Daily Dust Digest Archives

• The stackable patio chair has grown up [San Francisco Chronicle]
• Would Frank Lloyd Wright approve? [L.A. Times]
• Cooling off with smaller carbon footprint [Washington Post]
• The $99,000 house competition [Jetson Green]
• 2008 Editors’ Choice Awards [Tools of the Trade]
• The lowdown on sandpaper [L.A. Times]
• Offices that feel like home [Chicago Tribune]
• California’s new green-building database [State of California]
• Recalled: Bassettbaby cribs, Simmons Kids crib mattresses [CPSC.gov]
• Ritz-Carlton style for your guest room [Atlanta Journal-Constitution]
• Carrie’s updated digs in “Sex and the City” movie [Chicago Tribune]
• Can this uneven, bare, weedy lawn be saved? [San Francisco Chronicle]
• My $1,200 radon job [Wall Street Journal]
• Politically Incorrect Solar Blog [Akeena Solar]
• Ventura County adjusts to new green-building regulations [Camarillo Acorn]
• Scientologists remodel Malibu nail salon [Curbed L.A.]
• Keeping chlorine out of the pool [New York Times]
• Flat paints will be greener beginning July 1 [L.A. Times]
• Recalled: 3,100 Miele super-large gas dryers [CPSC.gov]
• Cal Poly frat house going for green certification [Mustang Daily]
• Renovation revolution: getting ready for old age [Forbes]
• Recalled: 22,000 fireplace wall controls [CPSC.gov]
• California incentives for renewables and efficiency [www.dsireusa.org]
• Green fitness center planned for Vandenberg AFB [PR Newswire]
• Contractors kept busy maintaining abandoned homes [New York Times]
• The Green Building Curmudgeon blog [Housing Zone]
• Make your own green cleaning products [New York Times]
• Planet-friendly paving lets water seep through [Washington Post]
• Will artichokes grow in West Hills? [Long Beach Press-Telegram]
• Mid-century metal chairs make a comeback [L.A. Times]
• Can’t move? Remodeling may be answer [San Diego Union Tribune]
• Challenges of downsizing [The Arizona Republic]
• Luxury style in a budget bath [The Coloradoan]
• Certified green businesses in Santa Monica [L.A. Times]
• Life in a yurt [New York Times]
• Notes from New Orleans [National Trust for Historic Preservation]
• The dirty dozen: 12 plants to avoid [MSN Real Estate]
• New recall: 280,000 carbon monoxide/smoke alarms [CPSC.gov]
• Will upgrading your home help you sell it? [Wall Street Journal]
• The dirty dozen: 12 plants to avoid [MSN Real Estate]
• New recall: 280,000 carbon monoxide/smoke alarms [CPSC.gov]
• Will upgrading your home help you sell it? [Wall Street Journal]
• Deals to be had as furniture stores liquidate [L.A. Times]
• Kitchen makeover contest [iVillage.com]
• New recalls: Dewalt table saws, QVC space heaters [CPSC.gov]
• Tour Pasadena Showcase House through May 18 [Pasadenashowcase.org]
• Palo Alto adopts strict green building mandates [Palo Alto Weekly]
• High-stakes lead paint case in Rhode Island [International Herald Tribune]
• San Diego development wins national green building award [NAHB]
• Confessions of a chronic shed slob [L.A. Times]
• A gallery of white interiors [Architectural Digest]
• Demolition party: A DIY bash [L.A. Times]
• Andie MacDowell plans green house [Wall Street Journal]
• Film producer’s eclectic renovation [L.A. Times]
• Malibu’s backyard vintners [L.A. Times]
• Remodelers to face white-glove test on lead [Washington Post]
• It’s amateurs vs. pros at estate sales [L.A. Times]
• Firehouse lightbulb in Livermore has burned 107 years [L.A. Times]
• Our petroleum dollars at work: a billion-dollar home in Mumbai [Forbes]
• Get to the root of curling vinyl, then straighten it out [L.A. Times]
• National Women Build Week is May 4 to 10 [Habitat for Humanity]
• 84,000 children’s storage bins from Lowe’s recalled for lead paint [CPSC]
• Recap of AltBuild Expo in Santa Monica [Santa Monica Mirror]
• Does DirectBuy save customers money? [KHOU-TV, Houston]
• Bedroom makeover for a teenage girl [Washington Post]
• It’s National Home Improvement Month [BobVila.com]
• Battling over the right to dry clothes outside [New York Times]
• UC Berkeley child care center gets LEED silver certification [UC Berkeley News]
• Stop unwanted catalogs [Wall Street Journal]
• Iceplant worst thing for hillsides, landscaper says [North County Times]
• Tips on using odds and ends in the garden [L.A. Times]
• Tree of the Week: The Blue Gum [L.A. Land]
• Pavers fine without the sealer [L.A. Times]
• Green-living tips from Julia Louis-Dreyfus [USA Today]
• Renovation was a labor of love . . . and loss [Dallas Morning News]
• Bedside lighting: beyond table lamps [New York Times]
• A garden oasis in the Hollywood Hills [L.A. Times]
• L.A. City Council passes green-building ordinance [L.A. Times]
• L.A., S.F. vie for title of “greenest city” [L.A. Times]
• Mobile home makeover for cable TV show [Inland Valley Daily Bulletin]
• Eco-benefits of telecommuting [San Francisco Chronicle]
• So popular and yet so toxic: PVC [L.A. Times]
• Trying remodels in trying times [DailyBreeze]
• Home inspection horror stories [L.A. Times]
• Pasadena’s Whole Foods Market: Is It Sustainable Design? [L.A. Times]
• Santa Clara fire station gets solar panels [The Earth Times]
• Remodeling spending down only 4.8% over last year [Harvard University]
• Urbanslabs offers countertops locally made of recycled materials [Urbanslabs.com]
• 10 recession-proof home improvements [Forbes]
• Crate & Barrel plans two LEED-certified warehouses [Central Valley Business Times]
• Santa Monica expands green building guidelines [The Lookout News]
• Nine earth-friendly fixes for your home [Forbes]
• Is an “eco brat” judging your household? [San Francisco Chronicle]
• Seven energy-saving eco-gadgets [Smart Money]
• Green hotels LEEDing the way? [Los Angeles Times]
• Four state buildings earn LEED Gold ratings [Business Wire]
• Building green is getting cheaper [Sacramento Bee]
• Photo Gallery: 24 Years of Hot Property: The Ruth Ryon era [Los Angeles Times]
• Time to tidy up [Washington Post]
• To preserve home equity, help your neighbor [Wall Street Journal]
• Top five questions to ask before renovating [MarketWatch]
• How to avoid toxins in baby’s nursery [San Jose Mercury News]
• Sweet dreams: a green makeover for the bedroom [Seattle Times]
• So long, farewell! House is done; Dream Home Diaries conclude [New York Times]
• Restoring a home after a calamity [The Detroit News]
• Grandma’s moving in. Where will she sleep? [San Francisco Chronicle]
• Comparing green cleaning products [Washington Post]
• NEW: Energy Star criteria established for water heaters [U.S. Dept. of Energy]
• Can this house help you live forever? [New York Times]
• This could be the greenest city in the world [The Guardian, UK]
• A gallery of girlie vanities [Domino]
• Silver Lake eco home and lifestyle boutique [Emerald City blog]
• Folding chairs too hip to hide in a closet [New York Times]
• Remodeling contractor charged in jewelry thefts [St. Petersburg Times]
• Registry of lead-free homes proposed in Maine [WCSH, Portland]
• Drew Barrymore’s chic and comfortable L.A. un-office [Domino]
• What to do with $5,000 [The Motley Fool]
• Tips for greening an older home [Preservation Magazine]
• Lots of contractors need work, but choose wisely [Chicago Tribune]
• How to build ready-to-assemble furniture [Washington Post]