apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

Thanks to Rowena who pointed out that Martha Stewart has blogged her favorite eco-friendly way to clean up her pets' accidents (specifically when they grace her sisal carpeting which is normally a total nightmare to clean).

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We talk a lot about the wonders of adding a coat of paint to spruce up, well, life. It seems the right color can transform a room or a piece of furniture into something so awesome you hardly recognize it. Painting is normally a quick endeavor that can happen in an afternoon or over a weekend. Make it green by checking out a paint that doesn't have harmful fumes and toxins, aka a low or no VOC (Volatile Organic Compounds) paint:

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Hanging out in the returns area at Ikea we were reminded a) we hate returning things, it always takes forever and b) oh yeah you can recycle toner cartridges, light bulbs and batteries at Ikea.

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Have stubborn rust stains in your toilet bowl? If you live in an older apartment then chances are you do. As much as we try to stay green with our cleaning products, sometimes it seems like you have to go harsh to tackle a major stain like rust. But we just read on the queen of clean that Tang sprinkled around the bowl and left for an hour or two will do the trick. And it's non toxic.

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We can now count Target as a supplier of great living wreaths along with one of our favorites, vivaterra. We bought our Christmas tree at the Target in Culver City and spied these little gems in the garden center. They're pretty and compact and, of course, alive. What we especially love is that once the season is over we can plant these in our garden, give away cuttings to our friends or just keep the wreath alive for as long as we want.

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Yes I live without a dishwasher. I'm certain I can't be the only one. I also do a lot of baking which means a lot of washing up. Did I mention I only have a one sink sink, instead of a two sided sink?

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image from pegasus librarian

Comfort. With this latest cold snap it's a great reminder that it does get cold in LA. So maybe it didn't freeze, but we still woke up with condensation on the insides of our windows! We need some comfort!

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2 and a half days. That's all it took to install the Ray Kappe designed 4 million dollar prefab homage to green living. Not bad, we say. It's sure to make the neighbors jealous... and inspire them to go green.

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These are probably for kids , but we don't care, they're too irresistable to leave them to the little ones. Each animal silhouette is a piece of hand cut vintage wallpaper that comes wrapped in a tube with brush, paste and instructions so that even a wallpaper novice would have zero trouble installing one.
(also available in crocodile.)

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