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Showing posts with label Home. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Best of Outdoor Eco Dining

These bamboo tumblers from Terrain are reusable, biodegradable, and available in an awesome color palette. See the whole collection here 

The season of outdoor dining is upon us again! What do you serve outdoor meals on? Melamine? Paper plates? Your everyday dishware? Plastic (recycled, of course!)? We have yet to find the perfect outdoor dining solution, but this year things are looking up. From biodegradable bamboo cups and plates that don't look throw-away, to stainless steel options that won't break, here are our favorites for outdoor entertaining this summer.

Finally, recycled plastic dishware (melamine and BPA free) that's as chic as it is functional. In 3 colorways, from Terrain
Some of our favorite local restaurants, including Bollywood Theater (above), serve  their food on stainless steel. Easy clean-up and no breakage makes his another top choice for outdoor entertaining. Visit Life Without Plastic for a wide variety of stainless steel options
Perfect for parties: Susty Party makes a colorful array of compostable dishes made from renewable resources. Doesn't get any cuter!


Friday, May 9, 2014

Handmade & Organic: Plover Laundry Bags

Laundry bag in "Pink Roses," $58

A brand-new Plover Organic + Anthropologie exclusive: Plover laundry bags! Available in 5 prints, these bags were handmade  in Portland, Ore., and are available in VERY limited quantities. At 28" high and 21" wide, these bags are roomy enough for multiple loads of laundry, or just for toting your stuff around stylishly. Happy laundering!!

Limited-editon "Thorns" laundry bag only on Anthropologie.com


Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Make Your Bed!


Who needs Spring cleaning? We love doing a massive cleaning in the dead of winter, when you're stuck indoors—and stuck picking up after all the holiday parties and presents and paper—anyway. On our to-do list: saying goodbye to magazine stashes we've had for almost a decade. (How does that happen?!?) Now that our beloved Lucky magazine is back in print, it was time to let the old ones go. But not without one more read-through (a totally worthwhile way to spend a couple of nights, by the way), during which we rediscovered some forgotten gems, such as this one from April 2006: "The World's Comfiest Bed."

It's a step-by-step guide on how to make your bed à la a Four Seasons Hotel. The tip that's changed our lives: don't tuck your top sheet! Fold it into a 6" "Z" instead. Try it, you'll see.






Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Wish List

Christmas shopping under pressure is not our favorite activity, but it is a good excuse to shop locally and see all the fun new things that are out there. Herewith, a list of Plover's favorite gifts to give and get this holiday season.

Play Red by Comme des Garcons. Our favorite unisex scent right now, with the best packaging

Heart Measuring Spoons by Beehive Kitchenware, $45

The Art of Simple Food II is the latest cookbook from Alice Waters—another classic

In love with these beautiful ceramic honey jars from Stakceramics in Pittsburgh

What we're doing this winter: reading Latin for Gardeners

Gorgeous and practical Senegalese baskets from Lotus Blue

Handmade ceramic pots by Esser/vesper. Made is Portland and worth every penny