Finnish plastic-free paint company Cover Story has opened its first shop: a "paint studio" fitted out by interior designer Linda Bergroth to offer customers multiple ways to explore colour.

Carlsbad will spend more than $9 million to install a new, high-tech, floating plastic cover on the city’s Maerkle ... new thrift shop promises 10,000 fresh items every day.

Picture an electrical outlet cover or a light switch plate: What color is it? If you’re thinking of one that’s plastic and either white or off-white (either by design, or because of layers of ...