Apartment Therapy: air & water quality

Eco-Friendly House Cleaning Services

We've often promoted transitioning from traditional chemical-laden home cleaners to more eco-friendly (and often DIY) formulas as a no-brainer. But what if you have hired help? Of course, a simple sol...

A Reminder to Clean/Replace Your Air Purifier Filters

Itchy eyes, runny noses and regular headaches have been increasingly ailing our household. Emily is sensitive to pollen and other allergens, but normally I don't suffer noticeably unless there are fir...

Survey: How Do You Keep Up With the Weather?
Austin

With Hurricane Ike heading closer to Texas every minute, homeowners all around the state are worrying about and bracing for the weather, which can sadly sometimes cause great damage to our homes. We ...

Green Tea: Nature's Deodorizer

One of our beverages of choice is iced green tea, both for taste and also for its antioxidant qualities. In fact, we're brewing up a pot right now (we're crazy about Arbor Teas' Citrus Ginger Green Te...

Klean Kanteens

Just like Maxwell decided to forever forgo bottled mineral water just over a year ago, we've stopped purchasing bottled water altogether for some time now. We currently rely on a simple PUR pitcher fi...

Is Your Shower Curtain Killing You?

The Center for Health, Environment and Justice, a Virginia-based advocacy group has released the following warning about new vinyl shower curtains that might give you pause: Vinyl shower curtains rel...

'I Hate Perfume' Scents Evoke Comforting Memories of Home

Besides the occasional natural incense stick, we're mostly a scent free home. But our curiosity has been piqued by this line of perfumes and home scents, with tempting descriptions such as "In the Sum...

Look: Plants For Your Health

We always knew that indoor plants were good for interior air quality. But knowing exactly which plants are proficient at eliminating which specific household toxins wasn't something we knew in detail....

Bionaire EverFresh Air Exchange System: Window Mounted Air Filter

We're still in the honeymoon period with our IQAir HealthPro Plus, as it has proven to be an anti-allergen saviour in our apartment. But what if you don't have the room or money for a dedicated large ...

Best Product: IQAir HealthPro Plus

You might be scratching your head wondering what that appliance up above is. At quick glance, it looks like a mainframe computer, circa 1988. But inside the IQAir HealthPro Plus system's industrial ca...

Could Your Furniture Be Making You Sick?
O, The Oprah Magazine 2/08

Cleaning out our February magazines, we came across an article we'd flagged in O, The Oprah Magazine. We couldn't find it on the website to slink it, so we thought we'd share what we learned here... ...

Removing Tough Lingering Odours

Some people will reply what we've got is not so much a problem, but a blessing: over the weekend we hosted a holiday white elephant gift exchange party (you know, the game known as "I steal, you squea...

"Bel-Air" by Mathieu Lehanneur

We all know that plants absorb a lot of toxins that are bad for humans. Designer Mathieu Lehanneur, in collaboration with David Edwards from Harvard University, have come up with the "Bel-Air" air f...

AirFlow Breeze

Ugghh, this fall heat wave played a cruel joke on us. We had removed our window AC unit just a a few days earlier before Southern California became a fire and Santa Ana whipped oven, thinking we cou...

Air Purifier round-up

It's a hazy shade of... gross. Living here in Irvine, this morning we woke up to another nice (not.) creepy orange sunrise- a result of the Santiago fire, just one of many other horrible fires that ...

Breath Easy: Keeping Interior Air Clean

With the amount of allergens in the air, we've got our HEPA air purifiers operating both at home and at work. Air quality is expected to remain "unhealthy" throughout the week according to the governm...

ND-101:Plant Derived Deodorizer

We've used odour-busting products like Febreze before, but to be honest, we've never liked the strong scent it leaves after spraying (especially in smaller spaces or in our car). We already use Zeolit...

Vamoose 1808T Tobacco Odor Eliminator

This afternoon a friend remarked about the lingering cigarette smell remaining on their couch after a smoker friend crashed her pad. Cigarette odour is one of those tough, long lasting smells that c...

Under Pressure: The Fire Hydrant Presidential Showerhead

One of the things that I always check before renting an apartment is the water pressure of the showerhead. And while it's not exactly a deal-breaker, it's definitely an added bonus. For example: My f...

Heaven Scent: Votivo's Orange Gelato Candle

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Funky Fresh: Eau de Swine

I was hunting around for air fresheners for my house and decided to take a break from "lilac with notes of gardenia and ylang ylang" or "the aroma of fresh baked poundcake with hints of orange zest,"...

Window Screen Pollen Filters

I share my life with an allergy sufferer, and although my better half's allergies are much improved than when she was living in San Antonio or San Francisco where she previously resided, Los Angeles...

Solar Power Car Wash

Someone once mentioned "It's not easy being green." With skyrocketing energy prices, strained energy infrastructure, and an ever growing consumer demand during a sweltering summer, its almost not a ch...

Air Purifiers

ATLA is switching gears a little as we attempt a new approach: multiple editors covering different aspects of LAs diverse and rather spread out design scene. We are so excited to have Gregory Han, an...

Amy Smith: Fuel Ideas for the Future

We were catching up with life long family friend Amy Smith this past weekend. We reminisced about summers in Maine, where wed force our parents to watch endless hours of us recreating the TV show Mat...

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