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Posts tagged “Eco-Friendly”

The Best Interior Paints are Low-VOC and Inexpensive
Consumer Reports

A lot has changed with paints—even in the last year more paint companies have changed their formulas from high-VOC to low-VOC and even to no-VOC. And they're probably not the big name eco-frie...

Roundup: Eco-Friendly Stains

We've covered the range of eco-friendly paints before, but finding eco-friendly stains can be a little bit tougher. But they are out there, and ready to use for your project, low-VOC's and all. Chec...

How To Make Eco-Friendly Laundry Detergent
Home Hacks

Yesterday Emily showed us how to make a number of bathroom cleaners with just a few simple ingrediants. Along the same lines we're going to show you how to make your own eco-friendly laundry deterg...

Etsy Find: Eco Dog Accessories

Pardon the pun, but these creative dog feeders found on Etsy totally bowled us over. With stainless steel removable bowls nestled into vintage wooden crates, they make the perfect accent for the right...

The Quest for the Best Eco-Friendly Yoga Mat

We tried yoga a while back, but the experience left us, well, not relaxed. Needless to say, that hardly-used yoga mat went straight to Goodwill. But now we're ready to give it another chance, after he...

Wallpaper by Camilla Diedrich

Swedish designer Camilla Diedrich's wallpapers are stunningly beautiful, full of movement and excitement. We simply can't get over the luminescence she is able to achieve. (Note: some of the sample...

Duckpond: Building A Sustainable Home

We were first introduced to Duckpond, an Australian website, about a year and half ago via one of our daily "go to" stops, Desire to Inspire, and we've been following John and Cecilia's progress in b...

Target.com: Eco-Friendly Gets Its Own Section

We aren't big shoppers, but we can spend hours at Target. We love their organic cotton sheets (a lot). We love browsing there. We've even started picking up organic cereal from time to time. So whe...