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FabMo nonprofit urges textile reuse in Mountain View

Fabrics and More, aka FabMo, was founded when a couple learned how many samples were being thrown away by businesses at the San Francisco Design...
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Fabric store review: SCRAP, San Francisco

San Francisco is one of the greenest cities in the US; its recycling program diverts over three-quarters of the city's trash away from...
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I Saw it in the Window and Just Had to Have It!

  • Recycled Interiors
  • November 3, 2011
Remember the iconic Carol Burnett episode with Carol as Scarlet O'Hara in Gone with the Wind turning the window drapery into a formal gown? We...
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Election junk mail driving you crazy?

The election season is upon us. Presidential debates are hashed and rehashed nightly on the evening news; community meetings are taking place in...
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Streetwise Furniture Finds

  • recycled furniture
  • June 22, 2011
In any urban city interesting unwanted furniture can be found on the street waiting for a new place to live. The conditions of the furniture can...
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Solano supervisors OK new fairgrounds development studies

Plans to redevelop the 149-acre Solano County Fairgrounds in Vallejo moved a step closer this week when county supervisors approved three studies...
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Make Room for Homeless Furniture

  • Homeless Furniture
  • March 21, 2011
Interior Design Director Samuel Fleming Lewis was taking a shortcut to INSTUDIO in his pick-up truck through an industrial section of San Francisco...
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Trash to Treasures

What better way to deal with some forms of trash than to reuse it?Creating art out of trash is not a new concept, but perhaps, an under-utilized...
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Rent stuff online and go green!

The other day I met and interviewed Samantha Chen from a local Bay Area startup called Rentalic.com which is a really neat concept that allows...
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San Francisco's Environmental Department

Did you now that San Francisco has an environmental department? They have services and advice for not only home owners, but also businesses. In...
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