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Designer’s Corner: Allison Ducharme and Victoria Sirchia of REFINED Interior...
About Allison Ducharme and Victoria Sirchia & REFINED Interior Design Allison and Victoria seamlessly transform design wishes into a reality. Bringing to life their clients’ personality and design...
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Designer’s Corner: Ryan Reid of R.M. & Company
About Ryan Reid & R.M. & Company R.M & Company is located on the North Shore of Boston as a contemporary interior design business. It was formed with the foundation that effective interior...
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Spiraling Out of Control
Plastic Buildup in Our Oceans From food storage to furniture—we use plastic for everything. In 2008 alone 245 million tons of plastic were produced. These plastics often find there way into our...
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Harnessing the Power of Poo
Repurposing Waste Worldwide In an effort to protect our world for future generations, recycling has become more and more common on both a local and global level. In addition to paper and plastic,...
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From Trash to Treasure
The Dos and Don’ts of Successful Dumpster Diving While some people spend the early morning hours asleep, partying, or getting ready for work, other people around the world pursue a slightly less...
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More From Less: A Beginner’s Guide to the Minimalist Movement
“My greatest skill in life has been to want but little.” – Henry David Thoreau, Walden Imagine if you got rid of all your excess possessions, gave up your car for a bicycle, left the job that takes up...
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Could You (Really) Live in a Tiny House?
Between 1975 and 2005, the average American family got smaller—but their house got bigger. Then came the housing crash that almost wiped out the American economy, and in its aftermath, many people...
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Breathe New Life into Gifts, Stationary, Coffee Cups, and More with Plantable...
There’s a new way to send loved ones flowers in the mail, and it’s a whole lot cheaper (and smaller) than a bouquet of long-stemmed roses. Seed-embedded, plantable paper products, which have been...
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The Growing Global Water Footprint
The average American lifestyle requires about 2,000 gallons of water every day. Fresh water consumption has doubled since World War II and is expected to rise 25% by 2030. All of this water use takes...
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19 Foods You Can Regrow From Scraps
Want to take your commitment to local foods to the next level? Look no further than your own trashcan or compost bin. While many people think of food scraps—such as carrot tops, onion bottoms, and the...
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Raising Chickens and Ducks With Old-Style Ingenuity and DIY Hacks
We’ve only recently become separated from our food sources. Until a few generations ago millions of people lived on farms. Millions more grew vegetables and raised an animal or two in city lots. Those...
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Vertical Gardening
Save Space by Growing Up Want to multiply the number of plants you can grow in a garden or on a patio or deck? Grow up! Vertical gardening, a technique to cultivate plants up surfaces or supports, is...
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Buried Treasure
Preserve the Harvest in a Root Cellar Imagine eating homegrown cabbage, beets, potatoes, onions, carrots, apples, and other produce on a winter evening, without the use of canning or refrigeration....
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Tropical Treatment
Replace Toxic Household Products with Coconut Oil Coconut oil is best known as a curry ingredient, smoothie additive, and beauty product. It also belongs in the cleaning cabinet as a natural and...
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19 Creative Ways to Repurpose Old Books
For avid readers, altering a book’s cover or pages in any way may feel sacrilegious. But do you really honor your books by letting them accumulate dust on the shelves? If you feel like putting your...
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24 Eco-Friendly, DIY Wedding Ideas
Wedding planning can be really (really) stressful. For earth-loving folks, the process can get even trickier, as most classic wedding decorations, favors, and traditions are far from eco-friendly....
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Pollution Revolution
How to Combat Air Pollution Air pollution has a variety of contributors from stationary sources, like factories and power plants, to natural sources, like forest fires and dust storms. Air pollution...
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LEEDing the Way
Greening Buildings with LEED Certification LEED, or Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design, is a green building certification program. From sustainable site development to indoor environmental...
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Designer’s Corner: Pavel & Yuli Khaykin of Banarsi Designs
About Pavel and Yuli Khaykin & Banarsi Designs Our story began in March 2012 when we traveled to the Middle East on a vacation trip. During our stay, we were introduced to the beauty and luxury of...
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Designer’s Corner: Kelly Rogers of Kelly Rogers Interiors
About Kelly Rogers & Kelly Rogers Interiors Kelly Rogers is an interior decorator and blogger, based in Newton, Massachusetts. She specializes in design for modern families, grounded in a...
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