Someone in my house hoards magazines. When she left for college a few years ago, I found magazines in every nook and cranny of her room. Oops, just outted her…Hope you are OK with that, Sweetie? Since the apple doesn’t fall too far from the tree in my nest, I will take total responsibility for [...]
Entries Tagged as 'decor'
DIY Magazine Stool
August 10th, 2011 · 2 Comments · crafts, decor, DIY, Eco-Friendly, Family, Green Home, Inspiration, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse, Sustainable Living
Sawkille Co.
August 7th, 2011 · No Comments · Art, decor, Design, Eco-Friendly, Green Home, Shopping, Sustainable Living
“That is best which works best…Beauty rests on utility…Simplicity is the embodiment of purity and unity” ~ Shaker Designers I recently visited the Sawkille Co. showroom for Chronogram magazine and was dazzled by the simplicity of the designs… Well-crafted objects enhance the experience of creating a home. The furniture and home décor items of Sawkille [...]
Tags:Art·artisans·Eco-Friendly·furniture·Hudson Valley·Rhinebeck·Sawkille Co.·Shakers·simple
Mondrian Surprise
July 26th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Art, decor, Design, Green Home, Sustainable Living
Does this house fit into its beach bluff surroundings? Every time I catch a glimpse of this Mondrian-inspired beach house, I ask myself that question. Actually, this small house changed the way I look at beach houses. I held a long-standing notion that a beach house should fold softly into the landscape. A naturally occurring [...]
Tags:beach·houses·mid-century design·Mondrian beach house·Piet Mondrian·summer
Not Your Typical Tag Sale
July 10th, 2011 · 1 Comment · decor, Design, Eco-Friendly, Garden, Green Home, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse, Shopping
While some sing the praises of purchasing used stuff until the cows come home (or the horses, in the case of the tag sale I attended on Saturday), I am not a tag sale extraordinaire like many of my eco-cohorts. If pressed, I would probably choose a deeply-discounted sale, or a decent consignment shop like [...]
Tags:Carolyne Roehm·consignment shops·Design·garage sale·Juliet Harrison Photography·junk·recycle·reduce·reuse·secondhand·tag sale
Celebration Giveaway!
July 1st, 2011 · 8 Comments · Books, decor, DIY, Eco-Friendly, Green Home, Sustainable Living
It’s the time for celebrations. Not only is it 4th of July weekend, it’s the one-year “blogoversary” of Econesting! To commemorate the occasion, I dug into the archives and revisited some of the wonderful accolades that have come about because of Econesting: Working with the Environmental Defense Fund’s Moms Clean Air Force, a six-page profile [...]
Tags:Blogs·books·DIY·General·giveaway·green decor·green home
Sleeping Out
June 10th, 2011 · 2 Comments · decor, Design, Eco-Friendly, Family, Garden, Nature, Sustainable Living
It is common knowledge amongst my family and friends that no amount of prodding or bribing will get me to sleep outside in a tent. Any thoughts about camping were squelched years ago after a mini-vacation that deposited the four of us, by boat, onto an island during a non-stop rain event. There’s a mention [...]
Tags:air conditioning·camping·glamping·outdoors·porches·sleep·spring·summer·weather
Inside Out
May 30th, 2011 · 1 Comment · decor, Design, Eco-Friendly, Environment, Family, Green Home, Inspiration, Nature, Sustainable Living, Travel
Every once in a while, an image captures your attention and you can’t let it go. After dreaming about this photograph last night, I thought I’d throw it up here and see what you have to say about this “down to earth” home. “The idea of having a sand floor was to bring the outside [...]
Tags:beach·beach house·calm·fishing·photography·sand floor·small homes·summer·travel·vacation
DIY Wedding Delights
May 27th, 2011 · No Comments · crafts, decor, Design, DIY, Eco-Friendly, Fashion, Food, Inspiration, Knitting, Sustainable Living
Weddings enchant and inspire! It’s wedding season, and during the research for an article about creating ethical weddings, I found the most delightfully creative wedding-related DIY projects – in white, of course. The cake was a tree. So the bride wore bamboo… …and carried antique buttons too. Descending the stairs of no-frills… …she danced all [...]
Tags:bamboo·buttons·cakes·crochet·DIY·Food·Knitting·shoes·trees·weddings·wood
Repurposed Boats: Water, Weather and Whim
May 5th, 2011 · 6 Comments · crafts, decor, Design, DIY, Eco-Friendly, Garden, Green Home, Nature, Reduce/Recycle/Reuse, Sustainable Living, Travel
“Have a happy passing,” quipped our captain as our ferry headed out to sea towards the island. As we debarked and drove down the unpaved road on the island I have visited every year since I was 20, I noticed small changes. The insular world of living on an island constantly changes and unfolds, as [...]
