Articles tagged “Non-Toxic Paint”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

Make Your Own Puffy Paint By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Apr 1 2008 These homemade puffy paints may not stand up to use on T-shirts, but they'll still provide oodles of rainy day fun for budding Picassos of all ages.Melissa Goodsell details her nontoxic, microwave-based recipe on her blog: DIY Puffy Paint 1 tbs self-raising flourA few little drops of food coloring1 tbs salt 1. + READ MORE

Green Your Exercise Routine By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Food & Health Mar 18 2008 While medical and exercise experts clash over whether exercise is the best remedy for a hangover, after all that green beer last night, why not stick to the theme and give your workout a bright shade of emerald, as well?Unplug at home: If outdoor exercise isn't an option, you can still create a home gym using equipment... + READ MORE

Find 25 New Uses for Old Pantyhose By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Mar 13 2008 Snags and runs can ruin an otherwise perfect pair of pantyhose or stockings. If you've lost something small and valuable, find it by wrapping a piece of pantyhose over the nozzle of your vacuum-cleaner hose, turning on the vacuum, and sweeping very carefully over your floor. + READ MORE

Dispose of Toxic Household Chemicals, Safely By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Mar 12 2008 So, you're on board with detoxing your home and doing some green cleaning in your home; that's great! Don't pour 'em down the drain: Different locales have different rules on this-some places let you dispose of a small amount flushed with lots and lots of water-but, generally, it's best not to head for the drain or... + READ MORE

Think Big in a Small Space By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Mar 10 2008 Gregory De Peña and Kelly O'Neil turned their 650-square-foot San Diego apartment, which they dubbed "a shoe box" in the Spring 2008 issue of O at Home, into a spacious home that hosts parties and guests with equal aplomb. Don't forget flooring: Another trick the couple used to make the space feel larger was laying... + READ MORE

Raise a Glass to Green Ontario Wineries By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Mar 10 2008 Wine production in Ontario has come a very long way in the past 30 years.They press the grape seeds to extract grapeseed oil and sell it in the winery's store.Of course, if our liquor laws in Ontario were not so arcane, they could make grappa, but that is apparently not allowed in our fair province. + READ MORE

Use Baking Soda to Strip Paint, Shampoo Your Hair By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Mar 6 2008 Sure, we know that baking soda is a great multitasker, unclogging drains, cleaning up grease spills, and curing indigestion (not to mention fluffing up cakes and cookies!). If the idea of boiling your hardware makes you nervous, soak it in the solution for a couple of hours, instead; if you can n't take the hardware... + READ MORE

Make Beads Out of Newspaper By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Feb 22 2008 Learn to make gorgeous papier-mâché beads out of old newspaper at A Storybook Life. Some glue helps mold the paper into tiny balls, which you can then paint, varnish, and string up to create necklaces, bracelets, and other schmancy accessories. ::A Storybook Life [Via ::HippyShopper] Difficulty level: Easy + READ MORE

Detox Your Home: Room by Room By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Feb 20 2008 Homes are the sanctuaries where we play, rest, eat, and gather with family and friends.To find out how you can build a safer indoor environment for yourself, your family, and your pets, while also improving the health of the planet, click through to our latest feature, Detox Your Home: Room by Room. + READ MORE

Reinvent a Vintage Frame Four Ways By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Feb 19 2008 A gorgeous flea-market picture frame can do more than hold a favorite picture. Pocket organizer: To create a wall display for showing off photographs, postcards, notes, or colorful keepsakes, cut a mat board to fit your frame, then create "pockets" from additional strips of mat board by gluing the edge of the strips to + READ MORE

Make Your Own Fingerpaints for Your Kids By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Feb 14 2008 Kids and fingerpainting go together like peanut butter and jelly; it's fun, colorful and messy-all things kids like, right? When summertime rolls around, cleanup (of the artist, at least) is as easy as a dash through the sprinkler; taking some necessary precautions (like a nice big dropcloth) will make cleaning your... + READ MORE

Create a Thing-a-Day During February By Collin Dunn IN Home & Garden Feb 1 2008 Making your own stuff, whether it's food, art, or furnishings, is a great way to slow down and enjoy what you have around you. It'll be good for you to stretch your creative legs for a few minutes (Thing-a-day recommends 20 or so, and no more than an hour), and it'll be good to shrink whatever pile of junk you have... + READ MORE

Get the Lead Out: Don't Drink, Cook with Hot Water From the Tap By Collin Dunn IN Food & Health Jan 30 2008 Lead, the nasty neurotoxin that can cause a range of health effects, from behavioral problems and learning disabilities to seizures and death, has a way of sneaking into our homes; it's been found in our kids' toys, paint , and even glassware. Hot water is more corrosive, drawing more of the nasties out (something we... + 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

Best of 2007: Detox Your Home By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Jan 3 2008 Indoor air pollution can be two to five times worse than outdoor air pollution, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Neutralize trace organic pollutants, such as benzene and formaldehyde, simply by growing certain varieties of houseplants.Find out which ones you want to add to your your detox arsenal, + READ MORE

Build A Green Kitchen By Lloyd Alter IN Home & Garden Dec 28 2007 Want to build a green kitchen? Use finger-jointed trim (where small pieces of wood are joined together to form a long length of trim).2. + READ MORE

Green Your Nursery: Choose Eco-Friendly Furnishing (Part 2) By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Dec 18 2007 Now that you know what to look out for while you're decking out your little nipper-to-be's nursery, here's a cheat sheet of some of the companies that are transforming infant digs into the safe, non-toxic-and environmentally savvy-retreats they were always meant to be.Meanwhile, you willn't have to break down the crib... + READ MORE

Bake Some Dough Christmas Tree Decorations By Kelly Rossiter IN Home & Garden Dec 12 2007 Image credit:http://flickr.com/photos/snowdeal/313564813/When my children were small, our house was Kid Central. So even though it's a hectic time of year, carve out a bit of time to make some dough ornaments with your kids.Baked Dough for Christmas Ornaments FlourSaltVegetable oilWaterAcrylic paint 1. + READ MORE

Detox Your Home: Detect, Remove Lead Paint By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Dec 10 2007 Sorry, parental units, but discovering traces of lead in your kids' toys is the least of your problems with this neurotoxin. Wash and wipe down surfaces: Meanwhile, wet-mop floors and wipe windows and other contaminated surfaces with trisodium phosphate or another high-phosphate detergent-note, however, that although... + READ MORE

Make Your Own Paint from Clay, Starch By Jasmin Malik Chua IN Home & Garden Dec 6 2007 The process of making paint isn't as mysterious and complex as it may seem. The mag recommends coating painted surfaces, however, with a glaze of linseed oil and citrus thinner, casein emulsion, or a silicate primer for extra protection. ::Natural Home Difficulty level: Moderate + READ MORE