Articles tagged “Furniture”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Prep Your Garden Bed with Newspapers By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Feb 27 2008 If you need to create a new garden bed, but don't want to resort to harsh chemicals, try this technique from the March 2008 issue of Martha Stewart Living. Lay stacks of four to six sheets of newsprint side by side on the grass, overlapping edges, to mark the desired shape of the bed. + READ MORE

Rehabilitate an Old Table with Veneer Tape By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Feb 26 2008 Green-living expert Danny Seo dramatically transformed an old scratched-up table, which he inherited with the house he just purchased, simply by applying iron-on veneer tape to its surface. I chose a bunch of the wood veneer "tape" in a variety of widths and colors.The veneer kit also came with a trimming tool so Seo... + READ MORE

Win Against Weeds, Naturally By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Feb 26 2008 Ah, weeds-the bane of every gardener. Give your plants some space: If your soil fertility allows, and you don't have problems with fungal disease, you can prevent weed growth by spacing plantings so that the mature crops will completely shade the spaces between rows, denying weeds the sunlight they need. + READ MORE

Turn Your Leftover Tyvek Into Something Else Altogether By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Feb 22 2008 Jasmin recently described how you can recycle Tyvek by sending it back for recycling; Planet Green has also demonstrated the making of wallets and laptop sleeves. + READ MORE

Repurpose a Vintage Suitcase into a Pet Bed By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Feb 12 2008 My cats love sleeping on top of our luggage-or inside if we happen to be packing for a trip-so maybe it's time I took the hint and gave them one of their own. Beside adding a snap-on strap on the back to prevent the suitcase from shutting on itself, Schueler also tucked a handmade squeaky dog toy into the interior... + READ MORE

Green Your Home For Savings: More Than We Previously Predicted By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Feb 5 2008 Philadelphia Architect Charlie Szoradi and real estate agent Cynthia Szoradi spent three years converting a '50s bungalow into an eco-sustainable home and learned a lot in the process.For example, where the RMI predicted savings of $58.10 per year by installing a programmable thermostat, Charlie predicts $180.Where we... + READ MORE

Build Your Own Murphy Bed By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Feb 1 2008 If you're short on space, or just looking to make better use of your square footage, a Murphy bed is a great way to free up a little extra room: it's a regular bed, when you need it; when you don't, it neatly folds up and gets out of the way (this configuration is pictured above). From there, it's a matter of finding... + READ MORE

Make a Dining Table From an Old Door By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Jan 31 2008 Designer Julia Crawford shows us how she turned her love of paper and repurposing old items into a slick dining table. + READ MORE

Build a Green Library: Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Jan 30 2008 This is the latest post in a series about recommended reading, for building a green library in your home. Ultimately, the book's most sentient takeaway is this: eating local (or any particular way of eating, for that matter) is not about self-denial while marking the days on a calendar until you can have a Big Mac;... + READ MORE

Detox Your Home: Wash Up With Ordinary Soap By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 23 2008 Nobody like germs-after all, pneumonia, tuberculosis, meningitis, strep throat, and food poisoning are just some of the loathsome maladies we can blame bacteria for. Another study, that same year, by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health determined that 75 percent of the antibacterial... + READ MORE

Make a Small Space Look Bigger in Seven Steps By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 22 2008 If square footage is at a premium where you live, you can still make the most of your living space-and learn to live with less-so you don't feel like you're squatting in a glorified closet.Use glass: Glass-topped tables and glass shelves take up less visual space than dark, opaque pieces. + READ MORE

Get Recession-Ready: 10 Ways to Tighten Your Belt in the Kitchen By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 22 2008 Recession is in the air, so we are offering up some tips on tightening your belts.Plan meals that will stretch through the week: If you make a spaghetti sauce one night, make enough to use in another meal. + READ MORE

Green Your Nursery: Don't Let the PBDEs Bite By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 18 2008 Thanks to 1973 U.S. law decreeing that all mattresses must meet requirements for cigarette-ignition, most conventional mattresses are treated with toxic fire-retardant chemicals that pose significant potential health risks. Then again, PBDEs aren't the only thing you need to worry about: The off-gassing of other toxic... + READ MORE

Build a Shopping-Cart Chair By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 18 2008 In this Instructable, Tim Anderson shows us how to turn an abandoned shopping cart in a stylish wheelchair/conversation piece. And remember, kids, stealing is wrong, so look out for castoff carts already tossed by the wayside, or check with your local supermarket for damaged carts they're looking to dump.... + READ MORE

Play Karma Tycoon By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Work & Connect Jan 16 2008 Calling all would-be social entrepreneurs: Can you picture yourself running your own non-profit organization? You can also charge everything to your credit card, but just as in real life, you'll be subjected to minimum monthly payments and interest.Bungle your finances and you could find yourself mired in debt faster... + READ MORE

Sew Your Own "Octopus Chair" By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Jan 16 2008 Take four pairs of pants, nine buttons, and some stuff, and what do you have? Grab four pairs of similar-size old pants, a handful of big buttons and a bunch of stuff-regular bean bag or cushion stuffing would work, but you could go all recycled with scraps of old T-shirts or towels-and you're on your way. + READ MORE

Network Your Backyard By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Tech & Transport Jan 11 2008 Illustration credit: Rob Kelly Untether yourself from your desk by extending your Wi-Fi network with a solar-powered repeater. To avoid unsightly extension cords in his flower bed, Outmesguine also added a lead-acid battery from RadioShack (2), plus a 10-watt solar panel (19) to charge it. + READ MORE

Lose that Holiday Weight (and Keep it Off) By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 11 2008 Okay, so we are now a week and a half into the new year. Exercise, exercise, exercise: When people say they don't have time to exercise I think, "You don't have time to be healthy?" + READ MORE

Download, Build a Kid's Rocker By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 11 2008 Download plans to build a child's rocker at Foldschool for free, then construct it out of cardboard for your favorite ankle-biter to ride upon. Swiss designer Nicola Enrico Staubli walks you through his crafting technique with step-by-step directions, so you'll have the general hang of things before you print the... + READ MORE

Design, Build Your Own "Bale Chair" By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Jan 7 2008 We first spotted MIO's Bale Chair over at TreeHugger a couple of years back, and really liked its fun synthesis of artistic expression and DIY ingenuity. To keep the chair level, you'll need four straps-we recommend nylon straps, like the kind used for climbing and widely available at sporting goods or home improvement + READ MORE