Environmentally friendly home remodeling and construction, home-improvement products, and design
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Sure, you can keep the little polystyrene squiggles around for boxing up breakables—or you can put them to use in these innovative ways… more
New Ideas
by Tabitha Sukhai
Adding an insert is a smart investment that's pure win-win—it'll keep you warm and slash your heating bills all at once
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by Jennifer Stimpson
Don't just toss the tannenbaum in the trash. Try some of these clever reuse ideas instead…more
How to break your lawn's addition to synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, and herbicides
This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey makes fast work of repairing a leaky faucet
This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey demonstrates how to fix a leaky faucet
Keep out winter's chilly winds or summer's oppressive heat with these easy-to-install architectural features
Our Cambridge, Massachusetts, project house used wood from old, redwood olive-oil barrels. Here's how to get wood that has a history that's longer, even, than yours.
Jeans can cost as much as a used car. So it pays to recycle 'em—like we do
Sure, it keeps food fresh, but plastic wrap is a handy multitasker outside the kitchen, too.
All engineered flooring is somewhat eco-friendly because it makes efficient use of the tree
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April 2010
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