Particular grandmas and polished black granite countertops are a very sensitive combination. Nana Cherie in Calabasas is…
Shelter
It's Felted. It's Fuzzy. It's Green.
And it’s going to help me wage my personal war against Ugly Plastic Containers For Everything. With all the Contai…
And We Get Excited About 'New Car Smell' Because…?
New car smell. It used to be something people got excited about: that whiff of fresh-cast plastic, hot off the poly pres…
Green for Boys, Green for Girls
Green is the new pink and blue in the nursery. EcoSalon Green Nursery Guide When buying furnishings, a great one-stop sh…
Not Your Mama’s Wallpaper
As recently as 10 years ago, if you said the word “wallpaper” I had visions of orange shag carpeting and my …
Countertop Composting
Why throw away bits and ends that can be used to fertilize your lawn and enrich your garden soil? Almost any organic mat…
Things That Look Like Other Things
Touring the Confederate White House in Richmond, Va. one fall, I was amused to learn that all of the opulent wallpaper a…
Got Milk Paint?
There’ll be no crying over spilt milk paint. Enough with the cans of decorative yet toxic paint stacking up in the…