1. Clean everything from woodwork to bathroom tile to rugs with Liquid Sunshine NonToxic Cleaner ($14.98 38oz concentrate, $7.98 16oz spray). Vermont Soap Organics Middlebury, VT 802-388-4302 vermontsoap.com 2. When your yoga mat gets yucky, the essential oils in Lunaroma’s Yoga Mat Cleanser ($5.75) and Yoga Mat Refresh Mist ($15) tackle nasty microbes. Lunaroma, Burlington, […]
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Garden Tools with Style
How does your garden grow? With style, if you use streamlined, neutral-hued tools and accessories created by Fernanda Bourlot, founder of the Boston-based design firm Simplemente Blanco. Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe Bourlot’s garden collection includes (clockwise from bottom left): wood-handled trowel ($15); planting set with galvanized pot, seeds […]
Who among us hasn’t made a New Year’s resolution to lose that holiday flab? Well, here’s Yankee‘s secret workout weapon: the Concept2 Model D Indoor Rower. Rowing is the ultimate fitness routine: It works all the major muscle groups, it’s low-impact, and it combines strength training with cardiovascular conditioning. And the bottom line? It’s a […]
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Glasses for Giftgiving
1.Offer your favorite vintage dressed in this mod wine bag ($22), made of recycled fabric, from Aster + Sage of Providence, RI. 401-781-0035; asterandsage.com 2. Cocktails rock and martinis look marvelous in cool “Satin Frost” glassware ($32/set of four rocks glasses; $35/set of two martini glasses), from Angela Adams of Portland, ME. 800-255-9454; angelaadams.com Get […]
VIDEO: Annie discusses these New England food gifts on New England Cable News (NECN). Another basketful of ideas: holiday food gifts.Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe A holiday basket of New England foods brings glad tidings to friends and family. And if you’ve been good this year, they just might […]
1. This posh 16×16-inch Morris pillow ($140) features a wool-felt stripe motif appliqued on organic cotton flannel (cheery Pod pillow, $164). Made by Balanced Design of Providence, Rhode Island. 401-486-3589; balanced-design.com 2. Stimulating and playful, this Color Blox hand-hooked wool-felt rug (seven sizes, $80-$1,925) pops against a neutral color palette. Made by Dash & Albert […]
Celebrate the last warm days of the year with an al fresco meal — packed in a basket that takes care of the environment you’re hoping to enjoy. Irish-born glassblower Simon Pearce and his company of designers and artisans have been Vermont fixtures since 1981. Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) […]
The eGO Cycle is emissions-free, nearly silent, and easy to ride. (Remember how comfy the saddle seat of your childhood bike was? Well, here it is again.) This light, compact vehicle’s electric motor is 10 times more cost-efficient than a gas-powered scooter; a single battery pack will get you 20 to 25 miles per charge. […]
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Mud Buddies: For Mud Season
Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe More about mud: Get Our FREE Yankee Best New England Vacations Guide! Email(Required) Subscribe New England’s Fifth Season Mud Season Facts and Trivia Boots: These Timberland Earthkeepers for men (foreground) and women (background) are designed to leave a smaller footprint — environmentally, that is. […]
Need a little something to chase away the winter blues? Here a few of our favorite things.
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The Way Things Work
Know a student who might be your town’s next science fair award winner? For kids ages 5 to 14 who have a bit of patience and an interest in engineering basics, try one of Bridge Street’s many Girder & Panel construction sets. Each one includes an instruction book with engineering drawings. We liked the hydrodynamic […]