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A Planet Earth Friendly Lifestyle ~ Go Green!

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Green Solutions Come In Fabric Choices

When considering what it is you can bring home and enhance not only the look but the quality of your home but at the same time get the eco friendly home in with green fabrics. DIY has a tip on hemp fabric solutions for a green solution. It’s a remarkable plant that is very strong and hardy and required very little water for it to thrive. This creates an eco friendly plant that does not need pesticides to grow a crop, as it has natural defense in it’s make up and without requiring much water for this fast growing plant to survive it becomes a good choice for a green fiber. And it’s affordable, too.

More people are getting onto this idea that some pretty great products are made from hemp. Check out the tips from DIY on Green Solutions with Hemp Fibers.

Posted 1 month, 4 weeks ago at 3:17 pm.

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Go Green ~ It’s All The Rage!

You can see it all over the place… go green. It’s in water bottles, cleaning products, eco friendly water filters, recycled material making rugs, rubber mats that are made from recycled materials and are therefore recyclable themselves. Yup, just about everywhere you look you’ll get some info on eco friendly planet actions and movements and how to help by buying those products for eco home and lifestyle.

Don’t forget there is fashionable totes and clothing and bags and all the gear you need to wear and take along, too.

Go green and live life guilt free!

Posted 4 months, 1 week ago at 5:38 pm.

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Planet Earth Friendly Products

There is a plethera of products for your home that can be considered “green” and are eco friendly to the environment and your health at home.

Shopping online is one way to find all matter of big gun products for your kitchen, your floors, the walls as in a beautiful 100% cotton or wool woven tapestry wall hanging, etc. The great thing about the tapestries is everything about them is eco friendly, where a picture is beautiful and we all want a few pictures on our walls, but the framing is not always as perfectly “green” or eco friendly as we might like. That’s why tapestry wall hangings are so great… no frame needed and a wooden tapestry rod can be used to hang them up.

Be creative and keep in mind all the options for a healthy and happy home with gentle on the earth products.

Posted 1 year, 4 months ago at 1:26 pm.

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Go Green ~ Make Your Own Cleaning Supplies

You can actually Go Green by making your own cleaners for your home and find you’ll be less toxic to the environment. A couple things to have on had are soap, vinegar, lemon and baking soda. You can do a lot with just these four (4) ingredients. This can save money, time and the need to be recycling the containers that you might have purchased with store bought cleaners. The big bonus is we improve our air quality by using our own products.

Tips:

  • Use baking soda (1/4 cup) poured down your clogged drain, following that with 1/2 cup vinegar. Watch the drain bubble and fizz and when it stops flush with boiling water. That’s it and you’re all set. Simple
  • You can use 1/2 h2o (water) and 1/2 vinegar mixed together to clean any glass surface in your home. Works like magic and is less toxic than store bought cleaners.
  • Carpet deodorizers - cornstarch & baking soda.
  • Mold and mildew can be a big problem and you want to clean that up fast! Use salt mixed with vinegar or lemon juice.
  • Want to clean your stove? Hot h2o (water), salt and baking soda. Does a great job.

These simple tips alone can save our environment from chemical waste from store bought products, time and money. Until next time… enjoy!

Posted 1 year, 4 months ago at 2:29 pm.

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Bring a Bouquet Home Today

Some of the simplest pleasures are eco friendly and everything else, too. Bringing a beautiful bouquet of flowers home with you to put in a vase for the kitchen table is a wonderful way to bring a bit of mother nature’s own home with you. It’s good for your home to have plants and flowers inside. It also makes your spirit soar when you take sight of the bouquet on the table… as it brightens the room and makes people feel better… they even smile. It’s a crowd pleaser of one to many and a nice way to brighten up the day.

Posted 1 year, 4 months ago at 3:25 pm.

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Decorating the Eco-Friendly Way

Unless you are living under a rock… we know it’s time to get eco-friendly in all aspects of our life. Recycling is key and reuse is cool, but did you know it’s also fine and dandy to buy new and continue to be easy on planet earth? Lets dig in….

The Kitchen - yup, all matter of appliances are considered eco-friendly. And cabinets, and the flooring you choose. Counter tops too. All of these items are great when it comes to style and more than keen when it comes to being responsible to our earth.

The Flooring - oh yes indeed. Plenty of ideas of the fab way to handle the floors. Sheepskin rugs are terrific as it’s mother natures own, however when on a budget a more affordable choice might be cork or bamboo floor mats.

More tips and ideas coming up in our next update…. stay tuned!

Posted 1 year, 5 months ago at 5:10 pm.

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