By Holly Peterson
13W GE Energy Smart LED, GE Lighting
This dimmable 60W incandescent replacement lamp is part of GE's full family of Energy Smart LED incandescent replacement lamps being introduced over the next 12 months.
According to GE, the 13W LED lamp has been available since November 2011, and the 75W and 100W incandescent replacement LED lamps (18W and 27W) are anticipated for Fall 2012.
The lamps deliver omnidirectional light as well as smooth dimming and eliminate flicker.
When off, the lamp has the appearance of a soft-white incandescent lamp.
Finally, an LED light bulb that dims!!!
By Holly Peterson
Smog-eating Aluminum Panels?
What a genius idea...
Happy Wednesday!
- Design Diva Interiors
By Holly Peterson
"Pay attention to your water bill, so you know what's normal. Even if you can't hear it, you might have a running toilet or a leaky faucet somewhere. If your bill is running high, call your plumber."
DAVID PASQUESI, Partner, Pasquesi Plumbing, Highland Park, IL
"A well-done tight-back sofa is far more comfortable than one with loose-back cushions."
MATTHEW O'REILLY, Owner, Matthew O'Reilly Furniture, Albany, CA
"A keypad with an 'all off' button at the front door not only saves energy,
it looks much better than four or five switches, right?"
TONY DORN, Owner, Chestnut Electric, Greenwich, CT
"Steam is the absolute best disinfectant, and it works faster than most household cleaners. We use the Ladybug Steam Cleaner on everything from mattresses to floors to counters. It even gets rid of mold, bedbugs, and fleas in seconds flat."
DIANA HENLEY, Owner, Natural Care Cleaning Service, Houston, TX
"There's a lot of misinformation about marble being too porous and impractical. I still think it's the best kitchen counter material. Put a marble poultice on a water mark for 24 hours and it will be completely restored."
ROBERT BAKES, Owner, Bakes & Company, Sag Harbor, NY
By Holly Peterson
Home office, guest house, play room, yoga studio... whether you need
100 or 1,000 square feet,
Modern Cabana offers prefabricated and
sustainable space solutions to fit your lifestyle.
A great alternative to a pricey remodel or addition, all
you need is a little extra space in the back yard and a few days
of hard work. Yes, I said a few days! Two able-bodied
adults with some construction experience can
erect a Cabana in a few days.
These are great solutions for life's unexpected changes. When
all of a sudden you have outgrown your home, but cant
justify moving for just one additional room.
By Holly Peterson
We have all done it. Brought home a beautiful potted plant
with expectation of adoring it for months to come, only to find that
weeks, maybe even days later, it has already started to die off.
Maybe you under watered, maybe you over watered, or it could be that
it didn't find enough sunlight. All of these very well may be the case
but, it may just be that you are picking the wrong plants.
I've devised a list of great indoor plants that need little attention
so you need not to worry about screwing them up!
- Ponytail Palm~ for those who forget to water their plants
- Moth Orchid, Novelty Stripes~ an easy-to-grow orchid
- Braided Ficus Tree~ easy care and adaptability
- Chamaedorea Palm~ if your looking for a taste of the tropics
- Chinese Evergreen~ low maintenance, low-light lover
- Tropical Combo Bonsai~ create a tropical garden in any small corner
- Angel Ivy Ring Topiary~ fast growing
In the next list are great plantsto help aid in purifying the air inside your home:
- Peace Lilly
- Spider Plant
- Bamboo Palm
- Snake Plant
- Rubber Plant
- Weeping Fig
- Boston Fern
- English Ivy
Select one of these hardy indoor plants that will coordinate well with your
home decor and you will be on your way to finding your green thumb! You
can be rest assured that most of these are hard to kill.
~Design Diva
By Holly Peterson
Our lives are getting even more simple...
Thanks to
Lutron!
By Holly Peterson
GE’s newest dishwashers now offer the company’s PureClean self-cleaning, five-stage filtration system. The PureClean system includes 37 percent more wash jets, as well as a middle wash arm that has jets dedicated to silverware. The system uses six levels of wash with five-stage filtration.
Contact any local appliance store for more information.
By Holly Peterson
111 Navy Chair
Made from 111 recycled plastic Coke bottles, the
It took four years of research, design and materials testing
to create this chair, which is a plastic version of the iconic
by Emeco for the U.S. Navy in 1944, and today it's made of 80% recycled aluminum.
The 111 Navy Chair is available in six colors, and at $230.00, it's about
half the price of the aluminum one (1006 Navy Chair). This chair is suitable
for outdoor and commercial use, and it's made in the USA!
The production of this chair is expected to keep three million
plastic Coke bottles out of landfills each year. A good enough reason to plant
several of these chairs at your dining table today!
-Design Diva Interiors
By Holly Peterson
Solatube can help!
Limited Time Offer - Free Installation!*
By Holly Peterson
Flat-panel televisions with LED (light emitting diode) backlighting deliver
brilliant color contrasts and consume less energy.
LED TVs burn cooler than LCD TVs and can last two-thirds longer.
sharpusa.com
By Holly Peterson
Dimming lights to 85% brightness can save 15% on annual energy costs, and the visual difference is virtually undetectable. To help gauge savings, Lutron's Eco Minder dimmer switch changes colors when using less power.
lutron.comContact
Design Diva Interiors on how
you can save energy in your home!
By Holly Peterson
For those of you who need a little incentive to recycle...
RecycleBank launched April 5th in Los Angeles, paying cash to single-family homes with extra goods to dispose of. One of the advantages of the program is that it requires no extra bins or effort:
RecycleBank simply outfits your existing bins with a special ID tag. When the bins are weighed each time they are collected, the family accrues points which can be redeemed at local retail outlets (encouraging local commerce!).
RecycleBank has already had success with the program in over 1000 commercial locations. The company hopes to roll out the program to over 700,000 families in the Los Angeles, in the next year. Read all the details on the
RecycleBank website.
I think this may be the a best approach to a recycle program, that we have seen so far!
Keep up the great work
RecycleBank!
Hoping that San Diego will catch on soon...
By Holly Peterson
HOW TO: Recycle Cell Phones
INFORM is a non-profit environmental organization dedicated to educating the public about the effects of human activity on the environment and on public health. Their mission is to empower citizens, businesses and governments to adopt practices and policies that will help sustain our planet for future generations.
INFORM has been actively working since 1973 on many reports that have influenced governments and corporations in the way they conduct business and more importantly, their efforts make a difference:
INFORM had a national impact on key environmental issues, such as chemical hazard prevention, solid waste prevention, and sustainable transportation.
In 2007, following a leadership change, INFORM's board and staff decided to pursue a more contemporary approach to their historic mission of disseminating information to catalyze change. The new INFORM is building on its distinguished research legacy by using visual media to broaden the audience to include the general public.
By Holly Peterson
We heard of General Motors’s cash for clunkers campaign a few months ago, but
Emeco is putting an interior design spin on this deal-busting concept. From November 25 through February 2010, the chair manufacturer will offer a 50 percent discount on any chair and stool in its online catalog to anyone sending in an old, clunker aluminum chair.
Emeco will collect the unwanted chairs and send them to its recycling plant in Baltimore, Maryland. The discarded aluminum will then be repurposed into future products for the Emeco line. The Pennsylvania-based company will accept any aluminum chair for recycling, and customers can exchange more than one chair, as well. All chairs and stools made by Emeco qualify for the discount.
By Holly Peterson
From 3form
With over 100 times the impact strength of glass, Koda XT offers extensive design flexibility. Use the 3form HighRes program to incorporate custom imagery, or combine up to three layers of C3 colors for up to 10,000 color options. Koda XT can also be molded to meet extreme design requirements and, with 40% pre-consumer recycled content, is the only architectural polycarbonate material available to use towards LEED MR 4.1 for recycled content.
By Holly Peterson
Looking forward to having a Green Depot (or something like it) in So Cal...
Hopefully someday soon!
Check out
GreenDepot.com and see how YOU can make a difference!
By Holly Peterson
The holidays will be here quicker than we know...
Why not save yourself the expense of running standard decorative lights???
Use these LED Holiday Lights!!!
The benefits:1.Easy use. 110/220V AC working voltage. No need any driver! 2. Full color range. R/G/B/W/WW/RGB.
3.Various length. 5M(50 LEDs), 10M(100 LEDs), 15M(150 LEDs), 20M(200 LEDs).
4. Weather proofed. IP65, can be both indoor and outdoor use.
5. Connectors available. More than 20 Meters, we can offer male and female connectors.
By Holly Peterson
I don't know about you, but I love me some Starbucks!
Click
here to read more on their plans for "Going Green"in 2010
By Holly Peterson
Bleu Nature Driftwood Lamps
They're graceful in movement. They're soft from tide and salt. Pieces of driftwood conjure quiet and calm. And that’s a vibe that’s welcome in any home. The guys who will bring it there? French designers, Bleu Nature. Every year the team takes a field trip to the shores of Northern France to collect driftwood that they then bundle and stack into sublime lighting fixtures. The entire process is rather unfussy — they take some sticks and add a post, shade, and discerning eye. It’s a simple beauty. And that’s largely because the wood needs no further processing, as it is already naturally preserved in sea salt. These artistic collaborations between man and nature may have fallen far from their trees, but I'm sure they’ll have no trouble calling your living room home.
Learn more at bleunature.com
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