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Barbara here:
walls: Benjamin Moore AC 27 Galveston Gray
cabinets: Benjamin Moore 2120-30 Witching Hour
'A' train to Manhattan commute 1 hour 15 minutes
'Rockaway' sign a street find

Please take a look at our previous garden post below!

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/outdoor/barbaras-anything-that-grows-garden-my-great-outdoors-121472

Really like the exterior door...

A friend mentioned that she thought Mrs. Meyers products might not be safe so my daughter did some online research and here's what she found:

"The leading brands with products testing at the highest levels for the carcinogen 1,4-dioxane were Dial, Palmolive, Head & Shoulders, and Body Essence. Mrs. Meyers Clean Day Liquid Dish Soap had the highest levels of the carcinogen at an alarming 204 ppm (parts per million), ten times higher than any other product's current results in the study.

Based on the presence of potentially dangerous levels of 1,4-dioxane, legal notices have been served this week by David Steinman to Mrs. Meyer's, Dial, and others. According to Ronnie Cummins, the National Director of the Organic Consumers Association, "The OCA pledges to keep up the pressure until every brand claiming to be 'natural' removes 1,4-dioxane and other problematic synthetic chemicals from their products."

About 1,4-Dioxane

1,4-dioxane is a petrochemical "known to the State of California to cause cancer" under Proposition 65. Due to its toxicity, many consumers would not expect to find it in "natural" or "organic" branded personal care products. The contaminant 1,4-dioxane is a byproduct of the ethoxylation process, which is a cheap shortcut companies often use to provide mildness to harsh cleaning ingredients. 1,4-dioxane is also a suspected kidney toxicant, neurotoxicant, and respiratory toxicant, according to the California EPA, and it is a significant groundwater contaminant. While previous studies have revealed the presence of 1,4-dioxane in baby, children's and adults products and those mislabeled as "organic" and "natural", this latest study shows the toxin is being significantly reduced as many brands reformulate."

Here's the whole article:

http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_17156.cfm

I think Re-Nest and Apartment Therapy owe it to their readers to do better research before advertising and supporting these products as 'green' and good.