By Delia Montgomery •
December 8, 2009
Within the Yurt Living series I’ve dabbled a bit on interiors. Rebecca MacKay’s book, Round Design: Modern Yurt Interiors was acknowledged as the closest thing to hiring a professional. Another book, Add Wheels To Your Furniture For Faster Cleaning by Lifehacker author Angus Kidman, was noted as a good idea. But that was it! I’ve been amazed at the lack of yurt interior designers.
So with determination, my search continues. But hey, ― maybe it’s not necessary?
By Lucille Chi •
March 16, 2009
While dreamy solar wallpaper may seem light years away, there are eco wall options out now that will fill your space with contemporary eco style and welcome in brightness. Are you interested in designing your space in a way that eliminates volatile organic compounds (VOCs, or offgassing chemicals)?
For example, if you happen to be an interior decorator check out this elegant, modern yet casual Caba Company Barkskin wallcovering. Barkskin is a natural, handmade wood material made of hand-pounded bark. “It mimics the look of stone, parchment or leather without the financial or environmental cost of these “luxurious” materials.” ~Sprig
Here is another selection of delightful wall prints made with non-solvent water-based inks, and free of toxic vinyl: Anna French Wallpaper~
By Jennifer Lance •
March 2, 2009
Last month, we shared with you a folk art eco-friendly lunch pack by Print*Pattern*Paper. This month, we are featuring a green giveaway of a signed 5″ x 7″ folk art print by Print*Pattern*Paper founder, CEO, artist, and designer Rebecca Peragine. To enter, simply visit Print*Pattern*Paper’s art page, select your favorite print from the 30 prints featured, and leave a comment to this post with the print’s name. On Wednesday, March 11, 2009, a random winner will be selected from the comments, and the lucky person will win the print of their choice! This contest is limited to residents of Canada and the United States.
By Skye Kilaen •
September 18, 2008
Welcome to the fifth Carnival of Green Crafts!
Another carnival, another bunch of craft-a-licious green goodness. A bunch of, um, somewhat disturbing craftiness. Glue sniffing. Hitting things with sticks. Metal saws.
What the heck are you people up to out there?
Before we begin, a few administrative notes: The sixth Carnival will head to Canada on October 2nd to be hosted at Smidge! Send in your posts via the carnival submission form today! The Carnival of Green Crafts home page has background info. And if you missed it, the fourth carnival was at Whip Up and others are linked at the end of this post.
Now on to the carnival!
By Low Impact Living •
August 19, 2008
This post was originally published on Wednesday, August 13, 2008.
Every once in a while I like to cruise around online (some low-carbon cruising!) to check out cool green home furnishings. I went to some of my old favorite haunts, as well as some new ones– and was totally overwhelmed with all of the gorgeous furniture design going on out there in the eco-sphere. Let me share some really lovely pieces with you.
One of my favorite craftsmen in Brandon Morrison of Whyr’hymer Furniture. He uses totally sustainable materials in his pieces and they are just stunning. He uses only FSC-certified woods and non-toxic finishes. He makes spectacular tables, beds, cabinets and some of the most distinctive lighting fixtures I’ve ever seen. At left you see the exquisite Ladies Rose Cabinet. The Whyr’hymer website is also just a rich visual experience, so take a spin and enjoy!
By Skye Kilaen •
August 19, 2008
Like Amenity, Mod Green Pod, and Oliveira Textiles, the fun new fabrics from Rubie Green are high end decorator fabrics with a high end price tag: about $90 per yard.
But oh, the lovely!
Pictured above are Megan, Patsy, and Portobello. Rubie Green’s full line of fabrics includes two stripes, a zigzag, a funky zebra stripe print, a kind of lattice looking print, and a floral. The zebra stripe and the zigzag come in two colorways each, and Patsy also comes in green, for a total of 12 fabrics.
What makes these fabrics green? Well, here’s the rundown from their website:
I remember being eight months pregnant with my second and realizing that I absolutely must paint the baby’s room now. I know, it makes no sense, the baby will never notice and I’d have been much better off taking a nap, but I had to have that lasso border in the room or…
I dunno. Seven years later I still can’t finish the sentence because, it doesn’t make sense to me now or then but I know I needed the stinkin room painted. A few short months ago that freshly painted room sent out the last of it’s toxins. Seriously.
By Skye Kilaen •
June 10, 2008
This week in Fabulous Fabrics, I’m venturing a little outside the normal to include a recycled fabric product that’s halfway between fabric and paper. On Kim Kight’s yummy fabric blog True Up, I saw this recycled paper/fabric hybrid from a company called Soolip. It’s a wallpaper weight paper made out of “recycled cotton rag that comes from unused off cuts of clothing from India’s garment district.” Kim speculates that it might be good for sewing projects as well as the gift wrap that Soolip suggests.
You can see all of the patterns here - but make sure you notice there’s a page two, navigation is in the upper right. Most of them come in additional colorways and you have to click through to see them. Each sheet is about 22×30, and they sell for $6 or you can get 3 sheets of the same pattern for $12.
By Skye Kilaen •
March 4, 2008
Victoria has been profiling some great natural, organic, and recycled yarns for knitting and crochet in her Yearn-Worthy Yarns series. But when it’s time to sit down to the sewing machine, what’s a green crafter to do? Never fear, we’re here to help. We’re kicking off our Fabulous Fabrics series, and first up is organic cotton from Mod Green Pod.
Mod Green Pod creates 100% cotton organic fabrics for home decorating. The fabrics are silk-screened by hand with water-based non-toxic inks and finished without nasty chemicals. And did I mention they’re gorgeous? If you’ve seen the cover of this month’s Domino, of course, you already know that, because the cute fabric on the sofa is their Atticus print in green.
Their designs are drawn from nature, but they’re very sophisticated. My favorite is the Clara, a vine-inspired print available in chocolate, cream, or basil. The current fabric collection also includes several floral-inspired prints and stripes in five colorways.
Within the Yurt Living series I’ve dabbled a bit on interiors. Rebecca MacKay’s book, Round Design: Modern Yurt Interiors was acknowledged as the closest thing to hiring a professional. Another book, Add Wheels To Your Furniture For Faster Cleaning by Lifehacker author Angus Kidman, was noted as a good idea. But that was it! I’ve been amazed at the lack of yurt interior designers.
