If Thom Felicia’s show Dress Your Nest is one of your favorite Style TV programs, whether you live in a nest or a castle, having your home reflect your personality is probably one of your top priorities. And because being green is of utmost importance these days, for you to have even reasonably good (and politically correct) taste, your personality-reflecting home needs to be eco-friendly. Diane MacEachern, author of Big Green Purse: Use your spending power to create a cleaner, greener world, shares the following ways to green your nest (or castle).

An eco-friendly start to your day
If you are like the millions of people who start the day, everyday, with some form of brewed caffeine, your coffee pot should reflect your concern for the environment.

Though you may think a coffee pot isn’t exactly home décor, it is a permanent fixture in your kitchen. According to MacEachern, consumers buy more automatic-drip coffeemakers than any other small kitchen appliance, using about $400 million worth of electricity each year - just brewing coffee!

She suggests the following appliances to make an eco-friendly, yet high-voltage, cup of coffee: Five ways to dress your nest green | Sheknows.com