Paint Party

Yesterday we painted trim in our condo. Oh my wet paint is no friend of mine. I am a mover and wet paint scares me. But, I was given a nice opportunity to learn more about it. We went with a durable Benjamin Moore zero VOC paint.

Why does zero VOC paint matter?...well I'll give you the skinny.... VOC stands for volatile organic compound. It's gas that comes from stuff. Formaldehyde is one of the best known VOCs...I think you get the picture. We're talking chemicals here. And some of these can cause a variety of health effects...not exactly how I want my paint to effect my life. So, we went with this zero VOC.

Here's a first look at the finished product.

Have you found other products that you can buy zero VOC?
xoxo

Green-ing up this place

I am failure at green.

I eat more 100 calorie mini oreo cookie packs with coffee than anything with even a slight hue of green. I am a vegetarian, making the previous comment ridiculous. I don't cook... at all...and so my husband (who is not a vegetarian) is left to a) fend for himself (which means he eats cottage cheese, popcorn, deli meat, and maybe an apple for dinner) or b) I make him eggs (which he calls a "hot dinner" and thanks me profusely for). I am really into fitness. I run. I lift weights. I teach fitness classes and love inspiring people to find a love for fitness. Because these two things, one being I don't eat well, and two being I am a fitness nut, don't go together, I've decided to get my booty in gear and green this place up...

Green eating. (I am jumping on the veggie train and I am not looking back at those deliciously perfect little circles of chocolate cookieness and creamy filling. NOT LOOKING BACK.)

Green-er living (I don't recycle...say WHAAAAT? you're thinking...it's a deep dark secret that I've just let you in on. Plus I love plants and I am committing to making more time to add them to my home.)

So that's it. I'm going to green this place up and I hope you'll join me. Along the way I'll post photos, recipes, examples, DIYs, and more.

xoxo