E’s Green Home Picks: Setting the Mood
From Ambient Lighting to Layering to Plastic-Free Pops
Sustainable House & Home: Green Living and Eco-Friendly Garden Ideas
Radiant Heating Comes of Age
Once touted as the future of green home heating, whole-house radiant heat is now largely considered a luxury item or upgrade…
Fireplace Makeovers
Crackling fireplaces are a wonderful way to add warmth and ambience, but they are relatively inefficient devices for heating the home. Most fireplaces convert just 5%-10% of the burning wood’s energy into useful heat. A fireplace can even have a “negative efficiency” effect when there is no fire burning and the damper doors are left […]
E’s Green Home Picks: Versatility
A Super Durable Griddle/Grill, Rainbow-Colored Handmade Rugs and the Savvy Rest Mattress
E’s Green Home Picks: Tables and Toppers
Barn to Table Wood has so much more character when it’s reclaimed, particularly old barn wood in varying shades with the marks and lines that let you know it’s lived a little (or a lot). North Carolina-based Blue Ridge Woodworking takes that wood and turns it into custom-designed farm tables (approximately $475-$875 with two benches; […]
Solar Tubes: Compact, Affordable Alternatives to Skylights
We’d all love to let in a little more sunlight, particularly as the days grow shorter, but that pesky roof keeps getting in the way. While bulky, traditional skylights have been used for years to open up roof space and illuminate interiors, light tubes, also known as solar tubes, are a slimmer, less expensive and […]
E’s Green Home Picks: Cool Summer Ideas
A BBQ Built For Two There’s nothing quite so satisfying as a multifunctional tool, appliance or home product when space is in short supply. Particularly when said object manages two unlikely combined tasks. Enter the Hot-Pot BBQ ($124) from Black+Blum, a terracotta pot (14.6 X 10.6 in.) whose top portion is ideal for growing herbs […]
Home Delivery: New Prefab Homes Are Energy Efficient and Come in Endless Configurations
While they come in all shapes and sizes, most prefab homes are an energy-efficient and environmentally sound alternative to traditional homes…
Water Smarts
The RainPerfect rain barrel provides pressurized water for spraying collected rainwater on lawns and gardens and even for running low-pressure sprinklers…
From Rain to Garden
Stormwater runoff is the number-one cause of water pollution and the greatest threat to our country’s estuaries. Rain gardens offer a beautiful solution.