Tamara’s Home

All of the thing in my son’s room – including the organic Naturepedic mattress that my (6 foot 2 inch tall) 14-year-old son sleeps on each night [details and 15% discount code in post too!]

August 7, 2022April 17, 2023

August 7, 2022 – Sunday The picture above is my youngest son’s bedroom. Continue reading below for links to as many of the thing in his bedroom that I could find. BTW, his bedroom is nearly 100% Lead-free! [This link discusses the one major exception – and the reason we got rid of his bedroom…

My bedroom: This is the organic Naturepedic mattress that my husband and I sleep on every night (details and discount code in post!)

August 5, 2022April 11, 2024

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Published: August 5, 2022 Updated: November 8, 2023 The picture above is my bedroom. (This is where my husband and I sleep when I am not traveling AND when I am not needed to comfort a kiddo, helping them get to sleep in their own room!) Under the patchwork comforter (and a down duvet…

The listing for our (1905-built) home finally went live yesterday (7/25/22) — here’s the link & an explanation about the murals!

July 26, 2022April 19, 2023

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House For Sale | Rubin Family Update | Tamara's Home

July 26, 2022 — Tuesday — Update I want to start by saying … it’s absolutely WILD that our house is listed for this much. It was valued at about $400,000 only 10 years ago and has been “underwater” (worth less than our mortgage!) for most of the past 15+ years that we have owned…

We listed our home for sale — the listing goes live tomorrow (7/22/22)! Check out the great photos our realtor’s photographer took!

July 21, 2022July 29, 2024

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Rubin Family Portrait | Rubin Family Update | Tamara's Home

July 21, 2022 — Thursday We’ve officially listed our home for sale! The listing goes live tomorrow (and I will update this post with the link as soon as I have it), but in the meantime I wanted to share the wonderful photos of our home that were taken by our real estate agent’s…

Join me for a tour of my kitchen … and check out all the Lead-free things I have there!

March 2, 2022April 10, 2024

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Keystone Article | Tamara's Home | Tamara's Kitchen

Scroll down for links to many of the kitchen products shown in this video! For those new to this website: Tamara Rubin is a multiple-federal-award-winning independent advocate for childhood Lead poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety, and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children (two of her sons were acutely…

It’s not just paint! Stain can have Lead too! Interior 1905 door: 987 ppm Lead (90 is unsafe for kids) + 157 ppm Arsenic!

May 25, 2020July 3, 2023

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Introduction (for those new to this website): Tamara Rubin is a federal-award-winning independent advocate for consumer goods safety and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children, her sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005. Since 2009 Tamara has been using XRF testing (a scientific method used by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission)…