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Roundup: A Few Favorites from VivaTerra

Barcelona Storage Bench, $398 While browsing through VivaTerra's website recently, we came across a number of items we really dug, including the Barcelona Storage Bench shown above. So we decided to...

4 Serene Furnishings from VivaTerra

We know and love VivaTerra for its eco-friendly but still refined home furnishings. We found some of their newer items that could work equally well in any room of the house, from a casual living ...

3 Holiday Hostess Gift Ideas from VivaTerra
Holiday Catalog 2008

As the holidays approach, the number of dinner parties we're invited to increases each week. We always struggle to come up with a hostess gift that is a bit more unique than a bottle of wine. We spied...

VivaTerra Holiday 2008 Catalog: Useful and Beautiful

It was with a renewed commitment to keep unnecessary items out of our home that we picked up the VivaTerra Holiday 2008 catalog this morning. There were plenty of beautiful things to look at -- but we...

Hot or Not?: Boatwood Clock from VivaTerra
Washington DC

If you can't escape this August, how about a purchase from overseas? The wood in this clock comes from dismantled Thai fishing boats. Sold by VivaTerra for $69. What do you think? Survey below the...

Misprint Collection: Imperfect Soda Cans at VivaTerra

This is inventive: The designers at VivaTerra have convinced some sheet metal factories to hand over their misprinted cans. They're then taking the metal and transforming it into useful items (lik...

Bamboo Box Knife Holders from VivaTerra

Over the last few holidays and birthdays, we've been building a nice little collection of Wusthof knives. They're quite a luxury (it pays to have a mother who looks at knives the way Carrie Bradshaw...

VivaTerra Summer 2008 Catalog: Our Favorites

The VivaTerra Summer 2008 Catalog came in the mail yesterday. When that happens, we like to sit back, flip through the pages and see what's new. And, honestly, this time around a lot of the items we...

Rice & Feed Laundry Bag & Wastebasket at VivaTerra

We usually see products made from rice bags in muted, earthy canvas colors, which is why these from VivaTerra made us pay more attention than usual....

Recycled Round Wine Tumblers at VivaTerra

For some strange reason, it didn't occur to us until today how similar VivaTerra's Recycled Round Wine Tumblers are to Reidel's Stemless Glasses... yet they're eco-friendly. ...

Spring 2008 VivaTerra Catalog: Our Favorites

The Spring 2008 VivaTerra Catalog has been on our coffee table for a while now, and we just finally got a chance to flip through the pages. We really like VivaTerra, but we have one small complaint...

Peroba Collection at VivaTerra

We have to admit that it gives us the creeps a little bit to think of using wood from a tree that is nearly extinct. But perhaps even worse would be to let that wood rot away when old buildings ma...

August Best Posts: A Staple-less Stapler, Marmoleum Click by Forbo, and Vivaterra

Check out staplers without staples, super green flooring, and all the good stuff at Vivaterra. [links after the jump] ...