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Ottomans from Iron Thread Design!
Austin

We're smitten with these locally produced ottomans from Iron Thread Design. Fun shapes, adorable fabrics and fresh designs abound in these multi-use furniture pieces......

Etsy Find: Repurposed Wall Hooks

There's something to be said about having a place to hang your belongings at the end of the day. For us, a picked up and tidy apartment before bedtime always helps ensure smooth sailing for the upco...

A Reclaimed Space Showhouse Shines For Charity

One of last weekend's Dwell On Design events featured a 400 square foot Reclaimed Space home designed by the ebay Green Team and ecofabulous. The fab little house was auctioned off with proceeds benef...

Help! Decorating a Fireplace Mantel

We're hosting a bridal shower at our house in less than two weeks, and one of our friends who is a party planner came over to finalize the schedule and go over our pre-party duties. Even though the pa...

Look! Murchison-Hume Cleaning Products
Melbourne

What do you get when you cross a woman from LA and a man from Australia? Firstly, you get 2 little boys who piddle all over the bathroom which then inspires the husband and wife team to create Austral...

Earth-Friendly Kitchen Counter Options

One of our favorite things about home design is how sustainable materials are now more then ever playing major roles. One place where you can easily use sustainable materials is... ...

Look: Eco-friendly and Gorgeous Textile Resource!
Austin

Just in time for the holiday season, we've fallen in love with a gorgeous new textile company that specializes in heirloom-quality, all natural, eco-friendly fabrics. And they are beautiful! They loo...

In Style's Green Tips: Jessica Alba's Home

Reuse and recycle: "The craftsmanship is often better in older pieces," says Whitman. "For Jessica Alba's house we bought almost every piece used."In Style magazine recently featured actress Jessica ...

6 Tips For Sustainable Living
That Are Easy To Do

Last weekend we had a sustainable living coach stop by our house. We've always recycled in our apartment and used scratch paper for printing but it never really went beyond that. Toying with compost...

2 Ways To Repurpose Materials At Home
Top Design

Top Design is getting good. We think it has something to do with the fact that there's less designers which means more time for an individual to show us what they're all about. We caught up last nig...

Traveling: Eco Friendly Living in Las Vegas

Rounding out our Escapes month here at Apartment Therapy we thought we'd look to the future--Las Vegas' future that is. It seems MGM Mirage, one of Vegas' biggest hotel conglomerates is going eco-fri...

Simple Green: Green Definitions

The other day Rebecca demystified green symbology. Today's lesson clarifies those definitions that everyone seems to be batting around with increasing frequency... ...

Look! Seed Embedded Gift Card Sprouts Real Lavender

Our good friends over at Craft recently blogged about Etsy seller recycledideas' amazing handmade embossed cards for their unique seed-embedded feature. The "Scraped From the Barrel" collection are ha...

Modwalls Tile at CA Boom 08

What makes tile modern? That's the question that modwalls seems to answer. Not only are the tiles hipper than hip, they're modular, natural and sustainable. ...

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