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...
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...
Toots and Magoo is another one of those stores that can't be summed up in just a couple words. What do they sell? Officially, it's Art, Antiques and Paper Goods, but they are constantly evolving &md...
Here's a nursery that is so much more than just a nursery. John Dromgoole's Natural Gardener is chock-full of gorgeous plants, but it's also a place to learn every caveat of organic gardening in Texa...
There was a time when we cut back on calories by using one of those cooking oil sprays. You know, the ones in the can? Now we’ve switched to pouring olive oil out of the bottle, but we often pour to...
Cute, cute, cute. Donna Halloran of Fabricadabra makes decorative pillow covers that use all natural and non-toxic dyes and fabrics, most of which are handwoven. We were browsing through her site ...
Italian furniture designer Tumidei Spa has some unique interiors which maximize the use of space. Whether you're in the market for this type of furniture, or just want some inspiration, there are pl...
What does Bono think? That's what we're wondering right now. Apparently, U2 lead guitarist David Evans (aka the Edge) wants to build five modern homes on a hillside overlooking Malibu's coast. As m...
Considering how much we write about green building and green homes here at Re-nest, it's shocking to consider the fact that we've never really highlighted the workers who build them. That's why The Gr...
Everyone can glean inspiration from this list of top urban farms in America. Not only do they make use of urban spaces that would otherwise harbor just asphalt, but they give people in the community a...
This week The Washington Post Home & Garden section focuses on laundry and clothes: find energy-efficient washers, read Tim Gunn's advice on closet organization, and tour a redone laundry room. ...
It's bathroom month here, and that gives us yet another excuse to bring up... toilet paper! We talk a lot about TP here. We've talked about using less, about going recycled, and even about alternative...
The tiny house movement continues to hold strong, with coverage by big media outlets such as CNN, the Oprah Winfrey show, and now the Economist. The British magazine focuses on two builders we've fe...
Least Is most. There's something poetic about pallets. These are just a couple of statements made by Tiny Free House creator Michael Janzen about his project of making a house out of wooden shipping...
March is Kitchen & Bath month here at Re-nest, so we thought we'd start things off by discussing one of the more controversial green bathroom topics: composting toilets. We don't know too much about ...
From the GreenBuild show in Boston to the International Builders' Show in Las Vegas, green building products are taking center stage: From a vertical wind turbine you can actually buy (but maybe not a...
It’s safe to assume that reading the news online is greener than reading the paper, right? Many people have cancelled their newspapers to not only save a little green, but also be a little green. We...
Building practices in North Carolina are some of the greenest of any state, from the Southern Homes LEED certified Idea House, to the Greenbridge Development, to Carrboro's green high school - so it'...
Last week, The New York Times helped demystify the meaning of Thread Count. Today, they've moved on to the greenwashing of mattresses — how do the labels organic, eco-friendly and the very vague...
OK. We're kidding. We swear. We are not advocating for a 5th "R." However, we just read a fascinating article in the San Francisco Chronicle about "returnistas" -- people who buy things (the Chronicl...
When we wrote our earlier post about storing apples for the winter we hadn't yet read the piece in today's New York Times on the root cellar. Seems like gardeners, CSA-advocates, and other cooks inter...
The Scrap Exchange is a non-profit located in downtown Durham, North Carolina, that is dedicated to collecting and redistributing industrial discards and reclaimed materials. The store organizes com...
As a renter, we began to think about all the possibilities thinner and more flexible solar cells could afford: could we have solar power, without having to install panels on the roof?...
Ken Dunn—the Tribune's pick for the "Chicagoan with the lowest carbon footprint"—doesn't own a solar home, nor does he have wind turbines on his roof. He lives on the top floor of a two-flat in ...
Builder Brad Kittel makes these Texas "Tiny Houses" from 95% recycled materials. The only new elements of the home are electric systems, plumbing, and insulation. Unlike modern prefab mini-homes, ea...
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