer, and he recently launched a line of...
Do you have any idea of how much trash you create during a day? A Brooklyn yoga teacher carried any trash she created with her for 3 months--and raised $20,000 for charity in the mean time......
Start your Thursday off right: A greener coffee pot, an honest review of green pillows, hot refurbished furniture, and a sweet little eco-capsule home.
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One of the easiest ways of creating a great workspace or home office space is selecting a few great looking lights. Just like ties and suits, great lights can tie together a minimally decorated room q...
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The team at Long Island City based Alive Structures is comprised of environmentalists with areas of expertise in gardening, architecture, landscape design, horti...
We've been on the hunt for new bedding, and fell in love with the organic option we found at Amenity. The modern prints and soothing colors would certainly help jumpstart our spring fever despite the...
If you're anything like us, you avoid buying clothes that require "hand washing." Then, if you do accidentally add a handwashable to your wardrobe, you toss it in the wash anyway and hope for the best...
Our redesign clients ask us all the time for inexpensive wall decoration ideas so we took notice of this use of coffee filters and unidentified tacks to create a flowing wall decoration over on Danny ...
Got an assortment of random knick-knacks lying around the house? Check out this super easy and cool DIY project to streamline, modernize and unify your objects and repurpose them as bookends or paperw...
...in 3, 2, 1... How very James Bond. While the name of this coffee table by Studio 1a.m. certainly drew us in, we were left wondering what it all meant. Would the table, sitting so stoutly in our...
Flowers from buttons sounds like a craft project you might have done in grade school but for one Etsy shop, it's a business. This shop sells beautiful blooms that last a lifetime - created by hand fro...
If you're as swept up in spring as we are, you know all about the insatiable urge to clean everything, from the baseboards to everything on that top shelf we never get to.
And along with cleaning com...
Ortolan is the handiwork of sister designers Bethany and Jenna Mallet, former Ohio farm girls currently based out of Manhattan. Their line of organic textiles — including kitchen tea towels, c...
Disposable placemats may not be as green as reusable ones, but we have to admit that these--made of recycled paper and which feature tiny pop up details--are pretty lovely......
This green renovation, which we just ran across over at Jetson Green, might be our all-time favorite. It's definitely at the top of the list.
Get our reasoning and see what the house looks like now a...
Here are a few things to think about this morning: Is there such a thing as a guilt-free Swiffer? Are we in a library renaissance? Can a water filter be beautiful? And is "Be nice or leave" the new "K...
I just came back from a big benefit for the National Resources Defense Council which "works to protect wildlife and wild places and to ensure a healthy environment for all life on earth." Attending th...
Kitchen & Bath Month is coming to a close, and hopefully you're inspired to make some changes and try new ways to green your bath and kitchen. But, it's easy to feel a little intimidated, so we’ve f...
Do you have a great green renovation you've recently completed? A terrific recycling center you've set up in your kitchen? Whether your home is completely green top to bottom, or you've incorporated...
Spring just won't stop encouraging us to expand our garden. And if things go well, and we're able to talk management into giving us the ok, we'll be putting in a couple of raised beds in a common area...
We want to save and conserve as much as possible, so isn't it really annoying when you can't reach that last little bit? It just feels like we're throwing away money when we know there's something l...
Tabitha Long, owner of Island Girl Salvage, just sent us images of her latest creative reuse design -- wall sconces made from vintage bathroom objects.
We think they're gorgeous....
Made completely from glass, this bathroom faucet doubles as a flower vase. The limited edition glass faucet was designed by David Vercelli for the Italian bathroom company Hego Waterdesign. The fauc...
Would you believe there's a Zen Buddhist monk creating furniture and prefabricated houses right at the foot of the Bay Bridge? Paul Driscoe combined his study of Buddhist temple design and constructio...
This is one of those great kill-two-birds-with-one-stone projects. Got lots of old towels kicking around that are too ratty to donate but you don't want to dump them in the landfill? Got a child (or b...
click thumbnails for larger picsThis year at the Home and Housewares show the "thinking green" message was still there, loud and clear. As we all know, one of the easiest things to do is to stop...
If you were to imagine the greenest home in San Francisco, would it look like this house on 39th Avenue in the city's outer Sunset neighborhood?
(To tell the truth, we were expecting something with a...
After spotting this beautiful "window treatment" the other day on Poppytalk, we couldn't stop thinking about how to do something similar for party we're planning in May. The designer, Gunnar Kaj, used...
While we like the function of the AeroGarden, it leaves a little left to be desired in terms of its aesthetics and size. For a smaller apartment, we like this Lightpot by Studio Shulab – it doubles ...
It's still Bathroom Month on Re-nest, so we're still on the lookout for eco-friendly shower curtains. Here's a new one, simple and straight-forward: the Ty recyclable shower curtain by Grain. Com...
We all know Instructables is great for all sorts of great DIY ideas. Since Spring is upon us (hopefully!), here are a few Instructables for your garden including a DIY garden shovel, a couple of cheap...
The words "square foot garden" have earned buzzworthy status. Lately, we've been hearing them everywhere, and are thinking of putting the idea into practice at our apartment.
Square foot gardening, ...
While browsing through Design*Sponge recently, we came across the home of Diana Yen of The Jewels of New York, a beautiful slow food and seasonal cooking blog. Her Brooklyn home was warm and lovely...
As most of you know, Earth Hour 2009 was this past Saturday night from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. So we're curious ... Did you switch out your lights to show your support of the fight against global warming?
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We tend to use our shower curtain rod as a drying rack for hand-washed clothing. It's not the most attractive solution, but it works. For those who want a more organized system, there are several wa...
Times are tough, pretty much everywhere. The recession is hitting most businesses hard. That means that energy monitors that will save you money are getting that much more interesting. Why waste money...
We were going on day six (no, that's not a typo!) of living with the horrific lingering smell of burnt popcorn. The usual drills of opening the windows, spraying air freshener, and lighting candles s...
Even though she was fully onboard with reusable shopping totes, Quebecer Judy Lazar wanted to do more to reduce the use of plastic bags at the grocery store. Despite over one in three Quebec shoppers ...
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