Apartment Therapy: best products

The 10 Greenest Brands in America

What do all of these brands and products have in common? Apparently, they're the greenest brands in America according to a recent survey. Do you agree? Check out the full list after the jump... ...

The Best Low-Flow (Yet High Pressure) Showerheads
The New York Times

We all know the green merits of going with a low-flow showerhead; typically it's the first piece of advice given to green newbies wondering what steps they should take to live a more sustainable lif...

Best Market Baskets

French Market Basket, $39 We love the bounty of summer. The stands at the farmer's market this past weekend were heavy with high summer produce. I had my reusable bags with me at the time, but I co...

Best Product: Target's Organic Cotton Sheets
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Ahhhh...It took us awhile, but when we finally admitted it was time to buy a new set of sheets, we knew just where to go. We'd been debating which organic cotton sheets to buy for quite some time. B...

Top 5: Eco-Friendly Textiles You've Never Heard Of

We know you've heard of organic cotton, bamboo and hemp textiles, but what about textiles made from algae? Soy? Pine pulp? Stinging nettles? (Yes, stinging nettles.) We have a few surprises in ...

Top 10 Green Building Products of 2009
Sustainable Industries

Every year business magazine Sustainable Industries publishes a list of the Top 10 Green Building Products, and they recently released their new 2009 version. The winners were selected based on the...

Best Eco Paints 2009: No-VOC and Non-Toxic

It's a very common question here on Re-nest: what's the best non-toxic paint? You want to paint your home, but you don't want the fumes to make you sick or off-gas for years to come. So, readers, w...

Gwyneth's Green Picks

Gwyneth's GOOP that arrived in our inbox today is all about products geared toward living a greener life - we always find it interesting to see what eco-entrepreneurs are working on. As Gwyneth says:...

YOLO Colorhouse Zero-VOC Interior Paint
in the Test Lab

Product: YOLO Colorhouse Zero-VOC Interior Paint Designer: YOLO Colorhouse Rating: Strong Recommend We're always on the lookout for great eco-friendly and zero VOC paints, and so we were excited wh...

Best Air Purifiers 2009

It's been awhile since I've thought about rounding up air purifiers, but I'm more than ready, since I've become a bit of an air purifier nut over the years and have two in the office and two at home...

Canadian Tire's Reusable Shopping Bag

This is our favorite reusable shopping bag. Available at home/ garden/ hardware superstore Canadian Tire, the bag is big (16Â½ h x 14 w x 7" d), strong, and cheap ($0.89)......

Best Bath Products: LUSH Cosmetics

We first heard about LUSH from friends who lived in England and raved about their bath bombs. When LUSH opened up shop in Chicago we got to see first hand that LUSH is great for so many reasons other...

Roundup: A Few Favorites from VivaTerra

Barcelona Storage Bench, $398 While browsing through VivaTerra's website recently, we came across a number of items we really dug, including the Barcelona Storage Bench shown above. So we decided to...

BuildingGreen: 2008 Top-10 Green Building Products

Recently BuilidingGreen, publisher of GreenSpec and Evironmental Building News, announced their choices for the 2008 Top-10 Green Building Products. Included in the list are products made from natura...

Best Product: American Pride Paint

This is one of those things we're sure we've blogged before, but we haven't. (Stephanie did mention it during the Green Cure.)American Pride is a reasonably priced, high-performing green synthetic pa...

Reisenthel's Colorful Market Bags

We were feeling a little over-market-bagged there for a while. String bags, canvas bags, market baskets ... you name it, we've tried it a few times and then packed it away with all its other market ba...

Best Product: Norm 69

We've fielded a few questions about the provenance of this lamp. It's the one that hangs over the dining room table in our house -- you might remember it if you've read the tour post. Like everythi...

July Best Posts: Indoor Bicycle Storage, Polyurethane Alternatives, and CleanVia Concentrate

Several ways to store a bicycle indoors, alternatives to polyurethane, and our favorite green multipurpose cleaner… [links after the jump]...

July Best Posts: Innovative Store, Cleaning Wood Floors and Leaving on the Lights

An innovative green store; keeping wood floors clean; and a green way to leave on the lights… [links after the jump]...

Best Product: Vida Cork

We're big fans of Vida Cork. Its best asset? A UV-cured oil urethane finish that's durable, but not too shiny.We liked it when we installed it two years ago, and it's holding up well— for the most par...

Best Product: Multi-Pure

Refills are annoying... and questionably green. For us, that goes for Swiffers, razor blades, inkjet cartridges, and water filters, and it's especially painful when the refill costs almost as much a...

Best Product: Squeegee, Not Shower Spray

We just don't feel comfortable spraying mysterious combinations of chemicals just to keep our shower clean. And, if you think about it, buying something that's mostly water and which is intended to g...

Best Products: Moving Blankets

When we worked at an art gallery, we used to blanket wrap sculptures and furniture all the time. Blanket pads are inexpensive, reusable, and minimize packaging. Skimming through Metropolis, we notic...

Green Investment: Le Creuset's Enameled Cast Iron Skillet

Our cupboard is full of teflon. That's probably one thing that we'd confess, if we were into true green confessions. Yes, we've been slaves to nonstick cookware ever since we moved out from under mo...

Top 10: Well-Designed Ceiling Fans

Finding an attractive ceiling fan is not easy. (This does not apply if your idea of attractive includes "Plantation Faux Leather with Brushed Antique Brass Trim" or "Tiffany Charmaigne Craftsman O...

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