I am not a medical expert, but my mother was a hoarder and I fight hoarding tendencies myself. I just wanted to share some info & resources that you all might find useful. 1) I have ...

Mary, I feel your pain! The spring of my senior year of high school, we found out we had to move. All my life we'd rented a beautiful old beach cottage with sleeping porches on the Che...

Oh, and I like wyzwomyn's suggestion too - maybe this is the year I'll finally start making my own cleaning products!

I like elementarian's suggestion about profiling organizations! I always love hearing about entrepreneurial projects, companies, and behaviors that are making the world more sustai...

I live in DC, and I really like www.GreaterGoods.com (U St.), www.Eco-GreenLiving.com (in Takoma neighborhood of DC), and www.UrbanSolarSolutions.com (in the Urban Edge neighborhood, just outside N...

Ruthie from Community Forklift here. Thanks for the shout-out! I just want to add two more resources for folks across the country who are looking for salvage yards in their town...

If you have some woodworking skills, then I suspect it will be much cheaper to build it yourself. I doubt it would be easy or quick though - I do a bit of DIY, and I might build a coffee table for...

I grew up in rural southern Maryland. Snow was rarely a problem. In many households I saw growing up, work boots and work clothes (like waders) came off on the porch or in the garag...

I usually am most impressed by colorful houses, and look down on color-less houses - they just seem boring and unimaginative - or severe and too-urban. But this is absolutely gorgeou...

Great list!!! Thanks for it. However, I do have one issue: I can't believe a site for DIYers didn't mention building materials! Very few people are away that they can recycle en...

It's beautiful at night too! Chuck, you should put up some of your evening pics. Just want to say thanks for the shout-out. The Community Forklift is a *nonprofit* thrift store for...

SLEEPING PORCH!! I didn't know how good I had it as a kid. I grew up in a tiny cottage on a sandy beach where the Potomac River meets the Chesapeake Bay. Half of our home's square fo...

I love Artscape! I'm so excited about the DIY section this year. If you get a bit too hot, make sure to take a break in the (air conditioned!) parking garage across from the Charles...

The idea of bulldozing these beautiful old buildings really makes me sad. Even if we do assume that revitalization of these neighborhoods (and consequently renovation of these homes) just isn't go...

Years ago, my mother noticed that the bottoms of plastic soda bottles have interesting star shapes in them. Then, one year my sister and I decided to make little plastic suncatchers ...

Hi, Ruthie from The Community Forklift here! (We're DC''s nonprofit thrift store for home improvement - at our warehouse in Hyattsville, you can donate surplus or gently-used building materials, o...

Glad someone mentioned renovation leftovers! Here in the DC area, my organization (Community Forklift) accepts donations of building materials and appliances, even donations of entire buildings (a...

I check Apartment Therapy every week...and I was happily surprised today when I saw a familiar photo! I work at Community Forklift, the home improvement thrift store mentioned as the source of mat...

Ruthie from Community Forklift here - we're a thrift store for building materials in the DC area. The folks at the Junk In the Trunk have been fantastic supporters of our nonprofit since we opened...

Hi, Ruthie from Community Forklift here! Located in the DC area, we're a thrift store for building materials (similar to Construction Junction). We focus on construction materials (many of our do...