There has been a huge shift in the market for paint in recent years — as consumers demand more environmentally friendly paint, the paint companies are working hard to satisfy these concerns but st...
This is the Bamba Chair. Its design follows the consideration to be as sustainable and environmentally-friendly as possible. The flat-pack design features a seat and back that are cut from the side...
Brave Space Design has been flyin gunder-the-radar here on AT. We've featured their Hollow series of furniture and their Tetris-y Tetrad Shelving was included in our list of Top 10 Modular Shelving...
Red Hook based Uhuru was showing off their new Kupe collection of furniture at BKLYN Designs this weekend. Crafted from used bourbon barrels from Kentucky, the Kupe collection includes various benc...
As more and more products with labels like "green" and "sustainable" enter the marketplace, companies look for new ways to stand out. And the latest development? Furnishings labeled "biodegradable."...
We've always admired Brent Comber's Adler Cube Table (above, right). Made from Cedar, Douglas fir and maple branches that would have been treated as waste, the cubes are a one-of-a-kind table that i...
Maxwell has long been a fan of de-branding your home by reducing the number of branded bottles and containers of necessary cleaning products. Debranded Home is on a similar mission. In addition to H...
By using a combination of natural latex, Tencel, soy-based foam, recycled steel and wood from accredited and sustainably managed forests, Danny Seo has helped create a greener, affordable mattress f...
So, we were at our friend's apartment up in Harlem (they just moved in last summer) and they were proudly showing us around - showing us all the new things that made us downtown folks jealous, like ...
After reading that wire hangers have recently shot up in price, we're curious if our dry cleaner will start to re-use hangers. We've tried collecting them and returning them for re-use, but the dry ...
During the Milan fair, designer Julia Lohmann has been experimenting with kelp. Instead of showing finished products, she has been using both an Irish kelp and a Japanese kelp to share the process o...
The latest Sunday magazine from The New York Times was the annual Green Issue. From greener burials to the auto-racing industry promoting greener fuel options, the magazine includes a wealth of ideas ...
One of the peeks we're getting from the Milan furniture fair is of Dutch design collective Droog's exhibition: A Touch of Green. It's a collection of designs that explore the various issues surround...
Here on AT, we've asked Is Bamboo Really as Eco as We Think? and looked at IKEA Bamboo Flooring, but there are still lots of questions and confusion due to the many various qualities and prices in the...
Our previous posts on recycled tire tubs and pots and baskets and buckets were extremely popular with our readers. Among the new items available from Design Within Reach are two sizes of recycled ti...
Amidst all the luxury kitchen remodels and fanfare for new products, Steve Feldman started the not-for-profit Green Demolitions to make the process of donating a kitchen simple and financially appeali...
No stranger to extravagant taste, The New York Times helps keep it real this week with a story on the low-budget kitchen renovation of Brooklyn Heights resident Katherine Belsey Davis. Spending just...
This expanding planter, Graine de Pot, is the design of Francois Clerc. The design responds to the needs of urban gardeners with limited space for storing pots in the off-season and is made from a bio...
This is from DC finalist, Rachel. Comment away! Name: Helen Occupation: Economist Location: Washington, DC Type: 2 bedroom in a Beaux-Arts building circa 1900 Size: 800 sq/ft Years lived in: Owned ...
Why haven't we heard of these before? Introduced to the U.S. market in 2004, Zamuta Soapnuts are nuts from India's Rithra tree. The nuts contain a natural detergent (saponin) and can be used in laundr...
This is from our Boston finalist, Melissa. Comment away! >> Enter Stone Doctors Slideshow We have found the end-all-be-all store for antique architectural remnants. We're in the process of renovat...
This is from DC finalist, Caroline. Comment away! >> Enter Slideshow Just across the DC line, right off route 1 is a great warehouse of salvaged and donated materials. Community Forklift is a perf...
Yesterday's Business section of The New York Times looked at Boulder, Colorado resident Eric Doub who is the owner of Ecofutures Building. The company specializes in design-build projects that imple...
Method is moving beyond air-fresheners and soaps with their newest products, Le Scrub and Lil' Bowl Blu. These are deep cleaners for the bathroom, but they still stay true to Method's goals of being n...
March 25, 2008 Christina Kim, the founder of DOSA, lives in a small Richart Neutra building in Los Angeles's Silverlake neighborhood. Known for her clothing and accessories that sell at ...
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