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Our Green Choice designation will help you find a great dishwasher that's also easier on the environment Beyond water and energy consumption, the materials used inside your dishwasher can also affect its impact on the environment. By Liam McCabe, Molly Bradley Modern dishwashers are impressively efficient: Unless you’re employing the most scrupulous hand-washing technique, machine-washing your dishes saves more water and energy. Beyond that, over 700 dishwashers on the market (about 89 percent) earn Energy Star certification from the Environmental Protection Agency, which indicates that the dishwashers meet a certain standard for energy efficiency: Thanks to features like soil sensors...

No one likes doing the dishes, but the tedious chore is made much easier when using a dishwasher. However, an alarming amount of people have reported that their dishwashers can actually make the job harder because they don't properly fit their dishes.And that’s where Twitter user Mike McLoughlin (@zuroph) comes in.Back in January, McLoughlin made an observation about his dishwasher that would change the way he does dishes forever. For a decade, the Irishman thought that the bottom rack of his washer simply was too small for his large dinner plates. Then he made an amazing discovery: \u201cI moved into...

Make your washing and drying more sustainable and you could rack up $500 in savings By Janet Siroto Washers and dryers can use up a lot of energy. Americans use billions of kilowatt hours of electricity every year doing their laundry. But the thrifty strategies here can help you rein in your energy and water usage, and they often don’t cost a thing or take much effort. Plus, if you’re in need of a new washing machine or dryer, it’s a great time to upgrade to more energy-efficient and water-saving models because the money-saving tax credits from the Inflation Reduction...

This Gold Coast green number is definitely #laundrygoals and yet another example of how this long neglected room in the home is now being focused on more in terms of both functionality and style. This renovated laundry with its new window couldn’t be more different from its former self (below) “When we first met on site to view the existing laundry, it was very dark and dingy looking and there were lots of baskets everywhere because there clearly wasn’t enough storage,” says Lynda MacDonald of The Design Chaperone, who oversaw the $40,000 makeover. “The dryer and laundry were stacked on...

I’m back and excited to share this controversial space with you all! Waaaaaaay back in August of last year I shared that I was planning a space to put a hot tub from Goodland. We had the teeny tiny issue that Gremmy had escaped (out of this very window!) during this time and was gone for 6 long weeks. We got the Goodland hot tub at some point during that 6 weeks and it sat in the driveway making parking/getting into my garage almost impossible. You see, there was a crawl space under the window where we had successfully trapped...