Green Home Ideas & Inspiration

Are you looking for a safer alternative to traditional interior paints? Read this guide to learn how to choose the right type of products for painting projects that will yield great results with a less negative impact on the planet and your family’s health. Here’s what you need to know about buying non-toxic paint safe for you and the environment.

Save money and the environment with easy DIY cleaning products you can make with household ingredients. Check out these easy recipes and tips.

Heating systems tend to rob the air of much-needed moisture content, leaving you with itchy skin, stuffed sinuses, and poor air quality. These DIY humidifier ideas will help increase your home’s humidity for a more comfortable environment.

Air purifiers create cleaner, healthier air that eases breathing and assists with allergies. In this review, we look at the best air purifiers on the market today.

Green homes have light footprints on the environment and keep their inhabitants healthy. Learn all about these on-the-rise dwellings, and decide if you want to make any eco-friendly investments.

While a tight, well-insulated home is great for saving energy, trapping lots of stale air indoors can undermine your health. Here’s what you need to know to ensure that the quality of the air inside is healthy and free from harmful pollutants.

Protect your health by choosing one of these non-toxic materials for your cabinets.

Simple ways to improve your home this month

Once drafty and underinsulated, a New England house gets a state-of-the-art efficiency makeover

Cut energy bills and reduce the strain on the environment with a roof covered in sedums

Learn about everyday houseplants that do double duty clearing out pollutants in your indoor air.

Vinegar can multitask in any room of the house. Here are 10 creative uses for this inexpensive kitchen staple in your home.

Why a pediatrician mom chose nontoxic kitchen cabinets for her young family's vintage home

How do they do it? By putting power-saving technologies to work inside their homes. You can do the same

Deck the halls with these stylish and recycled, all-natural, eco-friendly items

How one couple remodelled and expanded a 1940 cottage with their children's future in mind

A California utility develops a plug-in hybrid that keeps the house lights on for you

Here are some low-cost steps to take around the house to reduce your carbon footprint and lower your monthly bills.

The question is why? After all, they're within reach-right in your kitchen cupboard.

Who says your garden has to be on the ground? An environmentally friendly trend grows insulating, air-improving vegetation—on rooftops.

Giving up carbs and quitting smoking are hard. Saving money, conserving energy, and making the world a better place are easy

Playrooms made with healthy, fun, durable, eco-friendly materials