We’ve been looking at many hoods the last couple of days, but this hood from the Zephr Arc collection was the only one that grabs the eye, refusing to let it go.
A combination of steel and wood (poplar wood finished in either charcoal or dark wenge), it plays contemporary but with warmth–a perfect complement to [...]
Take the Sierra Club’s home health quiz.
It’s a little simplistic, but awareness-building nevertheless. At sierraclubgreenhome.com.
related posts:
cleaning air indoors
earth day guilt trip
it all comes back to cleaning
shoes off signs, #6 (and links to 1-5)
shoes off, please
At a very tender age Clean+istry was taught to rinse the dishes (more or less cleaning them) before placing them into the automatic dishwasher. Well that was wrong.
Dishwashing detergents are engineered to aggressively attack food and when they’ve nothing to clean they go after the finishes of glasses and dishes, making them cloudy and sometimes [...]
For advice on cleaning air indoors, read clearing the air in a piece that we missed a week ago in NYT’s Home Section.
Good overview.
Most interesting tidbit: To the dismay of ficus trees everywhere, indoor plants don’t do much for cleaning indoor air.
Among the over-the-top toilets featured in the LATimes’ roundup review of the Annual Kitchen/Bath Industry show, we rather like the Purist Hatbox from Kohler and would imagine it efficient to clean.
take the tour of fancy toilets here
related posts:
things you’d rather not touch
shower and sauna stools
batlo colored faucet and drop colored shower
spring-cleaning: bathroom details
New York Times: [...]
Is it just us or has Swine Flu got you thinking about all the things you’d rather not touch? For instance, to avoid turning on a kitchen faucet with dirty hands, requiring us to clean the handle later on, would be nice. And there’s nothing more unsanitary than touching a bathroom faucet after, well, you [...]
And now for our earth day guilt trip. Did you know that it takes an average of 27 gallons of water to wash a load of dishes by hand but only 5 gallons to wash the same size load in a modern dishwasher?
Electrolux used U.S. Department of Energy findings and consumer research to create an [...]
The Electrolux Versatility is the first bagless upright from Electrolux, but that’s not even half the story.
The Quick-Release Wand has a unique buckle that when pulled releases it and the hose system from the vacuum for cleaning high and down low (up to 14 feet).
Bagless cyclonic technology with a 12 Amp motor is designed to [...]
Cleaning baseboards. Martha says monthly. Clean+istry says weekly (bi-weekly at the most). Take note of drafts in the home where dust accumulates more frequently.
Here’s why. If dust is allowed to sit on a baseboard and then becomes exposed to moist air (change of temperatures, seasons, etc.), it has the potential of adhering to the paint, [...]
Vipp bath accessories are available at design within reach. A match made in heaven, we’d say.
In all shapes and sizes and colors. @ dwr.com
more vipp and other iconic cleaning tools:
VIPP
vipp accessories at remodelista
tubtrugs
the case for a clear bucket is clear
dusting with brush
evolution of the normann washing up bowl