Giving Green: Part Two
Sheffield Admin Monday, December 17, 2007 at 9:24AM At Last, Color Me Happy
Here it is. Okay, these photos maybe don’t show the color as accurately as they could. It is a biscuity brown, soft, like a pale coffee ice cream. The detail at the back of the bookshelves was inspired! And was the brainchild of my painter, Paul Flessa. It’s a deep raiseny plum, almost like a rum raisin, so the whole living room is a little like a big bowl of ice cream, and what’s wrong with that? 
You’ll see, too, that I had the window leading painted black, which involved a great deal of sanding, priming, and other activities I don’t want to know about. All I know is the painter was here a lot. And now, it looks great and my bank account is further depleted.
Next up: the hallway, the windows in the other rooms. I’ll let you know how it goes.
But let’s not linger there; instead, let’s talk more about green giving, as the holiday season is now just about to swallow us whole.
You can buy recycled holiday cards, and that doesn’t mean hoarding the ones you got last year and then scratching out the name of the person who sent them and writing in your own. That is known as recycling, but it’s also known as extremely tacky. Instead, check out the cards made from recycled materials at Holiday Classics.
For a mind-boggling list of websites that sell eco-friendly gifts, go to Ecomall.
And don’t forget that often a home-made gift is the best one to give, or to receive. If you’re artistically inclined, now’s the time to get to work on making a present, but remember too that you don’t have to be an artist to make a gift. A CD with favorite songs, a photo album with photos of the family, a box of cookies will all make the recipient happier, probably, than another plastic Santa Claus singing “Rock Around The Christmas Tree.” All you have to do to step away from that Santa is think of a landfill towering with the things.
And then for the person who has everything, there’s the gift of green. Yes, that green, as in greenbacks.
Often people who don’t need any more stuff are thrilled to receive a donation to a worthy cause made in their name. Just make sure you match the cause to the person, so that you’re not giving Uncle Dave the Dog-hater a donation.
Reader Comments (4)
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