Recipes, DIY projects, and inspiration for a beautiful and low-waste life, from the creator of @simply.living.well on Instagram
In this timely and motivational guide, author Julia Watkins shares rituals, recipes, and projects for living simply and sustainably at home. For every area of your household--kitchen, cleaning, wellness, bath, and garden--Julia shows you how to eliminate wasteful packaging, harmful ingredients, and disposable items. Practical checklists outline easy swaps (instead of disposable sponges, opt for biodegradable sponges or Swedish dishcloths; choose a bamboo toothbrush over a plastic one) and sustainable upgrades for common household tools and products. Projects include scrap apple cider vinegar, wool dryer balls, kitchen bowl covers and cloth produce bags, non-toxic dryer sheets, all-purpose citrus cleaner, herbal tinctures and balms, and more, plus recipes for package-free essentials like homemade nut milk, hummus, ketchup, salad dressings, and veggie stock.
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9780358202189
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Natural Cleaning Secrets
By Digest, Reader's
Save time and money with natural cleaning hacks for a healthier, greener household by using items you already have at home such as vinegar, baking soda and lemon juice.Discover the natural way to keep your home clean for less time and money. Natural Cleaning Solutions features: Natural cleaning solutions that are effective and affordable.Sound advice that truly works and is so simple that you will see how easily you can make the change in your everyday life.Homemade recipes to get you started making your own natural dishwashing liquid, laundry detergent, facial cleansers, and much more - using items you probably already have at home, such as baking soda, salt, vinegar, and lemon. When you follow the tips in Natural Cleaning Solutions, you'll not only enjoy a gleaming and freshly scented home free from toxic chemicals, you'll spend less time and money at the store and you'll create less waste.
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9781621457992
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Paperback
Love Your Home Again
By Lightfoot, Ann
A Compassionate and Practical Guide to Reimagining the Home of Your DreamsIn Love Your Home Again, Ann Lightfoot and Kate Pawlowski - organizing experts and the mother-daughter duo behind Done & Done Home - ask questions that take into account who you are and how you actually live to help resolve the issues behind the excess and create lasting solutions to keep your home running smoothly. Sharing their tried-and-true systems of decluttering, organizing, and maintaining, along with real client stories, Lightfoot and Pawlowski teach you how to manage your home with their signature "good humor and refreshing lack of dogma" (the New York Times) . Inside you'll find: Gentle guidance on things like handling sentimental items, embracing quality over quantity, and cutting down on wasteHelpful tips for making your daily life easier, from meal-prepping to creating routinesOrganization methods for every room, small space strategies, and so much moreYou'll be amazed at the time, money, and energy you'll save - all better spent enjoying your space.
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9781797216874
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Hardcover
Green Living
By (organization), Green Matters
Do you aspire to live a green or zero-waste life, but just don't know where to begin? Green Living is here to guide you to an eco-friendly lifestyle through approachable, easy-to-implement strategies. Authored by the successful GreenMatters.com website, which is dedicated to making news and topics across sustainability and innovation accessible to everyone, this indispensable resource is packed with suggestions and ideas to implement sustainable living in all areas of your life and home. You'll be inspired to dive deeper into green living and feel empowered by your choice to help the environment and create a healthier household.Learn not just the "why" of going green, but the "how," with quick-and-easy tips to substitute unsustainable and unhealthy products with greener options.
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9781631067204
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Hardcover
Modern HomeMaker
By Inch., Sara Rose
The role of homemaker takes on a whole new meaning with this modern guide that offers hands-on décor advice for creative homeowners. Learn how to create a relaxed home atmosphere that doesn't skimp on style Get decorating advice for every major room in the home Transform 20 spaces in the home with step-by-step styling projects Be inspired with entertaining ideas for dinner parties, outdoor living, kid's parties, and more Keep your home stocked up and organized with the author's preformatted lists and planning tools Creating a beautiful home doesn't have to cost a fortune. Simply follow the simple ideas in this book and infuse them with the furniture pieces you love, vintage accents, fresh florals, and, of course, cherished items that are meaningful to your family.
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9780764362057
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Hardcover
Home Sweet Organized Home
By Litman, Jessica
Get organized, declutter, and find more calm in your days with this accessible, step-by-step guide to lasting order in your home sweet home.
Do you feel overwhelmed, stressed, or anxious about the clutter in your home? Have you spent countless hours organizing your home only to find it all destroyed in a matter of seconds? Does it seem like you will never get organized enough? Keeping order in your home can feel like a daunting and never-ending task, especially when you have little ones, but with Home Sweet Organized Home, you will be able to declutter your home easily and maintain lasting order in your sacred space.
Jessica Litman, the mama, organizing expert, and creator behind The Organized Mama will help you optimize and maintain order in your home, so you can find more calm in your everyday life. Her practical organizing and decorating advice will make it simpler for you to keep your space exactly how you like it. Each chapter offers a step-by-step guide to organize a single room in your home--from your bedroom closet to your junk drawer to your kids' rooms and toys--you will learn how to keep it all tidy. Have a stress-free and clutter-free home.
In Home Sweet Organized Home, you will:
Learn how to easily keep lasting order in your home.
Tackle toy clutter and kid spaces.
Use realistic tips to create a home that is welcoming.
Beautify your space so it always feels fresh and calm.
Find ways to keep yourself motivated and tricks to help you feel more at ease.
Transform your space and your life with this guide to a cozy and peaceful home.
Now more than ever, the idea of "home" is incredibly important. Home is not only where the heart is, but it has also transformed into a school, workplace, and self-care sanctuary. The Inspiring Home series explores how to expertly feather your nest and create spaces for you and your family that are both purposeful and cozy. Learn how to get every family member organized even when everyone is on different schedules, find the balance between great design and helpful function in every room of the house, and update and upgrade your spaces to the latest trends without breaking the bank. With amazing style suggestions and spot-on tips from experts in the home design and organization fields, the Inspiring Home series will have you living the luxe life faster than you can say "accent wall."
Also in this series: Blissful Nest and Simply Spaced.
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Simply Living Well
By Julia, Watkins,
Recipes, DIY projects, and inspiration for a beautiful and low-waste life, from the creator of @simply.living.well on Instagram
In this timely and motivational guide, author Julia Watkins shares rituals, recipes, and projects for living simply and sustainably at home. For every area of your household--kitchen, cleaning, wellness, bath, and garden--Julia shows you how to eliminate wasteful packaging, harmful ingredients, and disposable items. Practical checklists outline easy swaps (instead of disposable sponges, opt for biodegradable sponges or Swedish dishcloths; choose a bamboo toothbrush over a plastic one) and sustainable upgrades for common household tools and products. Projects include scrap apple cider vinegar, wool dryer balls, kitchen bowl covers and cloth produce bags, non-toxic dryer sheets, all-purpose citrus cleaner, herbal tinctures and balms, and more, plus recipes for package-free essentials like homemade nut milk, hummus, ketchup, salad dressings, and veggie stock.
Natural Cleaning Secrets
By Digest, Reader's
Save time and money with natural cleaning hacks for a healthier, greener household by using items you already have at home such as vinegar, baking soda and lemon juice.Discover the natural way to keep your home clean for less time and money. Natural Cleaning Solutions features: Natural cleaning solutions that are effective and affordable.Sound advice that truly works and is so simple that you will see how easily you can make the change in your everyday life.Homemade recipes to get you started making your own natural dishwashing liquid, laundry detergent, facial cleansers, and much more - using items you probably already have at home, such as baking soda, salt, vinegar, and lemon. When you follow the tips in Natural Cleaning Solutions, you'll not only enjoy a gleaming and freshly scented home free from toxic chemicals, you'll spend less time and money at the store and you'll create less waste.
Love Your Home Again
By Lightfoot, Ann
A Compassionate and Practical Guide to Reimagining the Home of Your DreamsIn Love Your Home Again, Ann Lightfoot and Kate Pawlowski - organizing experts and the mother-daughter duo behind Done & Done Home - ask questions that take into account who you are and how you actually live to help resolve the issues behind the excess and create lasting solutions to keep your home running smoothly. Sharing their tried-and-true systems of decluttering, organizing, and maintaining, along with real client stories, Lightfoot and Pawlowski teach you how to manage your home with their signature "good humor and refreshing lack of dogma" (the New York Times) . Inside you'll find: Gentle guidance on things like handling sentimental items, embracing quality over quantity, and cutting down on wasteHelpful tips for making your daily life easier, from meal-prepping to creating routinesOrganization methods for every room, small space strategies, and so much moreYou'll be amazed at the time, money, and energy you'll save - all better spent enjoying your space.
Green Living
By (organization), Green Matters
Do you aspire to live a green or zero-waste life, but just don't know where to begin? Green Living is here to guide you to an eco-friendly lifestyle through approachable, easy-to-implement strategies. Authored by the successful GreenMatters.com website, which is dedicated to making news and topics across sustainability and innovation accessible to everyone, this indispensable resource is packed with suggestions and ideas to implement sustainable living in all areas of your life and home. You'll be inspired to dive deeper into green living and feel empowered by your choice to help the environment and create a healthier household.Learn not just the "why" of going green, but the "how," with quick-and-easy tips to substitute unsustainable and unhealthy products with greener options.
Modern HomeMaker
By Inch., Sara Rose
The role of homemaker takes on a whole new meaning with this modern guide that offers hands-on décor advice for creative homeowners. Learn how to create a relaxed home atmosphere that doesn't skimp on style Get decorating advice for every major room in the home Transform 20 spaces in the home with step-by-step styling projects Be inspired with entertaining ideas for dinner parties, outdoor living, kid's parties, and more Keep your home stocked up and organized with the author's preformatted lists and planning tools Creating a beautiful home doesn't have to cost a fortune. Simply follow the simple ideas in this book and infuse them with the furniture pieces you love, vintage accents, fresh florals, and, of course, cherished items that are meaningful to your family.
Home Sweet Organized Home
By Litman, Jessica
Get organized, declutter, and find more calm in your days with this accessible, step-by-step guide to lasting order in your home sweet home.
Do you feel overwhelmed, stressed, or anxious about the clutter in your home? Have you spent countless hours organizing your home only to find it all destroyed in a matter of seconds? Does it seem like you will never get organized enough? Keeping order in your home can feel like a daunting and never-ending task, especially when you have little ones, but with Home Sweet Organized Home, you will be able to declutter your home easily and maintain lasting order in your sacred space.
Jessica Litman, the mama, organizing expert, and creator behind The Organized Mama will help you optimize and maintain order in your home, so you can find more calm in your everyday life. Her practical organizing and decorating advice will make it simpler for you to keep your space exactly how you like it. Each chapter offers a step-by-step guide to organize a single room in your home--from your bedroom closet to your junk drawer to your kids' rooms and toys--you will learn how to keep it all tidy. Have a stress-free and clutter-free home.
In Home Sweet Organized Home, you will:
Transform your space and your life with this guide to a cozy and peaceful home.
Now more than ever, the idea of "home" is incredibly important. Home is not only where the heart is, but it has also transformed into a school, workplace, and self-care sanctuary. The Inspiring Home series explores how to expertly feather your nest and create spaces for you and your family that are both purposeful and cozy. Learn how to get every family member organized even when everyone is on different schedules, find the balance between great design and helpful function in every room of the house, and update and upgrade your spaces to the latest trends without breaking the bank. With amazing style suggestions and spot-on tips from experts in the home design and organization fields, the Inspiring Home series will have you living the luxe life faster than you can say "accent wall."
Also in this series: Blissful Nest and Simply Spaced.