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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and... Reupholster?
Natural Home Magazine

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...

Hot or Not? Shopping Bag Lampshade
Natural Home magazine

Just came across this Shopping Bag Lampshade over at Natural Home magazine. If you like it, you can make it. Instructions below the jump. ...

A Rammed Earth House in Wyoming
Natural Home magazine

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'...

How To: Make This Eco-Vase

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...

Vote Now! A Barn Inspired Wisconsin Retreat
Natural Home Favorite 15

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...

50 Ways to Use Less, Waste Less
Blogging Natural Home magazine

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 ...

Good Quote: Buy Local ... Plus 5 More Gift Buying Rules
San Francisco Chronicle 12.14.2008

"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...

Secrets of PVC Free Building
Blogging Natural Home Magazine

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...

Blogging Natural Home Magazine: Kitchen of the Year

We were still pondering Hugh's question about green kitchens yesterday when we came across this 148-square-foot beauty....

Blogging Natural Home Mag: Biomimicry - Home Design Inspired by Nature

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...

Green Ideas: LED Ambiance

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...