Recycling Scrap Metal: Cash for Trash
March 20th, 2008 -- Posted in Organic | No Comments »Today, all the heating baseboards throughout the house—- correction: all the bulky baseboards—were gutted out of the house. The new super efficient heat pump heating/cooling system is up and running and I couldn’t be happier. Ripping out the baseboards gives…
New Ceiling Fans
March 19th, 2008 -- Posted in Organic | No Comments »Ceiling fans are great for any home, since they use very little energy to help cool the home in the hot summer months, and can help draw down heat in the cool winter months. When shopping for a new ceiling…
Recycling Scrap Metal
March 18th, 2008 -- Posted in Organic | No Comments »Thought this breakdown was interesting. The good folks at 1-800-GOT-JUNK broke down what was recycled from my house recently and how much it was worth. Who knew scrap metal could be so valuable? 900 lbs steel @ $.05 = $45…
Eco Heating & Cooling
March 18th, 2008 -- Posted in Organic | No Comments »It’s the small things in a home renovation project that can be really exciting. I’ve been installing a major eco heating/cooling system throughout the house called Acadia from Hallowell Systems. It’s an all-electric system that provides super efficient heating and…
Tiled Tub
March 17th, 2008 -- Posted in Organic | No Comments »Here’s a before shot of a bathroom at the house. It looked like a scary demo zone. I had such a hard time imagining anything but tears and rips in a wall with a giant Kohler tub plopped right in…
Red, Hot & Green
March 15th, 2008 -- Posted in Organic | No Comments »I was just in lovely Palm Springs, CA (soaking up the warm sun as much as I could), to give a speech and film segments for HGTV’s new eco-living show that I’m co-hosting called “Red, Hot & Green.” It debuts…
Eco Bar
March 14th, 2008 -- Posted in Organic | No Comments »I was having some fun wrapping bottles of wine using materials from around the house. During some down time in between shoots for my new HGTV show “Red Hot & Green,” I would keep myself busy by doing crafts. Yes,…
Priuses for Rent
March 13th, 2008 -- Posted in Organic | No Comments »I was in San Francisco recently to oversee a photo shoot for Method Cleaning Products for an upcoming issue of KIWI magazine, a fabulous eco-friendly parenting publication. Whenever possible, I try to rent hybrid cars wherever I am in the…
Global Organic Fruit Basket
March 12th, 2008 -- Posted in Organic | No Comments »This is one of my favorite photos from my book “Simply Green Giving.” And the idea is so simple, yet so perfect to give all year round. Take an old tabletop globe (the kind that spins and is made from…
Two Simple Ideas
March 11th, 2008 -- Posted in Organic | No Comments »Here are two simple ways to dress up a bedroom. Find a small tray and load it up with sterilized moss from the craft store. Place small glass bottles on top and insert sprigs of wildflowers or fern clippings in….