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Posts tagged “best products”

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...

Best Product: Target's Organic Cotton Sheets

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 tim...

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...

Best Product: Seventh Generation Free & Clear Glass & Surface Cleaner

The hunt is over. This stuff really works. Searching for the perfect green cleaning product can be a long and arduous task. While there are many good green cleaning products on the market, finding on...

Best Product: American Clay

We love clay plaster. It is one of the world's oldest and most venerable building materials, traditionally applied in thick layers over reed or wood lath in a method called wattle and daub. But then...

Best Products: CleanVia

CleanVia CV-1000 has been a well-kept secret in Portland, Oregon for too long. CleanVia is an all-natural, vegetable based cleaner that started life as a food-safe industrial cleaner. We use it all ...

Green by Omission: YOLO Colorhouse Paint

Unexpected, intelligent twists can make or break a design or a green product. YOLO Colorhouse paint is water-based, Green Seal certified, and zero-VOC, which helps to make Yolo more environmentall...