My dear friend Maria just moved into a room that needs some help. You can see from the photos above that the room has potential: it’s large with a high ceiling, and has great bay windows with wonderful city views. Unfortunately it’s bright red. Now I have nothing against red walls (I ha[...]
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April 10th, 2009 - § in Greentips, Home Project
Time for my Fix
I’ve always fancied myself as a bit of a Handy Helen… I take pride in knowing how to replace a pane of glass, caulk a tub or shear a sheep. When I bought a drill, it was the Barbara K model, designed for women, because I knew my husband would never use it…. I find myself fixing [..[...]
March 10th, 2009 - § in DIY Projects, Home Project
Clean Your Air with Houseplants
Houseplants totally earn their keep. Did you know that indoor air quality can be 2-5 times more polluted than outdoors? Plants help create oxygen, attack VOCs and help achieve good humidity levels. If you don’t currently have houseplants, visit your local nursery and talk to their staff about [...]
February 15th, 2009 - § in DIY Projects, Home Project
Green Tea Piggy Bank
Over the holidays, I enjoyed High Tea the Empress Hotel in Victoria, B.C., which was a decadent experience… They gave us a tin of their Centennial Blend tea as a souvenir. Although the tea tin is recyclable, I wanted to find a way to reuse it. I decided to make a coin slot in the [...][...]
That’s a Wrap: Ideas for Beautiful Gifts
Four million tons. That’s how waste in the form of wrapping paper & shopping bags the US generates each year. According to Eco Chick, if every American family wrapped just 3 presents in re-used materials, it would save enough paper to cover 45,000 football fields! This year I’m wrap[...]