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Take Some Heat Off:

For every 10 degrees you turn down on your water heater, you save six percent of the energy used. The recommended setting is 120° F or 140° F if you have a dishwasher.

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Kerry Cassill Bedding, $32-$374

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Kerry Cassill Bedding, $32-$374

Why It's Good:

If you want to make your pretty bed and lie in it, look no further.

Why It's Green:

Made by hand, which cuts down on machine-made carbon emissions, and vegetable dyed, which means toxic heavy-metal dyes aren't running off into our earth and water, these lovelies are far less harmful to the environment than conventional bed linens.

Where To Get It:

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Note: Price range is from $32 for a standard pillowcase to $374 for a queen duvet cover.

The Prettiest Bed in America

Forgive me for prodding the collective summer brain with a book reference, but perhaps you recall Oblomov? The laziest man in literature was Russian, from the 19th century, fat, happy, and spent over 100 pages lolling in bed. What bliss! (At least as a break between conquering adventurous eco-vacations.) Read into my psyche what you want, but he was a childhood hero, a far as fictional characters go. And as far as bed medicine being the best medicine around for anything that might ail you (or not, if you're a content loll-er), the Dácor Doctor recommends Kerry Cassill handmade, vegetable-dyed bedding. Mix and match these traditional, colorful patterns, pile on the pillows and throws, and have your bed be the star of the bedroom, if not your life.