Surrendering to the Landscape
A strikingly simple concrete, glass and steel house in Idaho makes the most of the constantly changing desert scenery.
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In the Garden: How Green Is Your Garden? A New Rating System May Tell You
A new report includes proposed guidelines for creating sustainable landscapes, as well as diverse examples of successful restoration projects.
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Currents | Goods: Art Meets Plywood
PLYprints are 14-by-14-inch plywood panels decorated with designs by Alexander Girard, a ’60s-era designer.
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The Fix: In Your Kitchen, Cold War Strategy
With holiday entertaining now over, the refrigerator could use a little rest — and in some cases a checkup or even a fond farewell.
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In Egypt, Living on a Farm
After her husband died and her children moved away, Maryanne Stroud Gabbani built a home on a 2.5-acre lot in a village in the Old Nile Valley.
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Currents | Books: 11 More Great Homes
The architectural historian Kenneth Frampton has updated his 1995 book with 11 additional houses.
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Shopping With Julian Tomchin: Pulling a Few Threads
A former home-product development expert for Macy’s shares his philosophy about bed linens and thread counts.
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Property Values: What You Get for ... $600,000
A four-bedroom home on Great Diamond Island in Maine, a four-bedroom compound on the eastern coast of Hawaii’s Big Island and a cottage two blocks from the beach in Encinitas, Calif.
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Currents | Tile: Bottoms Up, Then Redo the Bathroom
Trend USA’s new mosaic tile offers an eco-friendly way to retile a floor or wall, indoors or out.
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Currents | Deals: Wink and Grin, No Extra Charge
A selection of Pylones’s playful household objects will go on sale starting Jan. 10.
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Road Test: In Search of the Just-Right Desk
Much has been made of the growing importance of the home office, which very often is nothing more than a desk, or a desk-substitute.
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Currents | Fabric: You Design It, They Print It
Spoonflower.com is a Web site that allows anyone to design and print custom fabric.
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Buying guides with tips and advice. Also has forums where people can post their experiences and degrees of satisfaction with products they have purchased.
http://www.abbysguide.com/
A network of reporters, authors, and industry experts offering reviews of new products.
http://www.beststuff.com/
Consumer information guides covering a variety of topics including children, consumer products and services, environment, food, health, housing and finance.
http://consumerinformation.ca/
Free Classified Ads Portal
www.graand.com
Wal-Mart's buyers blog about products they evaluate and solicit input from customers.
http://checkoutblog.com/
This independent, non-profit consumer authority provides articles and ratings for local services in the United States.
http://www.checkbook.org/
Database of categorized consumer product reviews from a variety of news and trade publications. For each product, it ranks and describes all reviews, provides a full story of expert analysis, and lists top rated products by category.
http://www.consumersearch.com/
Provides information on consumer protection laws in thirteen countries and offers consumers a way to file complaints online.
http://www.econsumer.gov/
Produced by the Canadian government's Office of Energy Efficiency, rates home appliances for cost of operation and gives tips and advice.
http://oee.nrcan.gc.ca/energuide/
Monitors e-businesses for reliability, privacy and customer satisfaction. Offers a directory of registered safe shopping web sites, streaming audio consumer alerts and the Safe Shopping Radio Network.
http://www.epubliceye.com
Federal Citizen Information Center
Provides a library of consumer interest publications on a variety of topics. A service of the U.S. General Services Administration.
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/
Federation of American Consumers and Travelers (FACT)
A national consumer organization offering benefits, discounts, and programs for consumers and travelers. Offers subscription based articles on cost saving health care benefits, scholarships, grants, and non-partisan political reports.
http://usafact.org/
Support information for consumer electronics and appliances, repair services, manuals, guides, faqs and troubleshooting.
http://www.fixya.com/
An independent, not-for-profit service providing articles and tips about products and services.
http://www.ineed2know.org/
Offers a family of websites focused on providing consumer information and reviews for products and services from the banking, investment, telecommunications, insurance and travel industries in Australia.
http://www.infochoice.com.au
Questions and answers about buying products and services over the Internet.
http://www.infofaq.com/
Includes alphabetical list of manufacturers with links to their sites and list of product instruction manuals offered for download.
http://www.instructionsheets.com
Using consumer satisfaction data collected, this site provides consumers information to help them in their buying decisions.
http://www.jdpower.com/
An analytical shopping tool for consumers and businesses. Users can create smart shopping lists and personal consumer reports to make skilled purchase decisions.
http://www.makelifeeasy.com
Life calculators and tools for career, family, and work.
http://www.myprimetime.com/misc/me_meters.shtml
Consumers research, compare, and review products and services.
http://www.mouthshut.com
Covering choosing a moving company, insurance, checklists, and tips.
http://www.moving-company-guide.com
Contains instruction manuals and other support documents including operator and user guides, and how-to information for all sorts of appliances, machines and devices.
http://www.theusermanualsite.com/
Details of current projects, staff and publications, with advice, help and articles on a variety of consumer topics.
http://www.wales-consumer.org.uk/
Shopping With Julian Tomchin: Pulling a Few Threads
A former home-product development expert for Macy’s shares his philosophy about bed linens and thread counts.
www.nytimes.com
The Fix: In Your Kitchen, Cold War Strategy
With holiday entertaining now over, the refrigerator could use a little rest — and in some cases a checkup or even a fond farewell.
www.nytimes.com
Currents | Deals: Wink and Grin, No Extra Charge
A selection of Pylones’s playful household objects will go on sale starting Jan. 10.
www.nytimes.com
Currents | Goods: Art Meets Plywood
PLYprints are 14-by-14-inch plywood panels decorated with designs by Alexander Girard, a ’60s-era designer.
www.nytimes.com
In the Garden: How Green Is Your Garden? A New Rating System May Tell You
A new report includes proposed guidelines for creating sustainable landscapes, as well as diverse examples of successful restoration projects.
www.nytimes.com
Property Values: What You Get for ... $600,000
A four-bedroom home on Great Diamond Island in Maine, a four-bedroom compound on the eastern coast of Hawaii’s Big Island and a cottage two blocks from the beach in Encinitas, Calif.
www.nytimes.com
Currents | Fabric: You Design It, They Print It
Spoonflower.com is a Web site that allows anyone to design and print custom fabric.
www.nytimes.com
In Egypt, Living on a Farm
After her husband died and her children moved away, Maryanne Stroud Gabbani built a home on a 2.5-acre lot in a village in the Old Nile Valley.
www.nytimes.com
Currents | Books: 11 More Great Homes
The architectural historian Kenneth Frampton has updated his 1995 book with 11 additional houses.
www.nytimes.com
Surrendering to the Landscape
A strikingly simple concrete, glass and steel house in Idaho makes the most of the constantly changing desert scenery.
www.nytimes.com
Currents | Tile: Bottoms Up, Then Redo the Bathroom
Trend USA’s new mosaic tile offers an eco-friendly way to retile a floor or wall, indoors or out.
www.nytimes.com
Road Test: In Search of the Just-Right Desk
Much has been made of the growing importance of the home office, which very often is nothing more than a desk, or a desk-substitute.
www.nytimes.com