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Terrain at Styer's: Bringing People and Plants Together

Terrain at Styer's outside of Philadelphia is the home/garden/lifestyle spin-off of Anthropologie and Urban Outfitters. It's an amazing resource for rare bulbs and beautiful home and gardening supp...

Green Home Chicago: Green Design Center

Located in Fulton Market District, Green Home Chicago is a must stop shop for anyone looking to green their home. Whether you’re looking for paint or tile for your bathroom or a cool piece of recl...

Renegade Handmade: 300 Artists and Tons of Talent

Renegade Handmade is a completely unique one-stop shop for DIY goods, featuring the work of over 300 artists! The mortar-and-brick store in Chicago was created as an extension of the über-popul...

Three Potato Four: A Collector's Dream

Three Potato Four was started by husband and wife team Janet Morales and Stu Eli who "both grew up collecting things," and started Three Potato Four because of their love of collections. It's one o...

Gift Fair 2009: Style de Vie

We totally have a thing for vintage ephemera, like maps and old educational wall charts. So we immediately fell in love with Style de Vie's booth at the Gift Fair. (Maxwell also told us to be on th...

Stray Dog Designs: Fetching Home Accessories

If whimsical, colorful and quirky decor is your thing, then you should check out Stray Dog Designs. Their design principles are simple: all items are handmade with careful construction from quality...

100 Abandoned Houses

When you think of a community that has faced the full spectrum of economic ups and downs, Detroit has to be near the top of the list. One artist has taken to photographing abandonment in Detroit. Th...

Baileys Home and Garden

To the folks at Baileys, it doesn’t really matter if something is old or new. They strive to sell things that are simple, useful and well made. This philosophy has resulted in a store that offers...

Kill Devil Hill

If antlers by the pound aren't your thing, there's always the handmade soap (by the owner's dad) at this Brooklyn shop which specializes in all things from the Industrial Revolution period......

Make Your Own Yellow Page Cardholder

While I don't plan on doing this myself anytime soon, nor is it as elegant as Afroditi Krassa's Yellow page Cardholder, this self made cardholder DOES recycle one of those yellow pages you have sittin...

Recycled Auto Part Nativity Scene, Chess Set and More
by Armando Ramirez

And the nativity scene is just the beginning ... Armando Ramirez has turned recycled auto parts into everything imaginable, including figures of a Web Programmer, Piano Man, Helicopter, Chess set and ...

360SEE Gallery

After you've browsed the green gifts at Grasshopper510, walk down the block to the new art gallery, 360SEE. If you’re looking for a different gallery experience, 360SEE is filling the sustainable ...

Grasshopper 510

Curious about the name? The grasshopper symbolizes prosperity, wisdom and a leap of faith; 510 represents the wavelength measurement in nanometers for the color green. Grasshopper 510 has a bit of e...

Simple Ways to Bring Natural Textures Into Your Home

This lovely photograph is from Meg and John's House Tour. They have an incredible home filled with natural textures, but this image in particular struck us with its simplicity. It proves that bringi...