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Going green starts at home, and gardening can be a great way to be a bit more sustainable, help the environment but also grow your own beautiful flowers or fresh vegetables. From guerrilla gardening to great plant stories and planting tips and tricks, here are some ways to make your home a more amazing and eco-friendly place.

DIY Dress-Up: 13 Totally Doable Eco-Fashion Projects

Recycle fabric scraps, old ugly sweaters, tablecloths and even cat food cans into beautiful eco-friendly clothing and accessories with these 13 easy tutorials.

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Tiny Living Worlds in Glass: 12 Terrarium Ideas

Tea pots, cake stands, tiny glass vials: all kinds of unexpected containers can become the basis for beautiful enclosed gardens you can make yourself.

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Movable Homes: 13 Modern, Modular, Relocatable Residences

These compact, often self-sufficient structures are easily assembled and disassembled so they can go anywhere you want to be - even remote mountain ridges.

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(Re)Make it Rain: Rainwater Reclamation Designs

Rain barrels aren't your only rain harvesting option - you could choose decorative downspout planters, 2-liter bottles or a garden table that doubles as a tank.

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Glow Away: 10 Odd Objects Made From Uranium Glass

These 10 odd Uranium Glass (also known as Vaseline Glass) home and tableware items may glow vividly green under UV light but emit negligible radioactivity.

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Chic and Natural: 13 More Rustic Modern Interiors

The raw natural characteristics of brick, stone and wood give these renovated lofts, barns & more a sense of history and a touch of rustic charm.

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The Great Outdoors: Office Space Goes Green and Open-Air

This fun installation is part art, part social commentary, and all eco-friendly. Designers moved an entire office outdoors and took "green" to the extreme!

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15 (More!) Terrific Towering Tree Houses

Romantic fairytale treehouses with spiraling staircases and streamlined, modern stainless steel versions climb high into the sky.

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Cycle Crazy: 14 Smart & Stylish Bike Storage Solutions

As bicycles grow in popularity - especially in cities - bike storage solutions, from wall hooks to public racks, are getting more innovative and functional.

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Airy Architecture: 13 Homes Open to Nature

These 13 homes blur the boundaries between outdoors and in using large sliding panels, garage doors or perforated screens to open the home to the cooling breeze.

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Naturayarte: Nature and Art Meet in Delicate Cut Leaves

Spanish artist Lorenzo Duran uses a traditional paper cutting technique to carve delicate designs into leaves he hand-picks.

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Cob Creations: 18 Natural Homes, Pizza Ovens & More

Used since ancient times, cob is an inexpensive and versatile natural building material used to craft amazingly creative homes, sheds, benches, ovens and more.

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DIY Decor Inspiration: 14 Eco Crafts for the Home

Pull out your scissors and glue - these 14 fun DIY craft projects using reclaimed materials will inspire you to try your hand at wreaths, lanterns and more.

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30 Eco-Chic Houses Made of 10 Types of Recycled Materials

These 30 homes were crafted from materials that most people consider junk: tires, pallets, old silos, broken boats, shipping containers - even tin cans.

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Funny Farms: 12 Cool Agricultural Architecture Conversions

Traditional rural architecture like farmhouses, barns and carriage houses are converted into bright, modern, livable homes that retain a sense of history.

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