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• How To: Store Fresh Herbs So They Last
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Patrick Blanc is a French botanist, and his vertical gardens served as inspiration for Matthew and Emma's Plant Wall (see our House Tours). Here is an example of a vertical garden he planted on the...
Oooh, you're going to love what's coming up. Monday marks the beginning of Outdoors Month where we celebrate everything that's wonderful about being outside in the summer: patios, gardens, sun deck...
It's almost the end of May, and the end of Cleaning Month. So, until next year when we clean again...! No, no, just kidding. We hope you clean your house at least once before May 2010 (preferably...
As hard as we try to limit the junk mail coming into our home, we still end up with a sizable stack of it at the end of every month. We recycled most of it, but here are some crafty ways to turn some ...
A good friend recently reached out to share a newfound lesson learned from gardening: sometimes patience really is a virtue. The foxgloves marching toward her front door above were planted as seeds, a...
While fresh, local vegetables are the tastiest and greenest types of veggies to consume, sometimes we need a backup for food storage or special recipes. I know we've spent some time in the grocery t...
We love linen. The look is earthy and sensual, and it filters light beautifully. True linen should be made from flax fibers (as opposed to synthetic fibers, which is more commonplace nowadays) and...
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It's hard to define Johnny's. It's a place where you can get your morning coffee on your bike ride to work; a place to get your locally grown pumpkin and Christm...
The New York Times has a project page set up to gather the stories that make up "the human side of the global recession". We just watched a video of a young Philadelphia artist who tells a bit about h...
This stunning home has so much to share: it marries the look of the New England farmhouse with a mind for the environment. Everything in this home is planned to be earth-savvy, from the radiant heat...
Buy second hand and keep stuff alive longer. Check out these great Scavenger finds in Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Washington D.C., and Boston. Click here for full listing below the jump......
We've always admired the vintage look of the canned tomatoes we buy, and this is a great idea of how to reuse the cans before tossing them in the recycling bin......
Enough to eat, enough to give some away, enough to relax a little. Enough to throw some away. Enough to forget about it. Enough to share. Enough to keep it going. Enough to get distracted. Enoug...
We're always in favor of letting Mother Nature dry our clothes, as opposed to a drying machine. But it's not always easy. Sometimes it's hard to know where to hang the clothesline. Or you end up with ...
Welcome to the Re-nest Open Thread! May is all about Spring Cleaning. Ask questions. Share thoughts. Join the discussion.
Regarding cleaning mold off a rubber fridge seal, Condo Blues says: ...h...
Who doesn't hate walking in their kitchen and seeing a long trail of ants coming down the wall and amassing in a large group on the trash can? These persistent little critters can be difficult to dea...
It's time for picnics, road trips, vacations and long days spent at the park or beach. If you're planning on taking your snacks and lunches with you, these PVC-free, non-toxic plastic and reuseable ...
We caught this image over at a beautiful new blog we stumbled across. We love the botanical and vintage map prints on the wall, the lovely orchid, the metal plant pots used as organizers. (Via Geni...
Cute, cute, cute. Donna Halloran of Fabricadabra makes decorative pillow covers that use all natural and non-toxic dyes and fabrics, most of which are handwoven. We were browsing through her site ...
Back in March, we surveyed you (over in D.C.) to see if you used an online book, CD, or DVD swapping site. From your comments and not surprisingly, it appears that the most popular thing to swap is bo...
Even though we still occasionally forget to take our reusable bags to the grocery store, it's not for lack of bags. Now we have too many tote bags, actually. So it was fun to stumble upon this cool id...
We were just introduced to one of the coolest eco-pavers on the scene — VAST Composite Pavers. They look like bricks, but they're actually made of recycled tires and plastic containers......
We've heard Maxwell say that nothing you do for your home is ever wasted, and we think that's particularly true in the current economic climate. We're all spending more time at home (less money, le...
According to the Huffington Post, during the first quarter of 2009, more bicycles were sold in the US than cars and trucks. At first glance, this sounds like great news for bike enthusiasts and even...
A few years ago my brother-in-law wanted to start a vegetable garden in the backyard of their Boston home. My sister was pregnant and he wanted to bring some pesticide-free vegetables to the table ...
Over the weekend, my boyfriend and I stopped to look at a tiny house in the middle of the city. We fell in love: there, in the perfect neighborhood, was this sweet cottage with refinished hardwood flo...
Buy second hand and keep stuff alive longer. Check out these great Scavenger finds in Chicago, New York, San Francisco, and Washington D.C. Click here for full listing below the jump......
Viva Terra has a great sale on some of their eco-friendly items right now. Here's a round-up of our favs.....
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Natalia needs some recommendations for ...
The history of London markets stretches back to Roman times, and today the city still boasts a thriving street shopping culture, with markets devoted to food, flowers, clothing, antiques, and mor...
We just read a post elsewhere in the blogosphere about the most toxic rooms in the home ... which got us thinking about our own apartment. There are so many factors to consider, but it's an interest...
We've written many times before about the benefits of composting, but the reality is that composting can be a difficult process for apartment dwellers in the city. Those of us lucky enough to have ...
Just when we thought we had exhausted every imaginable possibility for chalkboard paint, we came across this idea from Vancouver, B.C. based Etsy seller blissinateacup...
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We caught a sneak peek of artist Ann Wood's home over at Design*Sponge today, and loved the drape she's fashioned around her bed. Ann's work is often made with vintage or salvaged materials, and th...
We couldn't believe it when we read this piece of news yesterday: Michelle Kaufmann Designs is closing. As anyone who regularly reads this blog knows, we're constantly enamored by Kaufmann's green pre...
It's not really news that canning fruits and vegetables is on the rise. We've talked about preserving and pickling here and here and here. But The New York Times Dining section has some more encourage...
One of the coolest products we saw at last weekend’s Green Festival was the Second Rain rainwater collector – not because of how it looks, but because of how it’s hidden away......
If you need something really cool in your house to impress a date, this might be it. The Lightdrop by Rafael Morgan made us chuckle a little bit when Apartment Therapy first blogged about it last y...
Last year, a neighbor told me that he used upwards of three layers of cardboard to tame the weeds in his yard. Plastic weed block is obviously on the non-green list so I finally decided to try out c...
All the fruit we had gave us not only delicious fruit conserves, but also a bumper crop of fruit flies. We were humane to the spiders, but we had something else in mind for these fast-reproducing p...
Take a look at this simple image we found browsing Flickr pools: it's a recycled toy made from plastic bags. Now, before you gasp and exclaim "That's not safe for kids!" let me tell you what makes ...
A few years back when CFL bulbs first came out onto the scene and the media and eco-proponents were pushing the public to adopt the energy efficient lighting solutions, many people balked due to a cre...
We were visiting our parents' house in the suburbs when we spotted a neighbor on his riding lawn mower going down the street. He had held a yard sale and he was out putting up signs. We pegged him a...
One of our favorite things to bring to outdoor get-togethers (or give as a hostess gift) is a whole watermelon. Not only does it alleviate the stress of prep work, but it's easy to pack and go i...
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Marilyn needs some advice on transom wi...
The bath mat in our bathroom is a pretty nondescript oatmeal-colored square of fluffy carpet, with some sort of rubbery backing. We've had it for quite some time and it's getting pretty gross. So we'v...
This is just the kind of list we're always putting together in our head, but Canadian House & Home beat us to actually writing it down. There are a few things we always beeline for in the thrift sto...
When you are on the go, you don't always need the best pair of speakers to share music with your friends. Most of the cheap speakers out there are made out of plastic, and plastic isn't the best gre...
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This wonderful "Looking Glass Studio" comes courtesy of Jes Anthonis of Mosey Handmade. The house was made almost entirely of salvaged windows and glass doors....
Lovers of J.R. Tolkien should really get a kick out of this home, built into a hillside in Wales. It's about as "Hobbity" as a house can get, and it's full of surprises ......
I walked past a storefront dentist office in Brooklyn last week, which was painted bright pink. Not coral, not dusty rose, not salmon; but bright, bubble gum, Peptol Bismol pink. Ugh…
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We're on a family vacation in Florida (poor us right?). When we're in our usual daily routines we find it pretty easy to go green — but here, with 9 other people all out of our elements, we're...
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We recently got a tip from avid reader Jacklyn Loquidis about the video tour she did of an InterfaceFLOR carpet mill. InterfaceFLOR (the commercial line of FLOR)...
Natural sunlight is always a great way to light and heat your home. The heliostat by Practical Solar takes a different approach than Solatube, and uses a computer to track the sun in order to reflec...
We know the basics: floor, windows, countertops. But there are a number of spots in your home that you might not think about when you're cleaning. Click below for our list of easily-forgotten plac...
When it comes to telling time, the same round clock styles and digital screens just don't have a certain...je ne se quois. Not any more. Take a look at what Etsy seller Woodstock Clocks has to offer: ...
Buy second hand and keep stuff alive longer. Check out these great Scavenger finds in Chicago, New York, San Francisco, and Washington D.C. Click here for full listing below the jump......
We usually only buy fresh herbs now, since there's just no way dried basil can compare with the real stuff. But if you're not planning on eating that basil-tomato-mozzarella sandwich for a few more ...
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Corynne needs some advice on how to upd...
We just got back from the fantastic Modern Embassy Walking Tour led by Dwell Magazine editor Aaron Britt. We rushed to share some photos and info with you that are hot off the [press] digital camer...
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As cliched as it sounds, growing up, my mom often sent me off to our neighbor's house to borrow an egg, a cup of sugar, a stick of butter. That same neighbor sent her son to our h...
For whatever reason, it seems that recycled objects seem to make their way into some sort of lampshade. Case in point, cassette tapes, spray cans, and even chiquita bananas.(Not the actual bananas, bu...
Here's the scenario: you're trying to stick to a pretty tight food budget, but you're also conscientious about the food you buy. You can only afford to buy one or two organic items a week. What do y...
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