Mod Green Pod

Mod Green Pod wallpaper on the beautiful cover of the new Rue magazine!

2011-03-24T11:20:00.004-05:00

Our Delight wallpaper graces the cover of the latest issue of Rue, a Mod Green Pod fave. The entire issue is sublime.

Local and organic! Mod Green Pod in Standard Magazine's Special Spring Issue

2011-03-10T13:36:00.002-06:00

Thank you, Standard Magazine, for the wonderful coverage of gloriously green life and design in Austin, Texas! I'm particularly proud of the grand fabric spread shot at Johnson's Backyard Garden.

I was initially drawn to organic cotton textiles because I knew I wanted to design fabric but I wanted MY product to be something that was just as safe for the environment and consumers as organically grown food. It's really exciting to see how much progress organic food has made in the past decade and it's thrilling to be working in an area that is closely following food. As consumer awareness of what we put INTO our bodies becomes more and more mainstream, we're starting to see more people understand that what surrounds us is equally important.

Mod Green Pod has been a leader in this growing movement and we're honored when others recognize the connection between our products and the food, health and sustainability movements. As these photos prove, it's a joyful place to be!

new fabric. 50% until march 9.

2011-03-07T14:44:00.002-06:00

Our new fabric, Anticipate, is in stock in two delicious new colorways, wild blueberry/stilton and oyster/mustard (pictured). We're celebrating by offering you 50% off the new stock until March 9, so get it NOW and start your spring with a beautiful new project for your home. Use coupon code ANTICIPATE50 when you check out at modgreenpod.com.

Welcome our new yardage with a 50% off sale!

2011-03-04T13:12:00.003-06:00

Our BEAUTIFUL new fabric is in and we're celebrating by offering you a special offer: 50% OFF retail price on Anticipate wild blueberry/stilton and Anticipate oyster/mustard, starting NOW until MARCH 9. Use coupon code ANTICIPATE50 when you check out at modgreenpod.com.

Random acts of beautification

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IN STOCK: Anticipate fabric in two gorgeous colorways!

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Organic cotton upholstery weight canvas! Made in the United States from certified Texas organic cotton. In two colorways: wild blueberry & stilton AND oyster & mustard.

WHOLESALE PRE-ORDER

2011-02-22T13:13:00.003-06:00

WHOLESALE CUSTOMERS: For THIS WEEK ONLY, Mod Green Pod is offering a pre-order discount on our brand new fabric. For more information, please contact us at info {at} modgreenpod.com

Happy Valentine's Day

2011-02-14T12:24:00.003-06:00

“Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.” -Unknown.

Warehouse Sale! 50% off Wee Jubilee licorice

2011-01-31T10:45:00.003-06:00

Get it while you can! 50% off Wee Jubilee licorice organic cotton upholstery fabric. While supplies last.

This modern twist on the classic damask would look great in a wide variety of applications: an upholstered headboard, sofa, side chairs, dining chairs, throw pillows, floor-length curtains, Roman shades, tablecloths, etc.

At modgreenpod.com.

Another view of our Special Edition organic cotton cloth

2011-01-20T12:05:00.004-06:00

Here's a good view of our new organic cotton, a Special Edition Anticipate. This is three yards long, and 54" wide. Each medallion is just under a half-yard tall, so one yard contains two full rows of medallions, then the colors repeat again.

Anticipate, 2011 Special Edition, is available!

2011-01-19T13:35:00.004-06:00

Part of Mod Green Pod's polished signature look is owed to our focus on one- and two-color prints. Today, however, we're excited to unveil our new Special Edition Anticipate pattern, elegantly featuring 10 unique medallions in 9 luscious colors. Calm neutrals marry vibrant pops of warm brights to create this magical combo. Printed in the United States on our US-grown and woven organic cotton upholstery weight canvas, this cloth is perfect for that reupholstery job you've been planning for this new year! It's also perfect for an upholstered headboard, full-length drapes, Roman shades, or a grouping of accent pillows.

Anticipate, Special Edition color details

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eat.shop austin

2011-01-11T23:40:00.003-06:00

Pick up a copy of the recently released third edition of eat.shop austin in a local store and find out about all the coolest businesses in town, including Mod Green Pod.

Tote GiVEAWAY!

2011-01-11T12:10:00.003-06:00

"LIKE" Mod Green Pod on Facebook, find the giveaway thread, and tell us your current favorite home dec colors. If you participate, you will be entered to win a Mod Green Pod organic cotton totebag like the one below. Easy peasy!

http://www.facebook.com/ModGreenPod

Mod Green Pod's cameo appearance on QRANK

2010-12-12T10:22:00.002-06:00

Wondering if Mod Green Pod fans who play QRANK got this question right on Friday's game?!

Thank you, Austin Monthly Home

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Mod Green Pod's Test Lab (Nancy's house) on Apartment Therapy

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Want to see how prints can coexist in harmony on your furniture and walls? Check out Nancy's Mod Green Pod-filled home on Apartment Therapy's House Tours.

Clara fabric for drapes

2010-11-30T13:13:00.004-06:00

Our Clara fabric has always been my favorite choice for drapes. I was lucky to see them in an elegant formal living room this past week. We have the cream in stock or we can print the pattern in a custom color, as well.

Custom color fabric made into beautiful, coordinating throw pillows

2010-11-30T12:53:00.003-06:00

A Nashville client ordered Bloom, Aspire and Sublimate in a custom palette of greys, red and gold to match the existing colors in her room:

Expanded Custom Designs on our Website

2010-11-30T12:44:00.005-06:00

We have loaded 17 designs for you to choose from in the custom category of our website. Scroll to the bottom of the fabric page and you will see the patterns in greyscale. These designs can be printed in ANY COLOR YOU CHOOSE with a one yard minimum. Send us paint chips, swatches of fabric or select a color from our existing palette used on our in-stock fabrics and wallpapers. Email us at info [at] modgreenpod.com for more information.

Spruce Upholstery Workshop: Group photo!

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Spruce Workshop: Stacey's Before and After

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Stacey gave the pattern Evoke beautiful custom colors that pair perfectly with the regal shape of the chair. The curves in the wood mimic the curves of the butterflies' wings and we decided that the whole chair now looks like a framed Victorian butterfly collection. Stacey named her new chair Ophelia.

Spruce Workshop: Melanie's Before and After

2010-11-15T11:09:00.004-06:00

Melanie stripped away the old mustard pleather from her clean, modern chair and gave it fanciful flair by recovering it with Butterfly Jubilee in licorice/earl grey. Love the contrast between the clean lines of the frame and the movement and curves in the pattern.

Spruce Workshop: Laura's Before and After

2010-11-15T10:27:00.004-06:00

Laura turned this slightly sad little chair into one that is so cheerful, she decided to name it Happy. She chose custom colors for the Crave pattern and is putting it in her 10-year-old daughter's room. Lucky girl!

Spruce Workshop: Meghan's Before and After

2010-11-14T21:28:00.004-06:00

Not only did Meghan choose a fantastic pairing of gorgeous colors for her custom version of Anticipate, her keen eye saw how perfect the pattern was going to fit the chair's shape, as if they were made for each other. Meghan oriented the pattern in such a way that it fit perfectly within the back frame of the chair. Look at how the circles match the top and bottom curves of the frame:

Spruce Workshop: Mary Ann's Before and After

2010-11-14T21:17:00.003-06:00

Mary Ann chose Mod Green Pod's signature Grand Jubilee in licorice to transform a bland blue chair into a sophiticated showpiece.

Spruce Workshop: Kathleen's Before and After

2010-11-14T21:07:00.003-06:00

Amazing transformation from dusty and drab to perky and polished! Kathleen named her new chair Raspberry. She chose the custom colors for Mod Green Pod's Sublimate pattern.

DAY 2 Spruce Upholstery-Mod Green Pod workshop November 2010: The finished chairs!

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DAY 2 Spruce Upholstery-Mod Green Pod workshop November 2010: Teasers!

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Spruce-Mod Green Pod upholstery workshop weekend: the chairs stripped bare

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Spruce-Mod Green Pod upholstery workshop weekend: sneak peek of the custom color fabrics

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4 of the 6 students in the class chose custom color Mod Green Pod fabrics for their chairs. Here is a sneak peek:

Spruce-Mod Green Pod upholstery workshop weekend: Workin' it!

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Spruce-Mod Green Pod upholstery workshop weekend: hands hard at work

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Spruce-Mod Green Pod upholstery workshop weekend: Disassembly details

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Spruce-Mod Green Pod upholstery workshop weekend: the BEFORE chairs

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The 2009 Spruce-Mod Green Pod class was so fun and successful, our friends at Spruce Upholstery invited us back to do another all-MGP class, this time with a custom twist. The students have chosen custom color Mod Green Pod fabrics and will be transforming the old chairs they salvaged into one-of-a-kind pieces throughout the weekend.

Behold the BEFORE chairs and stay tuned!

Inspiration: Made in the United States

2010-09-29T16:14:00.004-05:00

Did you know that Mod Green Pod fabric and wallpaper is manufactured in the United States? Sadly, that's a rarity, especially in the textile industry. The United States was the global leader in textile manufacturing not too long ago, but most fabrics are now made in other countries, leaving the U.S. textile industry a shell of what it once was.

Please support Mod Green Pod's efforts to grow--and GREEN--the U.S. textile industry by buying our products and telling your friends about us!

This post was inspired by a story I heard on NPR this morning about a manufacturer who has been making flashlights in the United States for decades, even through very difficult times and when faced with a market offering cheaper competing products made overseas. Here's a link to the story; I hope you find it as moving and motivating as I did.

Contest time!

2010-09-22T12:02:00.007-05:00

Name our new midnight blue color (for a new design debuting later this fall) in the Mod Green Pod tradition of having edible names and win a yard of fabric. Check out examples of other edible color names on our website.

Friend us on Facebook to submit your suggestions. www.facebook.com/ModGreenPod

Why edible names for our colors? Well, we go to great lengths to source only Global Organic Textile Standard approved inks for our organic cotton textiles. We like to think that they are good enough and safe enough to eat (but we still don't recommend that you eat fabric!)

Custom fabric for Kandrac & Kole in Atlanta

2010-09-21T17:48:00.004-05:00

When Kandrac & Kole, an Atlanta-based interior design firm, moved into their new digs, they had a tough time finding fabrics to match their signature colors. Then they discovered Mod Green Pod's custom program and loved the patterns so much, they ordered 8, using a coordinated, limited palette. Mod Green Pod matched their chosen colors, ordered the fabrics and a few weeks later, they created artwork for their beautiful new conference room.

For more information on how to order Mod Green Pod's delicious patterns in your own palette, visit our custom page, email us at info@modgreenpod.com or just pick up the phone and call: 512.524.5196.

Weekly designs: I didn't forget!

2010-09-17T17:54:00.003-05:00

Whew, what a busy week. I didn't have much time to lose myself in too many doodles or paintings, but did manage to paint a few ideas while I was on long business calls:

New, in stock and ready to ship: BASIL SOLID organic cotton canvas

2010-09-15T12:20:00.003-05:00

We're keeping the GREEN in Mod Green Pod. We have VERY limited amounts of a gorgeous Basil Solid in stock and ready to ship. It pairs beautifully with our Atticus print in basil, or in a funky-preppy combo with Wee Jubilee in raspberry.

United States grown and certified organic cotton; woven, dyed and finished in GOTS-certified, US facilities.

New Project: Designs of the Week

2010-09-07T08:37:00.004-05:00

My daily photo project has been so invaluable in keeping the creative lobes of my brain in shape, that I've decided to extend the exercise to my print designs by making myself display my doodles and paintings each week starting today:

September Palette

2010-09-07T08:13:00.005-05:00

Each morning, after my kids are in school, I set off on my daily multipurpose walk. For an hour, I take a circuitous route toward my favorite coffee shop (JP's Java), listen to my tunes, plan my day, and snap photos with my iPhone (a well-loved, cracked 3GS). I also take photos throughout the day, but my morning photo traipse usually yields my favorite snaps. By the end of each day, I choose my favorite image and upload it to my flickr page. I've been keeping this visual diary since January 1, and as the year progresses, the project is becoming more and more useful to me as a designer. Today, with color on my mind, I've been playing around with various combos to create a palette for a project:

Giveaway contest ends at 9 CST tonight!

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So VOTE for your favorite colorway on our Facebook page!

WIN A YARD OF FABRIC!

2010-09-01T15:23:00.003-05:00

So easy. Join our Facebook page, choose your favorite colorway for our Anticipate pattern, and you will be entered in a drawing to win a yard of fabric!

Article and Video: Nancy's home tour

2010-08-26T15:30:00.001-05:00

Amy Hadley of Hey Now, Whoa Now, spent a morning with designer Nancy Mims and put together this fun video of Nancy giving a tour of her Mod Green Pod filled home and discussing her design inspirations. Enjoy this and other great webisodes on Amy's great blog!

New wallpaper: Migrate

2010-07-30T14:58:00.003-05:00

All three colorways of our new wallpaper, Migrate, are in stock and ready to ship. Please call or email info@modgreenpod.com if you want to order before they hit our website.

They're really beautiful!

Custom LAB Color Catalog

2010-07-28T13:05:00.006-05:00

Mod Green Pod's Custom LAB Color Catalog is now available to the trade for $125. This is the color tool we use to match colors for our clients' custom orders and we're now selling them to trade customers for finding perfect color matches for their projects. The LAB color system is printed on our organic cotton groundcloth for final printing accuracy. Please email us at info@modgreenpod.com if you are interested in ordering one.

Recent custom runs

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Some of our recent custom print runs on organic cotton. For more info, see our custom page or email us at info@modgreenpod.com.

Call for interns in Austin, TX area

2010-07-13T13:08:00.001-05:00

Mod Green Pod has open internships at its Austin headquarters. Multiple opportunities available for 5-15 hours a week to help maintain MGP's swatch library, fill customer orders, and respond to customer inquiries from around the world. Additional projects determined based on experience and interest. Please direct inquiries to info@modgreenpod.com

Chair love.

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One is orderly but complicated; the other is complicated but orderly. What do you think?

The Anticipate Chair makes its Apartment Therapy debut

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If you are interested in finding out more about our custom fabric program, check out the info sheet at our website. If you are interested in purchasing the chair, please email us at info@modgreenpod.com.

Thanks to Adrienne at Apartment Therapy for featuring us!

Color on my mind

2010-07-01T17:31:00.008-05:00

The Anticipate Chair, named for my favorite new Mod Green Pod custom pattern, is currently gracing my living room so I can photograph it for various purposes and, well, just stare at it. Earlier today, It dawned on me that I was probably spending a little TOO much time absorbing its lovely chair-ness because the new palette I was working on was THE SAME: charcoal, white and gold. It's a fantastic, versatile combo, but I couldn't seem to break away from it.

So, as I have been doing more and more, I turned to my daily iPhone photos. On January 1st of this year, I began uploading my favorite photo from each day, sort of as a visual diary. I am a bit of an obsessive iPhone photographer and snap, on average, about 20 photos a day. Sometimes it's hard to pick just one favorite, but I force myself to stick to just one that best symbolizes an important moment in each day. Today marks the halfway point of the year so I took a little break during my long design day to review the previous six months and the 182 photos I've uploaded to honor and represent each of my days. I spent a little time rearranging the color grid I've created on flickr and miraculously, I broke free of my color rut, even if I just added some blues to the same grey, white, gold combo:

The Anticipate Chair

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Q&A with Nancy Mims on Robert Kaufman Fabrics blog

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Check out the interview here and be sure to leave a comment there so you can be entered for a chance to win yardage of the new Mod Green Pod organic cotton collection for Robert Kaufman!

I need this hat!

2010-06-07T17:06:00.004-05:00

From MeadowSweetOrganics' etsy shop. In Mod Green Pod's Bloom. By the way, we are in very short supply of the very popular Bloom, so get it while you can . . . .

A little love for the pairing of Glimmer and Bloom

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Glimmer on the sofa and Bloom on the adorable side chair at Birdie in Norman, Oklahoma.

Back by popular demand: Butterfly Jubilee wallpaper in Cherry/Stilton

2010-06-07T13:29:00.004-05:00

It's back and HERE is more info.

And don't forget that ALL of our wallpaper patterns are available in CUSTOM COLORS. And ALL of our fabrics are available in CUSTOM COLORS!

Mod Green Pod for Robert Kaufman

2010-05-17T16:08:00.003-05:00

If you are attending the International Quilt Market in Minneapolis this week, please come to Mod Green Pod's Schoolhouse class on Thursday, then stop by the Robert Kaufman booth to view our debut organic cotton craft line for Kaufman! More details about our exciting partnership coming VERY soon.

color suggestions for EXALT, a new custom fabric print.

2010-04-29T14:03:00.004-05:00

Color suggestions for LEVITATE, a new custom fabric print.

2010-04-28T12:16:00.004-05:00

Here are a few color suggestions we have for Mod Green Pod's brand new design, Levitate, one of three designs featuring beneficial insects. As with all of our designs, we can print this for you in any color to match your room, all on our beautiful organic cotton base cloth. Send us paint chips, fabric swatches or photos and we'll do the rest!

One thing to note about this design is that we have engineered the print to have two stripes of dragonflies, each approximately 10 inches from either selvedge, to be printed in a contrasting color. But if you would rather have all of your dragonflies in one color, we can also do that for you. We've included a few examples of this below.

a few color combos for a new custom design

2010-04-27T13:37:00.005-05:00

Meet Anticipate, one of our new, exclusive custom prints, available in ANY color you choose. Here are a few colors we'd like to see:

Custom Program is HERE.

2010-04-27T13:24:00.004-05:00

We've just released SEVEN new prints in our new custom program. Choose a print (from the new collection or any of our other designs), send us your colors (paint chips, other fabric swatches or whatever you want us to match) and we can give you the PERFECT fabric for your room.

Check out our new custom page HERE and enjoy the new designs, below. We'll be showing some imagined color combos in the next few weeks . . . .

New CUSTOM PROGRAM and exclusive collection coming NEXT WEEK

2010-04-09T14:11:00.005-05:00

Exciting new things coming next week! Here's a sneak peek from the collection of ALL NEW designs for CUSTOM COLORS. Stay tuned!

Audrey meets Delight

2010-03-30T13:03:00.005-05:00

Audrey at home with Mod Green Pod's BRAND NEW Delight wallpaper and a fun array of Mod Green Pod textiles. On bed, Raspberry solid organic cotton. Pillows from left to right: Atticus in cherry, Adelaide in licorice/earl grey (discontinued but can be CUSTOM ORDERED), Aspire in peppercorn.

Rickshaw Bagworks

2010-03-30T11:56:00.007-05:00

After using my Rickshaw Bagworks Moleskine Folio for the past four months, I'm not sure how I ever lived without it. It holds my money, credit cards, receipts, pencils, business cards and sometimes my iPhone. It also contains my Moleskine notebook (with grid paper, of course) full of work notes, grocery lists, random doodles, and occasional wacky ideas for projects that may or may not happen. (Okay, there are probably way too many wacky ideas in there but I can dream of creating or actually create. See below.) I also have a secret photo tucked into one of the flaps--a friend surprised me with it and it made me laugh so hard the first time I saw it, I knew I needed it with me at all times.

If you see me around, ask me to show off my Folio and maybe I'll show you the secret photo, too. And get your own Folio here! Check "organic cotton" in the menu on the left and you can choose from an array of Mod Green Pod's fabrics. Then grab a Zero Messenger bag (again, click "organic cotton" to see the Mod Green Pod option) to hold your Folio!

Watch this space. . . .

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Beautiful Before/After!

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From barf brown bouquets to ravishing red restoration (using Mod Green Pod's organic cotton Atticus print in cherry) by Molly Worth at Chairloom.

How green is Mod Green Pod?

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Pretty damn green but always striving to be greener. Check out our answers to our Green Grades questionnaire and if you have any questions or comments, let us know what you think!

Room Creator has been updated with Delight, our gorgeous new wallpaper!

2010-03-11T13:35:00.004-06:00

If you are not yet familiar with our Room Creator, it's an original tool we created to help you envision Mod Green Pod fabrics and wallpapers in your home. The furniture and patterns are stylized and not exactly to scale, but it gives you the basic idea. Plus it's just FUN. (Warning: it's also INCREDIBLY addictive.)

We just added Delight, our brand new wallpaper, to the Room Creator, so if you haven't played with it in a while, enjoy!

Inspiration: well-timed spring designing

2010-03-10T13:24:00.005-06:00

Now that the new wallpaper is in stock, I'm back to fabric mode and prepping the new prints for the screen engravers. Here's the inspiration for one of the new prints:

New wallpaper available to order!

2010-02-26T14:18:00.002-06:00

The new wallpaper, Delight, is up on our site, in stock and ready for orders!

sneak Peek of DELIGHT in water/peppercorn

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Sneak Peek of DELIGHT in butter/coffee

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Another sneak peek of DELIGHT, our new wallpaper!

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colorway: caramel/licorice

Sneak peek of DELIGHT, our new wallpaper.

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Meet Elsie.

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She's an Australian acquaintance of ours, introduced by our friends, The Organic Mamas. Check out their blog to read more about this gorgeous lady. If you are in Australia, The Organic Mamas carry our full line of organic cotton textiles and vinyl-free wallpapaer!

(Elsie is snazzily dressed in MGP's Bloom.)

Last week of Valentine's Sale!

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LOVE BY THE BOLT: 15% off all retail purchases of Mod Green Pod's fabric, wallpaper and totes!

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Bloom

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(Muchos gracias, Clayton and Scott.)

Mod Green Pod on DadLabs

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In an episode of "Real World Cribs" at DadLabs.com, Clayton and Scott bring new life to a second-hand rocker with Bloom-covered cushions for their cheerful, funky nursery:

Good Grey.

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LOVE BY THE BOLT: 15% off all fabric, wallpaper and totes at Mod Green Pod

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Use coupon code LOVE15 at checkout. (Retail sales only.)

http://modgreenpod.com/

Quick, beautiful gift: Mod Green Pod TOTES

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Organic cotton (of course!) and made in the United States using our remnants. Click here to order.

Oh, did we mention GIFT CERTIFICATES?!

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You still have time to order that perfect gift . . . .

Great gift idea: MOD GREEN POD GIFT CERTIFICATES!

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Click here to purchase in any amount!

New Butterfly Jubilee wallpaper colorway

2009-11-09T09:02:00.004-06:00

Butterfly Jubilee wallpaper is now available in Earl Grey and Raspberry. It's AMAZING.

Room Creator has been updated with SOLIDS!

2009-11-05T07:59:00.004-06:00

If you haven't fiddled with our Room Creator in a while, check it out and enjoy mixing and matching our gorgeous new solids with our signature prints. We've added a few new wallpaper colorways, as well. Have fun!

Organic Cotton Tote Giveaway!

2009-10-20T15:11:00.006-05:00

We're giving away one organic cotton Adelaide tote in licorice and earl grey to a lucky winner! Enter by emailing info@modgreenpod.com with "TOTE" in the subject line and we'll enter you in the drawing. Names will be collected until 9 a.m. EST on Friday, October 23rd and we'll announce the winner later that day.

Our totes were all made in the United States using remnants or discontinued patterns/colors. They are a major deal at just $24.99, so grab a few for yourself or for gifts!

Customers: send us photos!

2009-10-20T09:15:00.004-05:00

I'm always so curious to know where our fabric ends up and LOVE when customers send us photos of their finished projects. PLEASE send us more photos!

Shannon Darby, author of the design blog pink wallpaper recently wrote us to share photos of a recent project, a beautiful room for her baby daughter:

She shared that it was her husband who chose Mod Green Pod's Butterfly Jubilee (in now-discontinued colorway chocolate/cream) for the Roman shade.

Thanks for sharing, Shannon!

Sustain-a-scrap winner

2009-10-12T11:39:00.002-05:00

Congrats to Christy from St. Louis, the winner in our sustain-a-scrap giveaway! For those who didn't win this round, we'll give you another chance very soon.

Sustain-a-scrap

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Win a bundle of Mod Green Pod fabric scraps!

In an effort to reduce waste, we've been collecting all of the cutting scraps from our sampling and have decided to give away several beautiful bundles. Email info@modgreenpod.com with "scraps" in the subject line and we'll enter you in the random drawing. We'd also love to hear how you might use the scraps. You have until 8 a.m. Monday, October 12 to enter and we'll announce the winner later that day.

Aspire to a lifetime of happiness.

2009-10-06T14:17:00.003-05:00

I'm so excited to share this beautiful photo. Mod Green Pod's Aspire created a perfect backdrop for the very colorful, end-of-summer Michigan wedding ceremony of Val's friends Kevin and Carmen. I love the idea of using fabric to create an outdoor ceremony space and I'm honored and thrilled Kevin and Carmen chose the one they did! (Photo by Emily Zoladz.)

Lotus Bleu in San Francisco

2009-09-30T13:03:00.006-05:00

Bay Area friends, check out Lotus Bleu's new Mod Green Pod collection, much of which is currently in the window of their store at 327 Hayes Street in San Fran. If you aren't in the Bay Area, you can still purchase their one-of-a-kind furnishings and accessories from their website. They haven't updated the e-commerce store with the brand new Mod Green Pod pieces (they are quite busy preparing for the expansion of their brick-and-mortar store) but I couldn't wait to post the pics I just received. I'm coveting the reversible Bloom/Atticus chair. Gorgeous!

Beautiful idea.

2009-09-30T12:24:00.004-05:00

Upholstered headboards are super chic and as our very own Susan demonstrated, you can make your own. Or, as blogger and designer Laili Kafi of EcoSavvy Design has imagined, you can update an old piece with a crisp, modern pattern (like the Mod Green Pod prints she chose, below) for a unique, eclectic piece that will look great in modern or traditional settings.

Mod Green Pod on InteriorDesign.net: Penny Bonda's blog.

2009-09-30T12:16:00.007-05:00

Great day for coverage from some of our favorite sources! I was incredibly excited to see that Penny Bonda (popularly referred to as "the mother of green interiors" in the interior design industry) featured Mod Green Pod in her eco-design column at InteriorDesign.net, the online companion to Interior Design magazine. Thank you, Penny for the honor!

Luxury Solids Collection on Apartment Therapy!

2009-09-30T12:13:00.003-05:00

From today's Apartment Therapy.

Blog Mention: TrueUp

2009-09-30T12:09:00.003-05:00

I forgot to mention that we were given a shout-out in "Textile Stew" at True Up last week. If you are a textile lover or want to begin learning the basics of textile lingo and design, TrueUp is the blog to follow!

Outtake from new home page photo shoot

2009-09-29T15:34:00.001-05:00

Non-toxic magic cleaning duo: club soda and dishsoap.

2009-09-29T13:11:00.013-05:00

My house has become the official Mod Green Pod lab. I have MGP-upholstered pieces in just about every room, an MGP quilt on my bed, a few MGP Roman shades and curtains and MGP wallpaper on the walls of my living room. I've made table runners and tea towels and toy bags

and even skirts with MGP organic cotton (proving the versatility of the fabric!) and I have eons of ideas for even more things that I'd like to make. Oh, if I only had the time. . . .

Anyhow, I live with two small kids (age 3 and 8), my husband and an old cat. All have committed offenses of the spills and filth sort (actually, now that I think about it, my husband has not been an offender). In the case of our poor cat, she has a barfing issue (TMI, I know) and she seems to ONLY barf on my MGP covered sofa. Spills and stains happen, so here's what I heartily recommend, based on the Mod

Green Pod lab cleaning experiments:

1. Remove fabric cover from cushion (if it's a removable cover).

2. Gently brush off as much of the offending mess as possible.

3. Put the stained portion of the fabric in a large bowl and pour club soda over the stain until the entire stained area is soaking in the club soda.

4. Let soak for several hours.

5. At this point, I've repeated #3 with fresh club soda for a really nasty spot, and have continued to #6 for smaller spots.

6. Gently agitate fabric in the club soda.

7. Pour out club soda and still working in the bowl, gently scrub fabric with a clean rag and a tiny drop of eco-safe dishsoap (this one is my fave). Be sure that your rag hasn't been cleaned in chlorine bleach--not only is bleach toxic, it can actually bleach the color from the fabric you are cleaning. Also, be sure to scrub as little as possible. I haven't had any problem with the ink rubbing off, but I'm sure that with very vigorous scrubbing, it could fade the spot some.

8. Rinse in cold, clean water and allow fabric to drip dry.

In the case of upholstered areas that can't be unzipped and removed from a cushion, I would recommend pouring very tiny amounts of club soda on the stain and allowing the soda to sit and fizzle, dab with a cloth, and repeat many times, then lightly scrub with the dish soap.

New cutting lint at MGP headquarters!

2009-09-25T11:57:00.008-05:00

Clearly, we're a little gaga over our new solids, perhaps to a strange extreme. But hey, it's Friday, our website was just updated in the wee hours to feature our new solids, and it's all making us a little silly in the head. So behold our beautiful new lint, produced by cutting a gazillion swatches (thank you, Susan and Crystal!) so you may see and feel the beauty we've been blabbing about all week.