Did you know that the 4th largest contributor to landfills is discarded furniture? We didn't until we stumbled upon an article from Natural Home magazine's archives about the lost art of reupholsterin...
Just came across this Shopping Bag Lampshade over at Natural Home magazine. If you like it, you can make it. Instructions below the jump. ...
When we hear the words "rammed earth," our minds immediately conjure up images of hobbit-like houses carved out of hillsides. However, that is definitely not the case with Tom Ward and Katherine Reey'...
This little craft project is perfect if you've just finished pruning the trees and bushes in your yard. Or, if you live in a wooded area, it might be possible to gather enough fallen branches and twig...
Remember the awesome house tour we featured back in September, A Barn Inspired Wisconsin Retreat? Natural Home has chosen it as one of their favorite 15 homes featured in the past 10 years of the maga...
We're slow to settle on new year's resolutions. Here it is, January 14, and we still haven't finalized our list. We figure we have about two more weeks to mull it over. In the meantime, we think the ...
"It could be the greenest product in the world, but if it came here from China, it doesn't really matter." - Robyn Griggs Lawrence, editor in chief of Natural Home magazine Get Griggs Lawrence's ex...
PVC is nasty. From start to finish it is a toxic material beginning with hazardous chemicals to make, off-gasses, essentially does not decompose, and causes heath problems such as cancer. So why do we...
We were still pondering Hugh's question about green kitchens yesterday when we came across this 148-square-foot beauty....
It's designing with lessons learned from nature. Biomimicry was coined by Janine Benyus in her book, Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature. Biomimicry in interior design can follow seven steps l...
No, it isn't a UFO...it's an idea we got from Natural Home Magazine and used at our last dinner party to create great, "greener" ambiance. We took our depression-ware parfaits glasses, placed a rec...
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