Here's what Re-Nest readers were into this past week:
• Roundup: Our Favorite Etsy Stores — And Tell Us Yours!
• Could You Do It? 175 Sq. Ft. Apartment For Sale in NYC
• Green Sty...
We first caught glimpse of Ingrid Jansen's work over at AT:LA, and we're definitely digging her mix of vintage/granny chic with more modern touches. This office in particular caught our eye: t...
We know old-fashioned message taking has gone the way of the dinosaur in most homes. (We don't even have a landline.) But we still like these little message centers by Etsy seller OldNewAgain......
Today is the day - the official launch of our annual color contest and celebration! This year, we're asking entrants to focus in on one beautiful, colorful room from their home. Everyone will share th...
Ahh, finally a way to reuse those dry cleaner wire hangers — and we're not talking about jimmying car doors open here. We're talking reusing them as hangers, but prettier......
The Apartment Therapy Fall 2009 Cure kicks off in one week! This is Apartment Therapy's 8th Cure, and as a way of upping the ante, we're encouraging all of our Cure-ees to take on an extra "green c...
Off the coast of Washington State on Lopez Island is a new 11-home community designed for sustainability, energy efficiency and affordability. Key specs include straw bale construction, organic...
Ever since we posted about those Twist Euro Cloths, we've been meaning to get our hands on them. Since ridding ourselves of our paper towel habit, we knew we needed a replacement, and fast. So, this...
A chair found on the street and then reupholstered!
It takes a certain penchant for thrifting —not to mention an eye for design— to pull off curbside "shopping." And it also takes a littl...
Q:There's been a lot of discussion lately on urban root cellars and even building your own if you have a yard. We don’t have access to a yard or root cellar and are running into a storage issue wit...
I've heard many interior designers express disdain over the quality of light emitted from fluorescent light bulbs. However, incandescent bulbs will be phased out starting January 2010, unless someon...
Buy second hand and keep stuff alive longer! Lots of great furniture finds New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles in today's PM Scavenger......
We've featured Jennifer Levy's smart solutions before — she repurposed a Marais stool as a sink pedestal. Jennifer has sent us pictures of her office makeover which she completed using a ...
Buy second hand and keep stuff alive longer! Lots of great furniture finds Chicago, Boston, and Washington, D.C in today's AM Scavenger......
Even though we don't have a yard, we still make plans for how we will design our drought-tolerant garden when we're lucky enough to have a little bit of our own outdoor space. Now that we've seen land...
Early autumn garage sales are some of our favorites; wake up early, throw on a hoodie, grab some cash and coffee and foray into the unknown yards and garages of those who purge at the change of...
Nite saw our recent how-to post on creating a pixelated painting and it inspired an email to us with some photos of an amazing bit of DIY artwork that he made from paint chips...
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Yesterday marked the first day of autumn, and we're having a hard time saying goodbye to a summer that slipped by all too quickly. To ease the pain we've rounded up some examples of one of our ...
Not exactly sure what's going on here, but it looks cool: the interior tent, the Hudson Bay blanket, the starburst chandelier, surfboard, and lots of books. Looks like a cozy place to be......
We love when we find a new blog to add to the list of our daily reads. Keeping Up with the Johnsons is a blog on the ReadyMade site, written by Garth Johnson and Claire Joyce, a pair of artists who ju...
We should probably clarify that those handkerchiefs should be clean and preferably un-used! But yes, large-sized inexpensive cotton handkerchiefs make a great substitute for the cheesecloth and muslin...
We like art, small spaces and the great outdoors. So you can imagine why these amazing painted shacks and trees by artist Samuel Francois made us smile…...
Swedish designer Camilla Diedrich's wallpapers are stunningly beautiful, full of movement and excitement. We simply can't get over the luminescence she is able to achieve. (Note: some of the s...
This small retreat is nestled in the fire prone Hills of Los Angeles and was designed to be both fire resistant and reasonably low impact. The 700-square-foot residence is designed with modern ...
Good Houskeeping, the pioneers of the now ubiquitous "Seal of Approval," have announced the first recipients of their new Green Good Housekeeping Seal (GGHS). For 18 months scientists and engineers a...
Each morning as the trip to the office nears, we turmoil about stopping at a coffeeshop on the way in. For months, we brewed our joe at home, but over the hot summer that fell out of favor and the cof...
Q: I live in the Bay Area, where it's pretty feasible to hang your laundry to dry almost year round. My apartment building has a small backyard area (pictured) most of which is used for parking and my...
We uploaded our CDs to our computer, sold some and gave away some but still, we were left with a good handful. What could we do with them besides toss them?...
Buy second hand and keep stuff alive longer! Lots of great furniture finds New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles in today's PM Scavenger......
We have a lamp in our living room with an empty glass jar base and initially I bought some rocks and fake plants from the Chelsea Flower district and made a quick little arrangement. I like it ...
Buy second hand and keep stuff alive longer! Lots of great furniture finds Chicago, Boston, and Washington, D.C in today's AM Scavenger......
Yes, that thing is a washing machine—a washing machine designed to use steam on small loads (so that people can do their laundry individually). We were always taught growing up that small laun...
The Environmental Working Group recently produced a cell phone radiation guide, something you might want to take a look at, especially if you have a little baby who is in love with your cell phone lik...
We love hearing about ideas that were created out of necessity, especially when the need was to spend less and reuse more! 2 women from Oklahoma took their regular "Just Between Friends," living roo...
Unplggd reader Mod Mischief noted that there was a better looking version of the same idea we posted earlier this week of an old iMac repurposed into a hamster house, and upon review, we have to who...
This is quite the collection! This pizza restaurant in Thornbury, Australia creates a wonderful, interesting ceiling decor with its rows of wooden rolling pins. Perhaps it could be replicated on a ...
We've had our own obsession with chickens on Re-Nest, and we found this week's New Yorker article on the resurgence of chicken keeping completely in line with our thinking on the matter. The author,...
We love composting because it reduces food waste and it's good for things that grow. So we're liking this idea for a public trashcan that processes the food that's tossed into it into compost, and t...
We came across some fantastic photos from the recent Pop Up Shop for Where The Wild things Are and although the show, clothing and concept are all quite awesome in their own right, we found ourselves ...
Remember the bags made out of banned Brazilian billboards that we blogged about last year? Well, Columbus museum, Wexner Center for the Arts, has taken a cue from the concept and teamed up with...
We all know Etsy contains a wealth of upcycled goodies, handmade housewares, and vintage ephemera. But despite all its brilliance and talent, Etsy can be wildly overwhelming to navigate. So, in th...
This simple home was built a few years ago on a hill side in Chile, and was designed to be low impact both in appearance and in its use of materials. Total cost? About $15,000......
Every day we pass a local hardware store on our bike ride home, and in the corner of their parking lot, next to the street, sits a pile of shipping pallets. The pile slowly dwindles throughout the w...
Fall is officially here; yesterday marked the beginning of autumn. Granted, it doesn't take much for us to become giddy over autumn, but seeing this hand-painted vintage bottle in a distinctly fall co...
I was recently inspired by 'No Impact Man' Colin Beavan and his antique shaving kit. I love the leather strip to sharpen the blades, and the whole "non disposable" factor. But I'm wondering, aside f...
Are you thinking about building a solar powered and water-efficient home? Then you might want to get yourself to Washington, D.C. next month and check out The Solar Decathlon, a Department of ...
Buy second hand and keep stuff alive longer! Lots of great furniture finds New York and San Francisco in today's PM Scavenger......
Maybe you've noticed that the Parsons table, in the myriad incarnations of its simple, balanced form, is one of the most frequently advertised items in our Scavenger posts. The reason for the t...
Buy second hand and keep stuff alive longer! Lots of great furniture finds Chicago, Boston, and Washington, D.C in today's AM Scavenger......
OK. We'll admit it ... these definitely fall into the light green category. But they're so adorable, we had to share them......
Yesterday was the first (official) day of fall and we're past the time when we should be writing about tents, but we're feeling a little wistful about the passing of summer. As we cross the thr...
Driving through Bethesda this weekend, we happened upon the Montgomery Farm Women's Cooperative Market and wandered in for the first time in years. We were delighted to find that the flea mark...
If you're like us, you've felt overwhelmed at times by all of the recalls, chemicals, and other toxins lurking in the environment and even in your baby's toys or sippy cup. Well, Jennifer Taggart's b...
Need to get away from the world? You got it. This private, rustic bungalow located in Sullivan County, New York is handcrafted from 100-year-old reclaimed barn wood and, with no water or elec...
Google came in at #79 out of 500
When we buy something for our home, we do a quick materials check: nontoxic, recyclable, organic, etc. Something we do less often (but something that is equally impor...
We just discovered the work of Dos Family, a band of three friends and photographers in Sweden... We are especially loving some of the kitchens in their home tours; they are bright, down-to-earth, and...
Some technology just doesn’t change. Around for decades, water storage tubes provide thermal mass to moderate indoor air temperatures. Use to store heat during the day and keep warm at night,...
Names: Katy and Tighe
Location: Vashon, Washington
Size: 850 square feet
Years lived in: 1 year, rented
Back when Katy and Tighe were city dwellers, they lived a semi-country life. They built a gre...
Softwood, which grows faster and is more sustainable than hardwood, is generally unsuitable for the outdoors. A new process called "kebonization" aims to turn softwood into something more durab...
Founders Annie Novak and Ben Flanner at the Rooftop Farm on Eagle Street
200,000 pounds of soil, 1,000 earthworms, and 6,000 square-feet of industrial rooftop in Greenpoint, Brooklyn: not a typical ...
Here at Re-Nest, we're big fans of the eco-friendly high design from Viva Terra. Today we happened upon the fall furniture sale that's ushering in the season. The sale prices offer a pretty good savin...
Q: Somehow my dog and cat have brought home a case of the fleas! They're not too bad YET, but I'd like to get rid of these things as quickly and painlessly as possible. My husband is ready to nuclear...
If you're looking for a change in your home, painting is the easiest way to shake things up, and you'll undoubtedly want to go with a low or no VOC paint. But with all the options available, which ...
Buy second hand and keep stuff alive longer! Lots of great furniture finds New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles in today's PM Scavenger......
Product: Penguin Home Soda Maker
Designer: SodaStream
Price: $199.95
Rating: Strong Recommend*
Just days after I'd gotten deep into replacing our cans of fizzy water at the office with an entry l...
Buy second hand and keep stuff alive longer! Lots of great furniture finds Chicago, Boston, and Washington, D.C in today's AM Scavenger......
There are all sorts of levels of urban homesteading. We'd argue that if you grow your own tomatoes and can the extras for winter, you're a bit of a homesteader. But then there are the more dedicated/e...
Designed by Mathieu Lehanneur and David Edwards, the ANDREA amplifies the natural ability of houseplants to absorb and metabolize noxious airborne chemicals. The concept originated from the col...
Is it state of the economy or the environment that's given us a new way of looking at things? We don't know about you but we've noticed that lately we're less about the new and more about the re-pu...
In the fast paced world of food, organic companies and products seem to be taking the largest leaps forward. That means they also have the greatest appeal for larger parent companies looking to snatch...
Insta-wallpaper for renters? I've loved Shaker peg rails for a long time, especially because they are so multi-purpose. BUT I'd never known that the Shakers also used them during the winter to help ...
Remember when those 250 square-foot apartments were for sale in San Francisco? We thought that was small, but check out this 175 square-footer up for sale in NYC......
As you can tell with last week's post, we're totally into the current trends of patchwork and granny chic decor. When we came across this chair makeover by Austin resident Stephanie Lewis, we had to s...
If there's one thing we have learned in the last few months (the Summer of Food, as we like to think of it), it's that we should cut back our meat consumption. Thanks to Food, Inc., Michael Pollan, ...
Uh-oh. You've probably heard by now that last month the Federal Trade Commission charged four companies that sell bamboo-made textiles with false advertising for claiming their products were still b...
Instead of a concrete or gravel driveway, the Cordell Shipping Container House has a driveway made out of recycled glass. It's called Filterpave, a combination of granite and 100% post consume...
A while ago we asked if it was time to change to a more natural makeup regimen. Now that we've gotten that out of the way, there's just one more thing in our bathroom that needs changing. Ladies, th...
Since taking office earlier this year, the Obama’s brought much attention to organic gardening with their vegetable garden. Their latest green home effort? Getting the White House LEED certified &...
Q: I always try to fix things before replacing them with something new. I've been trying to find out how I can repair my rubber gloves for a day or so now, and I haven't come up with any ideas. One of...
We've written before about having your soil tested for lead before you start a vegetable garden, and here are a couple more resources that will help you do just......
Buy second hand and keep stuff alive longer! Lots of great furniture finds New York, San Francisco, and Los Angeles in today's PM Scavenger......
I’ve always said if you can only invest money in one room of the house — or, in this case, one section of the studio — pick the bedroom. It’s where we theoretically spend 1/3 of...
Buy second hand and keep stuff alive longer! Lots of great furniture finds Chicago, Boston, and Washington, D.C in today's AM Scavenger......
We've seen used skateboard decks repurposed in a lot of ways, but we'd never seen them hung up like art. What do you think. Does it work?...
Ohdeedoh first featured SewnNatural's picnic blanket in June of this year. Not one to stick to summer-only stuff, we found a lot more great, organic items including nap mats (which roll up or f...
We don't cook that often but when we do, we always make sure to save glass jars for repurposing. They're sturdier than plastic bags for toting items and look great in a group displaying flowers...
Names: Susannah and Jeff
Location: Seattle
Renovation Budget: $9,000 (and they came in under!)
Susannah and Jeff used to live in Chicago and we were lucky enough to be able to feature their sma...
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