Tag: Kitchens - Page 6
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Just What We Needed Dept: WowBacon
Mark Bittman, Food columnist for the New York Times, describes what he needs in a kitchen: "A stove, a sink, a refrigerator, some pots and pans, a knife and some serving spoons,All else is optional." Yet people keep producing single-function thingies
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Zappos.com Now Sells Recycled Glass Dishware
Image via: Zappos.com Zappos.com, that gigantic shoe website where you can get tasteful and tasteless (and even vegan) shoes at cheap prices, now sells Recycled Glassware? Yep, and with a name like Highbury Collection of Recycled Glassware Serving
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The Most Elegant Small Kitchen Yet Folds Into A Box
Kitchens that fold up and go away are a regular feature on TreeHugger; we love ideas that show how space can be used for multiple functions, and as Bucky Fuller said, "Our beds are empty two-thirds of the time. Our living rooms are empty seven-eighths
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VerTerra Dinnerware Made from Fallen Leaves
If the meal calls for disposable plates, they may as well be biological nutrients that can be readily returned to the soil. Elegance doesn't hurt, either. These disposable plates, bowls, and serving dishes from VerTerra are made from fallen leaves,
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When it Comes to Fridges, Small is the New Big.
Architect Donald Chong taught us that Small Fridges Make Good Cities, so what does that make the Meneghini Cambusa? the Robert Moses of Fridges? the Godzilla of iceboxes?
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Getting Wired Without Electricity: The Hourglass Coffee Maker
Image via RT Sales, Inc. If you are able to look into the future at least 12 hours, and want to cut the electricity or natural gas out of your coffee-brewing workflow, then check out the Hourglass. We first saw this gadget over at Dvice. It doesn't take
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Shrinking Jug Keeps Milk Fresh an Extra Week
Image via James Dyson Award One of the main reasons milk goes bad is its exposure to air. As you tip the carton, drenching your seventh bowl of Chia Goodness Cereal you are getting rapidly closer to the moment of pouring the chunky remnants down the
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Movable "Bridge" Slides Over Kitchen, Saves Space
Kitchen islands can take up a lot of space. Justin at Materialicious found this clever idea from Italian kitchen manufacturer Xera: the wood counter slides out, providing a place to sit or work, while exposing the sink and range when opened. Clean up
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Loyal Loot Bowls from Canadian Logs
These bright and shiny Canadian wooden bowls must be all the rage: last month the Guardian wrote them up and this week Cool Hunting has them. Each bowl is created from various and different Canadian trees that have fallen or
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Goodbye Detergent: Lose Your Suds Addiction With Scrubs From Recycled Food Powders
I admit to two kitchen addictions - dish detergent that provides suds, and horror of horrors - steel wool impregnated with soap, similar to Brillo pads. Otherwise I'm using baking soda, vinegar and lemon juice for most tasks. But now over at the Cool
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7 Simple, Unexpected Ways to Save Water
Even though three quarters of our planet is considered water, there is still a demand for it in almost every community, and a scarcity in many. That’s because we can actually only use one to two percent of it, which is why we’ve
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Mode Designs Clean, Sleek System to Organize Recyclables
For communities that don't allow you to just toss all of your recyclables in one bin and leave them by the curb comes the Deluxe All-in-One-Recycling Center by Mode. It combines, it organizes,
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Clever Sink Design Saves Water and Time when Doing the Dishes
So after a lot of thought, we've come to the conclusion that using the dishwasher can be greener than hand wash, but we've also found that the manual work can be done a lot more efficiently.
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Preserve Offers Free Shipping to Celebrate Earth Day
Over the years Eric Hudson's company, Preserve (formerly Reycline), has done some great things that we here at TreeHugger have been following. It all started with the launch of the Preserve toothbrush and the product list has grown from there. From
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To-Go Ware Offers 20% Off to Celebrate New "RePEat" Bamboo Utentsils
Stephanie Bernstein's favorite slogan is "reduce your forkprint." Her company, To-Go Ware, provides consumers the tools to reduce the amount of single-use plastics and other disposable foodware products that are so prevalent and toxic in today's
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Moen Drips Green Following the Three Rs
I went to a press meeting with Moen this week and came away with a ton of green facts about the well-known company who
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Bamdino Kids Utensils Are Dino-mite
Do your kids bamboo, too? Help the little tykes roar into sustainability with Bambu's latest prehistorically inspired, child-friendly offering: a veritable utensil triple threat—comprising a knife, fork, and spoon—with dinosaur
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Jargon Watch: "Recyclable"
When Collin and I covered the stunning new Valcucine Invitrum kitchen at ICFF last year, the distributor said in the video that it would last forever: "this is a kitchen that your grandchildren will be using."
