Friday, February 6, 2015
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Upcycling/Recycling/Green New Year's Resolutions for 2015!
Yayyy!! It's New Year's!! Did you make your list of resolutions yet? Here're mine! Share yours too - send me your great ideas!:
1) No more plastic bags at the grocer's. - Even though I re-use them when I get home, maybe if we all stop using them, the stores will get the idea and cut down on them.
2) Think twice, maybe three or four times! about anything non-biodegrable that I used to throw out in the garbage. Like: plastic containers for Chinese food, plastic utensils, old clothes. I'm starting a quilt with some old T-shirts and jeans I was going to throw out! Save the plastic containers and re-use them for storing food in the fridge, or paint or glue trays (for woodworking!). Make art with any glasses or cups you break by mistake: glue them to a cork or wooden board and make a design or even a mosaic! Make great gifts. Be really careful with your fingers though. Use only the larger pieces.
3) Starting a compost heap in a corner of the yard. - Not only makes my trash smaller, but will help my vegetable garden and flower beds!
4) Blog EVEN MORE about all my green projects. Cuz the more we talk about it, the more other people will see it and get on the bandwagon, too!
Monday, November 24, 2014
More upcycling ideas
Turn old suitcases into nighttables; orange peels into candles; and wine bottles into vases!
In addition to turning the drawer into a bulletin board, you can even turn it into a medicine cabinet by adding a plank of wood to serve as a divider and papering the back with pretty wallpaper.
Monday, November 17, 2014
Eco-friendly Home in Colorado
My dream house!
Welcome to Mosca, Colorado, the site of this sylvan and sustainable home. Built in 2004 by Hisa Ota Architects, the structure’s conscious design won the AIA Merit Award for Residential Architecture in 2008. The property’s 1,163 rural acres adjoin the San Isabel National Forest and BLM land, and enjoy extraordinary views of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Luckily, the natural beauty of this land will be protected from development in the future – part of the property’s title is a conservation easement with the Nature Conservancy.
Wednesday, November 12, 2014
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