Zip-A-Way: Removable Window Sealant
Just the other day we were starting to think about winterizing our home for the season, when we got a great tip from one of our favorite home improvement gurus, Lou Manfredini. Lou suggested that as...
Posts tagged “painting, fixing & repair”
A Ribbon Apartment in Manhattan
Young designer Alan YL Chan took on the difficult task of personally renovating his 400 square feet dark, cramped and deteriorating Manhattan apartment – all while living in it and only 3 years ou...
Rating DIY Projects: What's Worth It and What's Not
The Los Angeles Times
After renovating most of my own home, there are certainly some things I'd recommend doing myself, and somethings that are better left to the pros. The renovator of a 1920's bungalow in L.A. recently...
The Lofts At Cherokee Studios
Cherokee Studios is the place where many of rock's legendary musicians have recorded the albums that have gone on to garner Platinum status. But the former recording studio, now converted to live-wo...
RainTube: Perforated Gutter Protection
There is nothing more frustrating than gutters that are clogged during the fall and then ice-damaged during the winter. It's bad for your house and a nuisance to repair. RainTube, one of Sustainable...
5 Green Home Repair Projects Under $50
It’s Fall Cure time on Apartment Therapy and Re-Nest, and one of this week's tasks is to fix something yourself. This morning Cambria provided a How-To Home Repair list from Apartment Therapy's ar...
Cohda's Re-Vive Dining/Desk Legs
We often come up with great ideas for our apartment, but our non-existent handyman skills prevent them from ever becoming a reality. (You ever wonder who hires those people who'll put together IKEA...
DIY Fixes for 5 Common Bathroom Issues
A serene bathroom is not only beautiful but functional. Unfortunately, for most of us something in the bathroom always causes us problems, whether it's a running toilet or a dripping sink. But bef...
Illinois Dedicates $242 Million to Home Weatherization
Here in Chicago, the cold winters can make for high heating bills and lots of energy use, so we were happy to hear Governor Pat Quinn announce that a chunk of federal stimulus money will go to Illi...
An Upholstering Primer: Part 2 of 4 — Finding a Good Upholstery Atelier
Guest Post from Matthew Haly of The Furniture Joint
An example of 8-way hand-tied springs True upholstery ateliers —or as they are more commonly known, upholstery studios— consist of a wide range of services. They normally offer everythin...
Look! Go Green By Minimizing
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Just in time for the Fall 2009 Green Cure... A big goal for us this year was to clean and organize our home, and part of that meant minimizing. So, once we went paperless, we had a lot less need for...
Remarkable Repairs Competition at Platform21
Dutch design group Platform21 (remember their IKEA hack contest?) recently held a remarkable repairs competition and posted a Repair Manifesto that opposes throwaway culture, encourages people to vi...
The Fixers' Collective: If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It!
The Fixers' Collective in the Proteus Gowanus gallery in Brooklyn is an art project turned community group that, well, fixes things. The collective began as part of a yearlong exhibition called “M...
Etsy Find: Upcycled Vintage Plates by Le Petit Boutique
We love these bright and clever upcycled plates – used to eat from or purely for display they’re an unique way to insert a pop of color into your home…...
A Sweet Green Kitchen Remodel
There's nothing more disheartening than looking at an over-the-top green remodel. All we can ever think about is how we'll never be able to afford anything like it .... ever. So a tasteful, small-scal...
Molly Worth of Chairloom: Reuse and Reinvent
Re-Nest Interview
We've said it before: reupholstering furniture is a very green practice. Molly Worth of Chairloom is a 3rd-generation reupholsterer based out of Philadelphia. We first met her at the Brooklyn Flea...
Painted Dresser as Kitchen Island
Another testament to the transformative power of paint: this dresser-turned-kitchen-island. With a fresh coat of paint, a few new accessories and a proper top, it makes a perfect budget-friendly kit...
Is Bathtub Resurfacing Green?
Good Question
Q: My husband and I recently purchased a 1960's era ranch style home in the Bay Area. We would like to spruce up our bathroom while a) not spending a lot of money, and b) trying to be as green as we c...
Hot Tip: Get The Most From Your Curbside Shopping
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...
Jennifer's DIY Workspace & Home Office
Before & After
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 combi...
Unexpected Color: Urban Art Installations by Samuel Francois
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…...
Kebonization Turns Softwood into Hardwood
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 durable fo...
Paints: Choosing the Best Among the Low & No VOCs
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 ...
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and... Reupholster?
Natural Home Magazine
Did you know that the 4th largest contributor to landfills is discarded furniture? We didn't until we stumbled upon an article from Natural Home magazine's archives about the lost art of reupholsterin...
5 Ideas to Make Over Your Furniture
Fall, and the itch to redo our home comes over us. We're not talking something small -- adding pillows, a throw, an arrangement of branches instead of flowers -- we're talking major. The desire to ...
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