Easy and affordable eco-friendly decorating ideas
Kermit the Frog famously said, “It’s not easy being green,” and when it comes to our homes, a lot of people agree.
Kermit the Frog famously said, “It’s not easy being green,” and when it comes to our homes, a lot of people agree.
Decorating your home is a very personal thing — we all have different tastes.
Furniture, vital in everyday life, hardly ever plays a large role in art. Henry James\’ \”The Spoils of Poynton\” comes to mind, in which the characters\’ inner lives are manifested in their dreadful fight over inherited furnishings, as do stories by Anzia Yezierska, in which the meager possessions of immigrant Jews on the Lower East Side come to symbolize both their survival and their salvation. But for the most part, as in much of our lives, tables, chairs, sofas, bureaus, cabinets and the like are taken for granted in art, imbued with little meaning.
\”Where\’s the jelly? I need five jellies.\”
\”Hand me 18 fruit rolls, will you?\”
\”I love your skirt, where did you get it?\”
The scene: A typical Thursday evening at Tomchei Shabbos\’ warehouse, at 353 1/2 N. La Brea Ave., where a team of fast-working, quick-talking volunteers gathers to pack overflowing food boxes for needy families in Los Angeles.