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Posts tagged “fabrics & textiles”

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: Ronel Jordaan

We really liked Ronel Jordaan's booth at the New York International Gift Fair. Using natural fibers (mostly 100% merino wool) that are hand-dyed and hand-felted by a group of trained women in South ...

Parkhaus Berlin: Wool and Felt Home Accessories

We really love the cozy home accessories from Parkhaus Berlin. Made with wool and felt, the design company features baskets, bins, tabletop wares, cushions, curtains, cozies, even laptop covers. W...

Heath Ceramics: Handcrafted Tile and Tableware

Heath Ceramics is chock full of lovely things that we just can't get enough of. Heath is one of the few remaining mid-century American potteries still in existence today, and they remain a small, l...

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...

Eco Linen by Calvin Fabrics

We love linen. The look is earthy and sensual, and it filters light beautifully. True linen should be made from flax fibers (as opposed to synthetic fibers, which is more commonplace nowadays) and...

Style and Substance: Reversible Totes from Green Girl

We've posted quite a bit recently on reusable bags (and more reusable bags). Maybe it's because the warmer weather has us thinking about farmer's markets, flea markets, our CSA share — all o...

Greener Carpet Made from Corn by Mohawk

There are a couple new lines of carpet from Mohawk are easier to clean (with just water and no harsh chemicals), require 30 percent less energy to make and last just as long. One is made from recycled...

Look: Eco-friendly and Gorgeous Textile Resource!
Austin

Just in time for the holiday season, we've fallen in love with a gorgeous new textile company that specializes in heirloom-quality, all natural, eco-friendly fabrics. And they are beautiful! They loo...

Amenity: Organic Holiday Textiles

Oh, Amenity, how we love you...now if only we could afford you. But there's good news for our fellow big-print, organic-fabric lovers! Amenity's new — very lovely — organic holiday line ...

Upholstery Inspiration from Rubie Green

Made from 100 percent organic cotton, Rubie Green's upholstery-grade fabrics are printed in the US using water-based, non-toxic inks. Designs are available in a range of modern and classic prints—no...

Greetje Van Tiem recycled newspaper yarn

Wow, talk about recycling newspapers being a good thing! This gorgeous yarn is actually made of newspapers! Designer Greetje Van Tiem takes old newspaper and spins them into these spools, then makes ...