If you've ever painted your interiors with a lovely sustainable GreenSeal approved paint, and then a few days or weeks later discovered a ding, dent, spot or scratch but didn't want to pull all the painting gear back out, then I know a product you will love!

It's called the Slobproof! Paint Pen, and it's re-usable!  Simply fill the reservoir with your choice of paint, snap on the brush top, and start fixing all those niggling nicks and scuff marks!  Makes it easy to touch-up without searching through potentially dried-up cans at the back of your shed.  No need to test to be sure it's the matching color - just fill and label the Slobproof! Paint Pen while you're already painting to save time and clean-up later.  Plus, it's much easier to touch-up small spots in hard-to-reach places than a traditional brush.

It's that time of year again - wrapping paper, packaging and consumerism abound, setting off my unsustainable alarm bells.  To soothe them back to charming jingles, check this awesome list of everyday items repurposed for the holidays plus creative uses for holiday-themed goods.  My favorite is creating a table runner out of last year's holiday cards - gives you the opportunity to revive the memories while creating new ones.

New Uses for Christmas Items

Happy Holidays, everyone, and Best Wishes for the New Year!

Many of us have already switched to using compact fluorescent light bulbs, both for their money-saving and energy-saving qualities.  But if you have a light fixture that reveals the bulb... well, it didn't exactly become the high point of your interior designs.  Hide it under a bushel?  No!  Now you can let your eco-friendly bulbs shine proudly, with a fabulous new design called the Plumen 001!

This designer bulb uses 80% less energy and lasts 8 times longer than standard incandescent bulbs.  It has an estimated life of 8 full years - wow!  Realized by the product design firm Hulger, with assistance from British designer Samuel Wilkinson, the Plumen 001's name is derived from the word “plume,” which describes a bird’s large and showy feather.  We think you'll definitely want to show this one off.  The bulb is artistic in nature, appearing in a variety of organic shapes and sculptural outlines when viewed from different angles.

We've seen flat-packed Ikea furniture that took hours to assemble, cardboard furniture that -- while sustainable -- fails to impress, and spent hours looking for the missing allen wrench to tighten that wobbly leg.  Forget all that.

Spring has sprung, you can feel it in the air!  It's time for Spring Cleaning again!  Of course we all want a cleaner house, but we don’t want to spend money, and we especially don’t want to use chemicals.  Here are 35 ways to address those dirty issues with natural materials and household items you already own.