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Casa Verde: Mothball Alernatives
A moth is one pest you don't want to invite into your closet. But, mothballs are party poopers, too. Mothballs slowly evaporate into gas, and if their two active ingredients, naphthalene and paradichlorobenzene, are inhaled, they can be harmful to your health.
Casa Verde: Clean with Steam Vapor, Not Chemicals
In her book Green Housekeeping, Ellen Sandbeck notes that one simple way to avoid using chemical products when you clean is to use steam vapor instead, which loosens dirt, grease and grime quite easily, so they can then just be wiped off with a clean cloth.
Here are some of her tips for the technique, according to the Housekeeping Channel:
- "To steam clean a wood, vinyl or tile kitchen floor, attach a clean terrycloth towel to the floor brush, then put the floor brush on the end of the steamer's extension tube. Use a mopping motion to steam the floor clean, moving quickly to prevent heat damage.
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The Obama Girls Go Green at School
On Friday, CasaSugar let you know about the American Institute of Architecture's offer to help the White House become an international model of energy efficiency. If President-elect Barack Obama takes AIA up on the offer, he'll really be getting somewhere with his aforementioned green building goals. But, as it turns out, Obama has already begun to walk the walk: after much ado, he and Michelle have decided to send their daughters, Malia and Sasha, to an environmentally friendly, LEED-platinum school, the Sidwell Friends School in D.C.
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- Hilary Swank is talking real estate, and Big Time has the details.
- Poppytalk is taking a neoclassical cue from Canadian House & Home.
- Simply Green spotted some pretty handsome birchwood cylinders.
- Good Housekeeping shows you how to clean. Fast!
- Style court has a new design crush that I'm willing to fight for.
- Desire to Inspire proves that favoritism ain't bad.
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