Apartment Therapy: organizing

Look! Cereal Box Drawer Organizer

Cereal boxes make great material for office DIY projects, since their dimensions work with standard paper and magazine sizes (case in point: this cereal box magazine holder). Here's another idea tha...

Best of 3: Home Recycling Storage Solutions

We've been considering an upgrade in the kitchen -- we need a better way to store our recycling. The system we have right now is pretty unattractive and not all that space-efficient. Which of these ...

Green Field Paper Company: Garlic Note Set

The greenest way to correspond is probably by e-mail -- no paper, no ink, no emissions shipping your note from one end of the country to the other, etc. However, we still like to keep our home offic...

Shoebox Surprise

Our most recent REI impulse purchase: this pair of Patagonia shoes. But this morning, the box became more interesting than the shoes — we feel like a kid at Christmas....

Braided Paper Office Accessories at Cost Plus

Spotted at Cost Plus: baskets and boxes made of rattan and recycled newspaper. Closeup after the jump......

Simple Green: Hidden Recycling & Trash Center

We recently moved into a new home - open floor plan, but small on Kitchen space. While we already had a nice stainless steel trashcan, we had no place to put it. We also really dislike the idea of ha...

Rearrange Your Furniture: Save Money and the Earth

We've been doing it since we were kids. We'd rearrange our bedroom on rainy weekends, exhilarated by the new feel of walking into a rearranged room. And we still do it. It's a great way to freshen up ...

U-Haul's Reusable Boxes

We're moving and trying out with different ways to go green in the process. We liked the idea of U-Haul's reusable boxes. They are preprinted with labels for multiple moves so that they can be easil...

simplehuman Upright Bag Holder at Crate and Barrel

Despite our best intentions, we still end up with the odd plastic bag or two. And they do have a purpose—they're great for transporting wet swimsuits and the like. But they're hard to keep in ...

How To: Go (Mostly) Paperless

For the first time in our lives, we're more paperless than we thought possible - both at work and at home. Although we still print the occasional paper, we've cut down a lot. Click below to find out...

Landing Strip Solution:
KangaRoom 3 Pod Bamboo Charging Station

Problem solved. We've been keeping an eye out for a solution like the 3Pod Bamboo Charging Station so we jumped on the opportunity to test it out. An added bonus was that it fit perfectly into the I...

Sliding Barn Door and Wall from Cliff Spencer

We have been obsessively going through all of Cliff Spencer's online portfolio today. There's something about the craftsmanship of his pieces that really appeal to us. Not to mention he's a Califor...

BYOB: Good Canvas Shopping Totes

If you aren't already bringing your own reusable tote bags to the grocery store, let us offer some inspiration. We bought this "Beet the System" bag at the Brooklyn Flea last weekend, and we're loving...

DWR Rubber Tub and Tote Collection

We recall seeing tire planters on sidewalks and gardens in our neighborhood back in the day, but we definitely don't recall ever seeing the average car tire looking so sophisticated. ...

A Sustainable Trash Can

There's something just plain wrong about buying a bin for recycling that's not made out of recycled material. Isn't there? Don't get us wrong -- we're totally guilty. Our recycle bin is a white pla...

Sackaroo: It's a Reusable Bag... For All Your Reusable Bags!

Yup, you got that right. And before you recoil in horror at the thought of yet another reusable bag, let us explain. Sackaroos are not intended for us urban folk who daintily tote home a few leaves ...

Recycled Rubber Tire Tubs at Design Within Reach

Our previous posts on recycled tire tubs and pots and baskets and buckets were extremely popular with our readers. Among the new items available from Design Within Reach are two sizes of recycled ti...

Riddling Racks by Vintage at Heart

We love the handcrafted wood Riddling Racks at Vintage at Heart. Made from repurposed oak, the texture, the age, the small cracks, splits, and knots in the wood all give them character. Here we show...

Great for the Bathroom: Bamboo Nesting Bowls by Bambu

On open shelves or tucked away in cabinets, we think these bamboo nesting bowls would be a great way to organize your bathroom stuff. Cotton balls, make-up, Q-Tips, and whatever else you rely on in th...

Eco-friendly Bath Goods from Gaiam

We like the look of natural materials with the usual white fixtures, tubs and sinks; eco-friendly items not only are a wise choice, they add that spa look. Last year we posted these finds from Gaiam ...

Rice & Feed Laundry Bag & Wastebasket at VivaTerra

We usually see products made from rice bags in muted, earthy canvas colors, which is why these from VivaTerra made us pay more attention than usual....

Felted Wool Tray and Bowl Set by Papaver Vert

Now, don't get us wrong. We don't think this felted wool jewelry tray is going to save the planet. But, every once in a while, we see something and we just really like it. We don'...

Izzy Design's Audrey Collection

We've got our eyes on these storage cabinets. They remind us of things we've seen at IKEA -- except these are made from post-consumer recycled materials, free of volatile organic compounds and PVC,...

Jar Tops by Jorre van Ast

We'd like to hang on to many of the diverse glass jars that cycle through our kitchen. But with limited space for storage, many jars find their way into the recycling bin before their time. These at...

2-Bin Recycle Center from The Container Store
The 10 Second Review

We've heard rumblings about The Container Store's 2-Bin Recycle Center before, so we checked it out in the store this weekend. Read on to see if we found it worthy......