From our friends at designbeep.com: Successfully marketing and selling a home necessarily entails making that home beautiful and then photographing it to death in order to show off each and every compelling aspect of the design; given the huge role that photography plays in real estate, getting things just right can be a bit trickier [...]

The trend setters of Interior Design Dexigner Founded in 2001, Dexigner is the leading online portal for designers. Dexigner delivers the latest design news, events, competitions, resources and more. @dexigner IDSwest Interior Design Show West happening at the Vancouver Convention Centre September 28, 29, 30 #idswest12 @IDSwest SBID Society of British Interior Design is the [...]

The folks at Steelcase have an exciting contest running in October. Each week during the month of October Steelcase will be giving away a Steelcase Leap chair! It’s easy to enter the contest: Click the banner in this post to go to the contest page. Log in to Punchtab using the email button at right. [...]

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The leaves are changing color so why not add some color to your home? Coyuchi has new 2012 fall organic linens available! This is a limited time offer for free shipping. FREE SHIPPING on Pure Organic Linens for Bed, Bath & Baby with a $100 minimum order. Use Code Organic100. Offer is good one time [...]

From our friends at Elle Decoration   Scandinavian furniture house IKEA launched their PS 2012 Collection in a big innovated warehouse at Ventura Lambrate at the Milan Design Fair this year. For the IKEA PS 2012 collection, IKEA gave 19 designers the task of reviving ideas, memories, thoughts, shapes and products of the past and [...]

This Week in Furniture It’s been a great week for Furniture fans here at The Ramsay Home Blog Get inspired of North East style with a chance to win a stay at the gorgeous English Meadows Inn. Like natural finished, chunky Amish style tables? Check out the Leg Mission Dining Table. Check out The Vanderbilt [...]

From our friends at Repurposed And Refined Lovely job on refinishing an antique hutch. Interesting look with bits of the old white showing through in spots. Read the full story about the process of painting with Annie Sloan Chalkpaint.

From our friends at Caravan Pacific   We like the middle one the best   Please meet our new lighting design, the Vanderbilt.       Named after a street I lived on in my old Brooklyn neighborhood, she’s got the same sophistication and class as her older sister, Alberta, with a little more sass.  We’re using the [...]

From our friends at Amish Furniture Factory It seems that that the Amish Furniture Factory made some life long fans when they delivered their hand made Leg Mission Dining Table to Mack Hood in Green Brook, NJ. We also like the rustic look and natural finish.

From our friends at Elements of Style Blog Who doesn’t love the style of Maine? For fans of furniture there are many styles typical of the east coast of the US. Not only can this post help spark some creative thinking about your next furniture design or purchase – enter to win a $200 gift [...]

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Penny Bonda has been an active participant in the green building industry since its early stages and has pioneered the development of many of the accepted practices and recognized standards that have defined the sustainability movement. She is the founding chair of the U.S. Green Building Council committee for LEED Commercial Interiors and the ASID [...]

Log Homes A log home (or log house) is technically the same thing as a log cabin, a house typically made from logs that have not been milled into conventional lumber. The term log home is contemporary and preferred by most log home builders, while log cabin indicates a smaller, more rustic, log house, such [...]

We love the look and materials in this toddler activity table and chairs at 2modern.com! Take a stand for the environment (or in this case a seat). We noticed that no two toddlers sit the same way, which was the inspiration for our Project Table and Stool. Whether she sits, stands or kneels, our Project [...]

We just got this in our inbox from our friends at Vermont Woods Studios. Please subscribe and pass this on to your friends! Dear Friends, Welcome to the first Vermont Woods Studios Quarterly Newsletter. This is the first of what we hope will be a long line of issues providing you with interesting news and [...]

Although consumers are now more aware of holistic living and sustainability, finding green furniture can be a frustrating experience for many. The Seattle Times has put together a list of stores that carry eco-friendly, sustainable and natural furniture as well as tips for shopping in your own area. read more | digg story

Some new finds for Thursday, January 24 2007. This month’s Business Week magazine is about the top companies leading the way in sustainable practices. It’s up in the air just how sustainable these companies are in the long term, but at least there is an effort being made (or publicised). Here is what Business Week [...]

We have now entered the stage in the Ramsay Home Project where we are starting to think about how we are going to decorate and furnish the interior. How do you go about finding what will go good in the corner beside the coat closet? You need to browse through a decorators catalog. We are [...]

We are planning to use wood for the floors inside our home but we hate the chemicals found in almost any floor polisher. That was until we got some excellent advice from our friends at City Hippy that we just had to share! Great as a floor polisher or polishing any wood in your green [...]

Bamboo has become quite the “it” material in design circles for its renewable properties and beautiful design possibilities. Crate & Barrel’s elegant Bento Collection of bedroom furniture is made from fast-growing bamboo. Flattened bamboo stems are layered and bonded with formaldehyde-free glue.

Working for change has a column, ‘Ask Umbra’, where readers can get answers to questions about environmental concerns, sustainability and responsible capitalism. We found this article about a mother’s interest in building a green nursery to be really educational – and we are also building a nursery this month as well! Try to be imaginative [...]

Shouldn’t all furniture be non-toxic?

The good folks at Metaefficient showcase a wide range of different eco-friendly furniture. We also enjoyed their post on how to buy non-toxic furniture.