Wooden Faucet

omax2.jpgOmax, an Italian fixture company, makes beautiful faucets covered with wood.

The Sherwood Line with the Nottingham and Robin Styles offers fixtures for the sink, bidet and shower.

Wood choices include walnut, cherry, beech, teak and wenge. The specially formulated finish ensures lasting beauty.

Who knew?

kool.jpgClean your dishwasher with Lemonade Kool-Aid? 

According to the folks at Life-Hacker, running your empty dishwasher with a

Lemonade Kool-Aid packet in the detergent cup will clean lime deposits and iron stains.

Don’t try using other flavors, it’s the citric acid in the Lemonade that attacks the stains.

I’ve heard that Tang works too but I have not tried it.

Induction range

DivaVery soon Diva de Provencewill be making it’s new Diva 365 induction range available . The 36-inch stainless steel professional range is an industry first, combining an all-electric convection self-cleaning oven with a five burner induction cooktop.The five burner Diva Induction cooktop utilizes electromagnetic energy that heats only the cookware. The onyx vitroceramic glass surface remains cool to the touch providing easy clean up of spilled food that would typically burn on the surface of a regular cooktop.  Also, Diva Induction Cooktops heat food faster, boiling water in half the time of the most powerful gas or electric burner, while the kitchen stays cool. This rapid heating process saves time and energy.Not all pots and pans will work for induction cooking. For your cookware to work on induction it requires a ferrous metal base or layer. This ferrous metal is necessary as it is the layer that will get hot when placed in the electromagnetic field. Generally speaking, most stainless steel cookware and cast iron cookware will work on induction cooktops. Copper, glass and aluminum cookware will not work on induction. To test your cookware to see if it will work on induction, try to stick a magnet to the base. If it sticks it will work.

Appliance Recycling

If you don’t want your old appliances to go to the dump when your new ones arrive consider sending them to a Steel Recycler.

Appliances are typically 75% steel by weight and very recyclable.

The SteelAlliance and the Steel Recycling Institute have an online database of 30,000 recycling options across the country.

Just fill out a simple form on their website and recycling locations in your area will be email to you.  If you need immediate assistance you can call 1-800-876-7274 x 201.