10 Repurposed (or Upcycled) Furniture Ideas to Give Your Home a Fresh Look in the New Year
The new year is an excellent time to refresh and remodel areas around your home, giving it a fresh start. When you make a change, you don’t have to get rid of everything — you can repurpose and upcycle old furniture to create new items. Old cabinets, drawers and larger pieces are blank canvases for […]
Thoughtful Ways to Clean Your Home That Support the Environment
The holidays are almost here, so it’s time to get out the mop and broom, start to tidy up and begin clean your home for receiving guests. The question is, how will doing so impact your carbon footprint? You might not often pause to reflect on how your cleaning choices impact the environment. However, everything […]
12 Ways to Renovate Your Home Sustainably
There’s a lot to think about when renovating your home. You need to design your new space and add your personal style to the house. However, you should also incorporate substance, as well as style, when doing home renovations. Consider how you can help the environment when making design choices. Here are 12 ways you […]
Choose Ecofriendly Paints | Tuesday Tip
The risks to health may be greater due to exposure to air pollution indoors than outdoors.
Eco-Friendly DIY Renovation Projects to Tackle This Winter
The world is in the midst of a great DIY blossoming. The proliferation of informative blogs and YouTube channels has allowed people to avoid the hassle of calling a professional and, instead, become the professional themselves for an endless array of topics. Fueled by the safer-at-home restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic, the home improvement industry […]
Green Up Your Vehicle: How to Approach Car Repair and Maintenance with a Conscience
More and more car owners are concerned the way they repair and maintain their cars has a significant impact on the environment. While no one expects you to leave your car to morph its color to ‘dust brown’, spending gallons of shampooed water for regular cleaning is just as bad. Still, there are many environmentally-friendly […]
These Remodeling Ideas Will Increase Property Value, Reduce Energy Costs and Help Green Your Home
Are you going to be selling your house in the near future? Are you planning a remodeling job to stay in your home for many years to come? Either way, there are things you can do in the course of remodeling projects which will increase both the aesthetic and the value of your home. No […]
Reduce VOCs In Your Home With An Eco-Friendly Makeover
Americans on average spend up to $200 on redecorating, after all, most of us like the idea of a quick home make-over. But how we decorate our homes, from the paint we choose to the upholstery and furniture we buy, can all have an impact on our health and the environment. Giving tired-looking or dated walls […]
Indoor Air Quality: Update your Essentials for a Healthier Home
Throughout your home, there are many opportunities to update your essential items with more earth-friendly, sustainable and healthy options. What many homeowners and renters don’t realize is the impact the products they bring in can have on the indoor air quality and level of wellness inside your home. Here is a room by room guide […]
Environmental Hazards: Where Toxins May Be Hiding
In the past few years we have become hauntingly aware of the fact that environmental hazards can be found all around us. Some of these hazards can come in the form of clearly-labelled poisonous chemicals, harmful toxins and other potentially dangerous substances. Other toxins may be a little less obvious. Either way, both types are […]