A Cure for the Super Bowl Blues
If Super Bowl Sunday didn’t turn out to be quite as super as you’d hoped, we feel your pain. And we come bearing a cure to your post-season blues: home improvement. Because, let’s face it, there’s nothing like a fresh coat of zero-VOC paint, a shiny new rain barrel, or a park bench made from recycled materials to help rid your mind of that disappointing loss.
Instead of: Watching Peyton Manning spend too much time on the bench.
Try: Asking your neighborhood association to spend a little on an eco-friendly bench for neighbors to enjoy. Recycle Design, an Anderson based company, makes park benches (as well as recycling bins, trash cans, planters, and other products) out of recycled materials.
Instead of: Raining on the Saints’ parade (c’mon, it’s their first Super Bowl title)
Try: Learning about rain gardens at the upcoming “A Landscaping with RainGardens: The ABC’s of Design and Construction” workshop, taking place Feb. 16 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Registration fee: $50 (way cheaper than a ticket to the Super Bowl)
Instead of: Painting the town blue
Try: Painting your home with low-VOC or zero-VOC paint. (VOCs are volatile organic compounds and have been linked to health and environmental hazards.) Better yet, hire Green Brush Painters, a locally owned company, to do the work for you.
Until next NFL season arrives, we encourage you to team up for Planet Earth. Because nobody comes into our house and pushes us around.
Piece out,
Renee & Meghan