Unlock the hidden value of your home through strategic maintenance. Explore these tips and insights on how consistent upkeep can boost your property's value. From DIY organization to professional assessments, learn how to save money while enhancing your home's appeal for future buyers. This quick guide will help you elevate your home's value with every step.
Read MoreHow to Use Water in Room Design
Water has long been used as a design element in homes and other spaces. Its effects can be both visually and emotionally appealing, making it a popular choice for use in a variety of settings.
Read MoreDesign Tips for Sprucing Up Your Room with Plants
If you're looking for a quick way to add some life and color to your room, consider using plants. We'll give you some tips on how to choose the right plants that will look great and THRIVE in your space.
Read MoreWhat is Fair Trade, Non-Toxic and Sustainable Furniture? Everything you need to know.
Climate change is a huge pie with many slices.
One of the slices of the climate change pie has to do with how we source and discard the furniture we live with.
It’s so much more than responsibly discarding unwanted furniture.
It’s about the origins for where the furniture comes form long before it’s thrown away.
There’s not only environmental consequences at play, there’s human and economic impacts that directly affect the planet and all of those factors are tied to where you spend your money.
Read MoreSummer Staycation? How to Create the Perfect Outside Oasis!
Chances are the summer of 2020 will be nothing like previous summers. A global pandemic has many of our favorite theme parks, concert tours and any large gathering activities closed cancelled and shelved. But before you go and get all bummed out, this could be the year of the epic staycation!
If you can’t or are unwilling to brave the usual summer fun times this year, why not invest in a sweet outdoor space instead?
Take a look around the yard and see where you might put down some paver stones or have a small cement pad installed. Maybe you already have a small patio space that’s been neglected or under used over the years?
If there was a year to put a little elbow grease into that outside space, this is that year!
Read MoreThe True Cost of NOT Buying Sustainable Furniture. It’s Different Than What You Think…
Think about this, how many times have you bought new furniture instead of brought old furniture to a new place? There’s probably a pretty good chance that some furniture didn’t make the cut. Maybe it was too big or too small. If that was your experience, I would also bet that instead of donating it or passing it along to someone else, it ended up by the dumpsters or on the curb, right?
Read More8 Ways to Make Your Home Happier This Weekend
Think about the last time you took a walk through a beautiful park you love, or hiked a mountain trail, or strolled through a botanical garden. I’m sure you felt invigorated after, right? You may have chalked it up to the fresh air in your lungs and that is certainly a part of it but, the real reason you feel great after is because you satisfied your biological predisposition to affiliate with nature.
Read MoreCork vs. Bamboo Flooring. Everything You Need to Know: Cost, Sustainability and Maintenance
Both cork and bamboo are sustainable flooring products that are better for the environment and can offer a durable and stylish options for our homes. But exactly how do they compare in terms of cost and maintenance? Are they really the most durable and green materials? If you’re in the market for some new flooring, here’s the pros and cons of cork vs. bamboo flooring to help you decide which might be the better option for your home.
Read More15 Essential Holistic Dorm Room Items You’ll Actually Use In 2019 - Affordable And Sustainable
So I got to go to my little cousins High school graduation last weekend and it got me thinking, holy cow summer is almost over and the kids will be going back to school within the next couple weeks. My brain starting ticking on a bunch of memories from college. I had the best time! I also bought a crap ton of things that I didn’t need! (Newbie problems)… The question I came up with was, how can I impart my years of wisdom for the younger generation so they don’t spend their money, or mom and dad’s money, on things that will stay in the box? Yes, you’ll need notebooks, pens and paper – at least I think people still write things down…This list of 15 essential holistic dorm room items that you’ll actually use, is my little manifesto that I wish someone would have written when I was off to school years ago.
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