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Sitting pretty with green furniture
Renters have a tough time competing with homeowners when it comes to going green. So, is it possible for renters to make environmentally positive residential decisions, without driving the landlord crazy? Yes, and a great place to start is with home furnishings – with green-savvy furniture choices, it’s possible to look good and to do [...]
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10 easy ways to be greener in 2013
This list of green living tips for beginners makes a lifestyle change as easy as counting to ten. Welcome to the world of sustainability! When you’re just starting out, it can seem like an overwhelming and expensive lifestyle. Learning to distinguish legitimate green products from posers, catching good deals on organic foods and products, and [...]
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Urban Woods includes Sandy debris in sustainable design initiative
In a collective effort to protect the environment and show a little care for our health and wellbeing, many creative minds turn their attention to sustainable design and try to incorporate as many eco-friendly materials in their works as possible. Urban Wood Goods (UWG), a Chicago-based company, envisions a different future for the tons of [...]
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Be a good person – recycle old electronics
Oh that shiny iPhone 5 has got all of the Apple fanatics ready to lose sleep and shill out some big bucks. But what to do with the old tech that goes by the wayside when the “latest and greatest” hits the streets? This doesn’t just apply to smartphones. A lot of us get rid [...]
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5 Pallet conversions that wow
As with everything else in life, if it’s the fruit of your work and imagination, it probably tastes better. Home remodeling requires a lot of creativity, if you want your digs to appear stylish and comfortable. And we all know rental properties can be awfully boring without the inspired touch of a design enthusiast. But [...]
7 practical household uses for pesky plastic bags
Try as you might with your reusable grocery sacks and polite decline when the checkout person asks, “Would you like a bag for that,” some how a seeming million of those annoying plastic grocery sacks still manage to find their way into your house. Luckily, these annoying little sacks also have about a million uses. [...]
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Raw wood furnishings bring rustic beauty to the city
Skip the shiny varnish and paint. Opt to let wood’s natural beauty shine. The beauty of raw wood has made its way back into American homes after a nearly 30 year sabbatical. Free of varnishes, paints, and other distractions, minimally treated wood furnishings are the perfect way to represent your passion for natural living. In [...]
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Selecting reclaimed wood for your DIY projects
Not every piece of old wood will make good furniture for your home. Thinking to decorate your rental with a rustic, DIY project? Simply watching home shows on TV might not help. Those guys make it seem so easy. They stroll up to a decrepit barn, snatch off a plank off wood that magically transforms [...]
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Make a difference by cycling
Recycling, downcycling, freecycling and upcycling, are all things you can do to help reduce waste and make the planet a cleaner, better place. We all know about recycling. You put the appropriate materials in the appropriate blue bins, or put it all in the one big blue bin provided by the city and it gets [...]
Green ideas to implement in the New Year
If you are making a list of resolutions for the approaching new year’s holiday, here’s a suggestion: how about adding a little greenery to the list? We’ve all come a long way in our quest to be a greener nation, recycling as much as we can, trying to find alternative ways to get to work [...]
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Furnish your place with recycled stuff
If you’ve ever considered how many natural resources it takes to produce all the inexpensive furniture that IKEA (and hundreds of other high-volume production furniture companies) sell around the globe each year, then you might have thought about how you can personally reduce your consumption of these products. But how about challenging yourself to create [...]
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