If I had to guess, I'd bet we all wish we spent a little more time in our bedrooms. Whether relaxing, sleeping, reading, or enjoying our spouses, more time in the bedroom is pretty much always a good thing. We need to think about more than just increasing the quantity of time we spend in our bedrooms, by also looking at the quality of our time. So, it's important to make sure our rooms are as safe and non-toxic as possible. Here are five ways to green your bedroom, including our absolute … [Read more...]
DIY Kitchen Storage Boxes
*This is a guest post by my husband, Jeremy, who loves woodworking and builds us beautiful and functional stuff for our home. Because so many people commented asking about our kitchen storage boxes, I'm so thankful he took the time to put together this DIY tutorial for you! This post contains affiliate links. By Jeremy McClements I have wanted to join the fray and add a DIY post here for a while now. I love building and creating projects for our family. I take ideas I find other places and … [Read more...]
How to Completely Clear Off Your Kitchen Counters
The kitchen is the heartbeat of the home, but too often our kitchen counters can be messy and cluttered which can lead to us feeling stressed and overwhelmed. A clean kitchen is a happy and productive place to be! I shared last week about how I had completely cleared off my kitchen counters last summer, and the big difference that it made in my life. And if you follow me on Instagram you probably noticed that I spent most of a recent Friday sharing my process of clearing off my … [Read more...]
5 Ways Clearing Off My Kitchen Counters Changed My Life
Around this time last year, I completely cleared off my counters. As in, I removed everything from my counters except for soap by the sink and a small aloe plant. It was AMAZING. One night when my hubs and I were taking a walk after dinner, I told him that I thought completely clearing off the counters had changed my life. He chuckled and told me I was being a little dramatic. But I was serious. It really did change a lot of things about my life that were causing me stress and making me … [Read more...]
Conquering the Laundry Pile: Catch Up and Create a System that Works in Just One Week!
I think we've probably all been there at some point in time - standing at the bottom staring up at Mt. Laundry and wondering how we're ever going to conquer it. When we have so much laundry to do, we feel like we will never get caught up, much less keep on, our family's laundry. Because we all know what happens when we have a lot of laundry to do, while we're working on getting caught up, the piles just keep growing and growing. I recently found myself in this exact place. After finally … [Read more...]
Choosing a Safer Shower Curtain for Your Bathroom
We've probably all experienced the lovely chemical smell that permeates the air when you take a new shower curtain out of the package and hang it up in your bathroom. Does it ever make you wonder what's actually in the plastic shower curtain to makes it smell that way? Many shower curtains are made out of vinyl or PVC (polyvinyl chloride), a plastic that does in fact release harmful chemicals into the air for at least a month and possibly up to a year after you open it and hang it up in your … [Read more...]
Green in the Life – I Killed a Houseplant {Green in 365}
This is Day 262 of the Green in 365 series! So, I've talked before about how great houseplants are to have in your home to help clean and purify the air. And I also claimed that they were easy to take care of, and relatively hard to kill. Honestly, I'm a pretty lazy houseplant caretaker - all I do is water my plants on a semi-regular basis, and I've managed kept them alive for several years. Well. My track record is broken, because I recently killed my first houseplant. After … [Read more...]
Upcycled Office {Green in 365}
This is Day 256 of the Green in 365 series! By Renee from Joyful Mom, Contributing Writer I'll be honest - I love flipping through the pages of a Pottery Barn catalogue. I like looking at all the different rooms on the pages and imagining what I might do in those "perfect" spaces. Then one day it dawned on me that it wasn't about the perfect spaces... it was everything in those pictures had a "home". My desire wasn't to have a perfect looking home - my vision is for … [Read more...]
Green Cleaning with Lemon Essential Oil {Green in 365}
This is Day 221 of the Green in 365 series! Guest Post by Krissa of More Than Mundane: If you've been following along with the Green in 365 series, you've likely heard some about the dangers of cleaning with conventional cleaners that are loaded with harsh chemicals. There are many all natural alternatives to cleaning that are just as effective as conventional cleaners, but that don't cause irritation to your skin, eyes, and airways and that you can feel safe using in your … [Read more...]
How to Use Cloth Wipes All Around Your Home {Green in 365}
This is Day 148 of the Green in 365 series! *This is a guest post from Becca, who has been one of my most faithful readers and commenters here on Live Renewed. I've always appreciated her sharing her ideas and experience in the comments, and am excited to have her share this post with you today! by Becca Stallings of The Earthling's Handbook I switched from blowing my nose on paper tissues to using cloth handkerchiefs more than a decade ago. When our son was born a few years later, we … [Read more...]
