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How To Create An Eco-Friendly Home

Your home is a reflection of who you are. If you value the earth, it should definitely show in your home. Thankfully, there are several ways to create an eco-friendly home that treads gently on this planet. Here are a few tips and tricks to keeping your home as sustainable as possible.

 

Eco-Friendly Spring Cleaning Tips

Now that spring is here, you might be tempted to start cleaning things, head to toe. Nothing wrong with that! But I'm here to make sure you're doing it right: Here are five sustainable spring cleaning tips you need to hear. 

 

For A Warm Winter Home, Try These 10 Cozy Tips

For your home to be truly warm and inviting in the winters, you need to cozy up your spaces. Here are 10 ways to do just that…

 

How To Make Your Home Fair Trade Friendly

Fair Trade is a global movement that came to fruition in 1946, after one of the earliest Fair Trade movement stores, Ten Thousand Villages, started buying needlework from Puerto Rico.

Paint Your Mailbox For A Summer Family-Friendly Craft

Over the last few months, my husband and I have tried to reduce our waste while renovating our decades’ old house. One of the projects that I finally tackled last week was the mailbox.

Be Kind To Your Body

The human body is truly a wonderland. Our bones are one of the strongest substances known to man, along with granite and concrete. Our heart pumps one million gallons of blood in our lifetime and our largest artery is capable of building enough pressure during each heartbeat to shoot blood 30 feet into the air.

10 Tips To Cull Clutter That Aren’t KonMari

Clutter creates a mess, and messes add to stress. To destress your mind, cull the clutter from your home—and it doesn’t have to be KonMari if you don’t like it.

 

Non-Toxic Shower Curtains: 4 PVC-Free Options

The other day while out shopping with my mom, I spotted a warning on a shower curtain case. It basically said the materials the shower curtain was made from were toxic and linked to cancer and hormone disrupters. I had to do a double take. Did they really just admit to such a thing and then still deem it worthy to put on store shelves? I was totally blown away. It leads me to ask—are shower curtains toxic? The short answer is yes, but here's why and what you need to know. 

Feng Shui Your Home: 5 Tips For 5 Spaces

Have you ever found yourself in a flurry to spontaneously reorganize a room or space?

Is there a room in your home that you don’t feel inspired to frequent?

Are you trying to choose the “right” color palette for certain rooms in your home?

 

5 Indoor Plants For A Healthy Home & Clean Air

Our first and most essential biological need as humans is air. Without water we would survive three days, without food we would survive three weeks. But without air we would only survive for three minutes.