Ecohaus Blog Tag Archive
Bidets – the best kept eco-secret?
At our Seattle store we host a monthly green home tour with our partner GreenDwellingSeattle. It starts in our showroom where we give an hour-long introduction to, and tell the story behind, our product selection. At our tour this past Saturday, when we got to the dual flush toilet section, one product in particular really… »
Ecohaus launches a revolutionary new paint!
Safecoat Naturals products are the first truly practical architectural coatings incorporating plant-based… »
Homes for Health
Ecohaus makes healthy choices easy with Healthy Home… »
Add Your Voice! Copenhagen 2010
The UN Climate Change Summit starts next week! Here are two petitions that you can sign to add your voice to the international call for… »
GREEN FESTIVAL: San Francisco
Though we’ve been regulars at the Seattle event, Ecohaus just exhibited at the San Francisco Green Festival for the first time this year, and it was… »
1 Day Only! Ecohaus Portland Paint Giveaway! (11/08)
On Sunday, November 8, Ecohaus Portland is giving away 1 free gallon of American Pride paint per household to the first 100 who print out this coupon and present it at the store!
Why, you ask? It’s simple: American Pride paint is such a fantastic product, we want the folks in Stumptown to give it a try!
American Pride paint is completely… »
Green Your Halloween!
How can you incorporate sustainability into your life beyond the paint you put on your walls, or the toilet you choose to install? Try greening your holiday celebrations! Corey Colwell Lipson and her mom Lynn Colwell have written a book called Celebrate Green which is an incredible resource for ideas on how to make holidays… »
Seattle Loves to Recycle Electronic Waste!
The final numbers are in! It was the hottest day of the year and traffic was at it’s absolute ugliest but that did not dampen people’s passion for sustainable waste solutions!
At our Seattle Waste Alternatives and Electronics Recycling event on July 29th, Seattlites turned in 36,931 pounds of old electronics! That means that nearly 18.5… »
Ecohaus + David Bromstad + Mythic Paint = <3
On Saturday, August 29, 2009 several hundred people gathered in front of our Seattle store to welcome HGTV’s David Bromstad, and to hear him talk about design.
As he answered questions from the audience and shared experiences he’s had working on Design Star and Color Splash, he painted one of his signature art pieces. At the… »
Bring the Hygge of Summer Home this Winter
So, what is Hygge?
Hygge (pronounced HOOG-uh) is a Danish word which, roughly translated, means coziness. Much like the Pacific Northwest, Denmark has long, gloomy winters and the people there survive the dreariness by creating a bright, warm feeling at home. Candles, warm colors and good friends all contribute to the experience of hygge.
Now, after the… »
