Home & Garden

This article has a ton of ideas on how to make your house smell yummy. Here are just a few: Mix 1/4 cup baking soda with water in a spray bottle. Shake well and spray. The baking soda absorbs the odor. You can

Do you know what green painting is?  Have you heard of low VOC and no VOC paint?  What about organic paint?  Do you know why choosing eco friendly paint is important? I didn't until a few years

Planning to garden or play outside once the nice weather hits? Here's a tip: When your bath soap gets too small to hold, save and put a few in an old piece of pantyhose. Tie the pantyhose next to or onto the

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I learned a great tip for cleaning car upholstery today completely by accident.  For the longest time, I've had a dirt stain on the front passenger seat of my car. I've used every car cleaning supply

If you are looking for a way to green your laundry routine, you've got to check out soap nuts. When I first heard about this natural laundry detergent, I was really skeptical...a soapberry tree? Yeah, right!

Earth Day is celebrated every year on April 22nd. In our family, we try to have Earth Day every day and over the years, we have become better at recycling, using resources better, make it work with only one car

I recently signed up for a free green living tips newsletter from Green Living Made Easy and I love it.  I really want to be more green, but I have a hard time with all the scientific terms and figuring out

Did you know certain breeds of dogs are blacklisted by insurance companies? Read this article before you buy a dog or before you buy homeowners insurance, if you already have a dog. For example: "During a

This great article is just in time for garage sale season. Here is the whole story on how to price your items. The article includes: Consider Your Neighborhood, A Place to Start, Dos and Don'ts, and What's

We have made a sunflower castle with my daughter for the past 4 years and it is such a great activity.  Buy a selection of sunflower seed including (from biggest to smallest) Mammoth, Giant, Hopi black, endurance

Oh what a cool thing… O Vases are designed by Kenneth Wingard and offer a new take on a tabletop standard. These contemporary O Vases have unique shapes that raise the style factor for any decor. Check out

Veggie Trader is like the Freecycle of the vegetable gardening world. Let's say you have a bumper crop of zucchini (imagine that!) or extra seedlings and you want to trade for someone else's homegrown produce

Bamboo Storage Boxes are stylish and easy on the environment I love decorating my home with bamboo products, from mail organizers to boxes. Bamboo storage containers are pretty and eco-friendly. Their soft

Did you know that you can help to save the rainforests just by drinking Tropicana Orange Juice?   (Okay, there's one more step...).  All you need to do is enter the codes found on specially marked

I used to scrub and scrub and scrub those greasy pots and pans.  Now, I just put a used dryer sheet in the pan with water (I add a tiny bit of dish soap) and let it sit for a while.  It lifts the gunk

Here are a lot of easy ways to make your spring cleaning more natural. For example, you can use white bread to clean blinds! And use baking powder to deep clean carpets. Vinegar has lots of uses as well. Read

Have you ever watched an informercial and then decided that you just can't live without the "as seen on tv" product that you just saw?  Yeah, I'm sort of ashamed to admit that I have a

There are lots of great ways that you can use aluminum foil...far beyond just using it to cover food.  Here's just a few cool ways that you can use aluminum foil around your house.  ~ Have you ever

If you are anything like me, cleaning the bathroom is not exactly your favorite thing to do.  Of course, we all know it's one of the most important rooms in the house to keep clean.  Here are some

In the book The Ultimate Accidental Housewife: Your Guide to a Clean Enough House, author Julie Edelman offers these, and other cool cleaning tips: To prevent a stickly film from forming on cheese graters

Spring is finally here and it's time to get your gardens looking good again. In recent years, one of my favorite things has been to use solar garden lights outdoors in my landscape and along my driveway and

Replacing cabinets is one of the most often completed kitchen remodels.  A new set of cabinets can give an old kitchen new life in a big hurry.  If you are planning to upgrade your cabinetry, consider

I love houseplants. They make my house feel so much homier and I know they are good for indoor air quality and overall health.  I'm a sort of forgetful person though and I'm constantly forgetting

If you have a Plasma TV you probably know that you can't simply spray it with Windex like you would glass.  However, there are some other tips to keep in mind when cleaning a plasma TV.  The screens

Did you ever want to dry all your delicate laundry items, but didn’t want to place them in the dryer? Then you’re forced to hang stockings from the shower rod or other creative places in your house

It probably sounds a little funny to say that a house cleaning tip changed my life, but it's true - it really did! I really like to have a clean house.  Before kids, I lived in a house that I kept perfectly

If you are planning to remodel your house, you might want to consider choosing eco friendly flooing.  It's often better for you and the other occupants of your home and it's definitely better for the

Plastic storage containers have transormed my life...or at least my house.  There are a million uses for containers of all different sizes, and I'm finding just as many as I can.  The best thing about

From my money saving ezine: Daily Shower Cleaner In a 32-ounce spray bottle, mix: 1 cup white vinegar 2 Tbsp. generic dishwasher rinse agent Fill the rest of the bottle with water. This keeps my shower sparkling

Open up a whole new look for your drab doors Glass doorknobs date all the way back to the 1820’s and the clear ones were highly popular in the 1920’s. Today, these fancy doorknobs are making a comeback

As I was leaving work one day, and planning to make a quick run by the grocery store, I realized I had left my list at home. I knew I would never be able to remember everything I needed that was on my list, so

If you're planning to spruce up your home this spring with new paint, consider choosing low VOC paint.  I used to love the smell of new paint, unfortunately, it's caused by volatile organic compounds

I am a big fan of all Apple's products. We use Mac computers, I use the iPhone, my kids have iPods as opposed to other mp3 players, but my favorite Apple product by far is the Apple TV.   I'm

Are you using a programmable thermostat in your house?  If you aren't, chances are that you are losing a lot of money.  Since I've started using one, I've saved up to 30% of my electric bill

Packing a lunch and bringing it with you is not just for kids especially now.  Bringing your lunch, with the right pack, is not only eco-friendly but it is also econo-friendly.  You can pack it right

Composting has gotten quite popular over the past few years as many people are trying to be more green.  Composting with worms is another twist on composting and it's my new favorite because it requires

Like many busy moms, I am stressed almost all of the time.  Unfortunately, I tend to carry all my stress in my neck, so it's constantly tight and sore.  At least twice a week, I beg my super sweet

Save those fast food toys you can use them to set theme of cake, We all get duplicates, if not just wash the ones you have.  Toddler toys make great baby shower cake topers depending on what they are. 

I happen to have a blog on green living, and one of my readers recently wrote me about a book/cd program on the market called Earth 4 Energy.  Supposedly, you can use this program to make solar panels. 

If you live in a cold weather state, using an electric space heater could actually help you to save energy.  Using a heater in the room that you are in will allow you to turn your thermostat down and it's

Little kids love to help clean the house. My problem is that I don't allow them to help very much because I'm afraid they'll only make a bigger mess.  As they get older, they no longer want to

If your kids are anything like mine, they love their stuffed animals and won't give them up. And if you are anything like me, the clutter drives you nuts! I've started using toy storage hammocks that hang

A few years ago, I learned from a friend that I could use lemon juice to help get my white clothes and linens clean.  I started using it and I loved it.  Then I learned that there is lots of possibilities

If you are sick and tired of mops and swiffers, or even worse, cleaning floors on your hands and knees - a hard floor steam cleaner is well worth your money. We happen to have travertine flooring in our home and

Great ideas to organize and display all types of collections your kids collect, no matter how much they drive you crazy. The article says, "We've come up with storage solutions for even the most chaotic

Have you heard of community supported agriculture?  If you haven't you're missing out on a great opportunity to go green.  Here's what it is, in a nutshell.  To participate in community

Stainless steel appliances can be tricky to clean. Water and cleaning products like Windex leave streaks that can be nearly impossible to remove. Stainless steel cleaners are available, but really, who wants more

If you are considering buying a home security system, you may be confused by the variety of the options that are on the market.  We recently built a house and I know I was!   Here are some tips that

During tough economic times, incidents of crime and robbery go up. It's important to pay attention to home security, especially right now.  You don't necessarily need a fancy home security system