This week we were delighted to receive a thick, fragrant bunch of lavender among the veggies and fruit in our CSA box. And while it will be exciting to experiment with the lavender for baking, we're a...
One of our favorite ways to bring the outdoors in at this time of year is to throw open the sashes. Opening the windows is a favorite fair-weather practice because it instantly enlivens a space with...
The CISTA is a rainwater collection system for urban environments. The 100-gallon-capacity collector is arranged vertically, so in a small footprint it collects rainwater and adds green space......
We've received one package this holiday season packed with dry ice. The lobster tails inside are a much-appreciated gift, but we were left wondering what to do with the dry ice. Some helpful tips fo...
Settling in for the winter? Considering a few house plants to lighten up your interior? According to a NASA study, certain plants can be chosen to best purify your home's air. NASA tested popular pla...
How do the holidays smell in your house? Emily of Emilystyle has reminded us of the good smells that pomanders bring into the house this time of year. They are easy to make, last forever and can ca...
Inviting is the word we'd most like our guests to use about our house. One of our fail-safe tricks to achieving this in the fall and winter is to fill the air with season-appropriate scents. No toxic ...
We usually associate sachets with a strong floral or cedar scent in the unmentionables drawer, but generally speaking, we think the detergent smell does just fine, thanks. Our shoe storage, on the o...
Hi, AT! I have a dilemma regarding my downstairs neighbor. I just found out that I live in a smoking building (no mention of THAT in my lease!) and my downstairs neighbor likes to smoke inside & exh...
A friend recently told us about a relative who, after seeing a story on the news, checked their Sleep Number bed and found black mold. Surprised that we hadn't heard about this before, we did a littl...
Is this for real? The Bath Ball tap filter has got to be the easiest, least hideous looking filter we've seen for the bath. Though we definitely prefer filtered drinking water, here in Seattle unfi...
Perfect timing. Last night we made some soup, and the smell has stuck around for way-y-y too long, despite open windows. We just noticed The Kitchn's post, ...
Creating atmosphere in your home always gets a boost by little rituals. Papier d'Armenie (Armenian paper, in English) provides just such a diversion when said home is in need of deodorizing. ...
Holistic isn't a word we often associate with our home. Yet it makes sense that all of a home's systems -- heating, insulation, ventilation, lighting -- are related to one another. In this weekend's...
Hi AT:SF, I'm looking for a bathroom fan. Nothing special -- no light, no extra features. Just a fan. All I've found are plastic models that look cheap and ugly. The best so far is a paintable f...
The other day we happened upon some tips about how to remove cigarette odor from wood furniture. When buying furniture off Craigslist and at flea markets, we've always stayed away from furniture th...
Just a quick reminder -- open your windows! We realized the other day that it was a whole year ago that we were very sick as a result of exposure to mold (see our post here)... ...
Love the smell of a Christmas tree but don't go in for the tree? We've spent too many years secretly pining away for that Christmas scent to fill our home with a little bit of holiday spirit. Thanks...
Inviting is the word we'd most like our guests to use about our house. One of our fail safe tricks to achieving this around the holidays is to fill the air with the smells of the season. No toxic pl...
Sachets that remove smell without replacing it. On our recent visit to Clover House, the new home accessory store we wrote about on Monday, we spotted these charcoal sachets from Breathe....
We blame a certain relative. She got us completely hooked on Diptyque candles. First it was Muguet, and now it's Baies. But here's the funny thing: We seriously love the scent, but we couldn't qu...
Creating atmosphere in your home always gets a boost by little rituals. Papier d’Arménie (Armenian paper, in English) provides just such a diversion when said home is in need of deodorizing. ...
It's funny -- we were thinking about this the other night, after heating up some soup. The smell completely permeated our tiny abode, even while we had the windows wide open. Although we ended up li...
We've known a couple of orchid fanatics over the years -- people who keep entire greenhouses devoted to hundreds of them, and delight in the cross-breeding, all of that. It always seemed so extreme t...
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