Category: Green


LED Interior Lighting? Samantha Pynn Approves!  International Home Tour: Sacred Spaces, Costa Rica Grub Season: The Plague of Raccoons Digging Up Your Lawn Explained!  Bargain Saturday: 7 Ways to Reuse Your Old Bath Towels Real People Living in Condos: Urban Outdoor Space Envy Shoestring Makeover: My Romantic Backyard Real People Living in Condos: Container Gardening  Top 5 Friday: Backyard Living for the Wee Ones Curb Appeal Top 6 Saturday: Front Yard Pathways and Walkways Earth Day: Shop Habitat For Humanity's ReStore for Eco-Friendly Decor Top 5 Friday: Green and Gorgeous Earth Day: Eco-Friendly Finds at Crate and Barrel HGTV.ca Original Series: The Green Geek with Julia Black Book Giveaway: No Guff Vegetable Gardening -- If THIS Doesn't Sway You, You're Lost To Cut a Tree or Not to Cut a Tree? Carson Arthur Answers Your Outdoor Design Questions 
 
Oct
26

LED Interior Lighting? Samantha Pynn Approves!

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 10/26/2011 4:56:00 PM
Yesterday I attended an event for Philips LED interior bulbs, hosted by the lovely Samantha Pynn . Sam, as we know, is the face of Pure Design , the show that subtly encourages eco-conscious decor choices. But if you know Sam, you know it's never at the
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Aug
16

International Home Tour: Sacred Spaces, Costa Rica

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Posted by Vanessa 8/16/2011 4:45:00 PM
I first visited Costa Rica in 2010 and loved it. I surfed, explored the rainforest, saw beautiful water falls and really enjoyed the relaxed attitude . I know it all sounds very cliché but — at least where I was in Nosara, on the west coast — Costa Rica
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Aug
11

Grub Season: The Plague of Raccoons Digging Up Your Lawn Explained!

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 8/11/2011 7:36:00 PM
People, the grubs are upon us. Well, our lawns, anyway. Is your lawn being dug up? If so, read on. I recently posted about making over of my yard in which I mentioned the pain of waking up, day after day, to find the fresh sod my husband and I rolled
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Jul
30

Bargain Saturday: 7 Ways to Reuse Your Old Bath Towels

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Posted by Jessica McLaughlin 7/30/2011 10:17:00 AM
There is an old set of pink Sears towels from some decade gone by (70s, maybe 80s) that I’ve been toting around for the past few years. My mom picked them up for me at a second-hand store or yard sale, as she tends to do, because she thought I’d like
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Jul
21

Real People Living in Condos: Urban Outdoor Space Envy

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Posted by Guest Blogger 7/21/2011 5:06:00 PM
Summer is in full swing, and I have been soaking up every spare minute on our loft’s spacious terrace . Being lucky enough to have such an outdoor space to call my own feels like a blessing (now), as most condo-dwellers are stuck with pocket-sized balconies
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Jul
07

Shoestring Makeover: My Romantic Backyard

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 7/7/2011 5:22:00 PM
Ok, I am jealous of myself right now. I have the quintessential, romantic summer yard . But my husband and I really worked for it. We kind of deserve it. Not to mention that summer is halfway done, and only now, having started the transformation beginning
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Jun
30

Real People Living in Condos: Container Gardening

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Posted by Guest Blogger 6/30/2011 2:09:00 PM
Condo living does not traditionally lend itself to certain, much loved summer activities -- Gardening being one of them. But urban density is on the rise and avid gardeners who happen to be condo-bound, are finding creative ways to do their thing on balconies,
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Jun
03

Top 5 Friday: Backyard Living for the Wee Ones

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 6/3/2011 2:44:00 PM
Come summer, I really do regress. All I see when I look at my 4-yr-old daughter and my lush (read: totally overgrown and untended) backyard, is sunshine dappling through wind-tussled curls, soap bubbles fanning out across the great, blue sky, and wistful
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May
21

Curb Appeal Top 6 Saturday: Front Yard Pathways and Walkways

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 5/21/2011 8:20:00 AM
Curb Appeal month continues! Pathways and walkways are on the menu for this Top 6 Saturday , one of the more expensive and labour-intensive investments one can make in a home's curb appeal. I myself have been gearing up to take the plunge, as we have
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Apr
22

Earth Day: Shop Habitat For Humanity's ReStore for Eco-Friendly Decor

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Posted by Guest Blogger 4/22/2011 9:44:00 AM
With financial and ecological costs rising, many home owners are on the lookout for more eco-friendly and cost effective remodeling solutions . By using salvaged or gently used materials it is possible to make far less of an impact on both your budget
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Apr
22

Top 5 Friday: Green and Gorgeous

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Posted by Mia Rodak 4/22/2011 9:35:00 AM
There are many ways to furnish and decorate your home that are both easy on the planet and easy on your pocket book. We've explored many of these green and budget-friendly tricks on this site many times over; up-cycling , antiquing , refurbishing , choosing
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Apr
21

Earth Day: Eco-Friendly Finds at Crate and Barrel

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Posted by Nadine Sharon Anglin 4/21/2011 2:48:00 PM
When it comes to hot decor topics of the day, green is as popular as they get, but admittedly, not exactly the sexiest. Come on, wouldn’t you rather argue the pros and cons of Kelly Wearstler’s latest over-the-top interior than dissect the merits of compact
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Apr
15

HGTV.ca Original Series: The Green Geek with Julia Black

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Posted by Alicia Cox 4/15/2011 4:51:00 PM
You may recognize Julia Black from her days as Samantha Pynn's assistant designer on the eco-friendly design program Pure Design , but she's also a self-professed "Green Geek." Julia's days working on the show only fueled her passion for green design
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Apr
14

Book Giveaway: No Guff Vegetable Gardening -- If THIS Doesn't Sway You, You're Lost

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 4/14/2011 3:03:00 PM
I see these books and my impulse is to admit defeat: I am hopeless in the garden. But after I sit with the idea, I realize my household is not completely ignorant of backyard vegetable gardening . My husband plants a little patch of arugula and chives
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Mar
28

To Cut a Tree or Not to Cut a Tree? Carson Arthur Answers Your Outdoor Design Questions

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Posted by Elana Safronsky 3/28/2011 4:11:00 PM
'Over it' does not even begin to describe how Ontarians feel about the protracted winter that has befallen us, and so I placate with thoughts of greenery and curb appeal . Sooner or later Spring will actually arrive, and with it the season of outdoor
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