How to Create a Weekly Family Cleaning Schedule

How to Create a Weekly Family Cleaning Schedule

This post was sponsored by GOJO, the makers of PURELL® Multi Surface Disinfectant, as part of an Influencer Activation for Influence Central and all opinions expressed in my post are my own. When it comes to cleaning, the whole family can be involved. Well, maybe not young young children. But even toddlers or preschoolers can lend a hand. Of course, adult discretion and supervision is a must in this situation. And having the right supplies on hand. From kid friendly items like brooms, mops, and dust pans to the right cleaning products. When everyone helps out, it’s really not that hard to create a family cleaning schedule. We all know how easy it is for our week to get away from us. It seems strange because we live…

How to Create a Healthier Home Environment and a Healthier World

How to Create a Healthier Home Environment and a Healthier World

A healthier home environment is entirely possible without breaking your budget. And with a healthier home environment, you can extend those steps and drive to creating a healthier world. If we all work together, a healthier earth is achievable. With thanks to OBRIST C-Transformer for sponsoring this conversation, we are also happy to share 23 tips for how to create a healthier home environment and a healthier world. A healthy home environment is more than one that is germ free. It actually embraces everything, from the air quality in your home to safety and security. From maintaining your furnace to ensuring that you’re using toxin-free products, creating a healthy home environment encompasses many systems. Key Components of a Healthy Home The systems that help create…

How to Make a Cat Window Box from Palettes

How to Make a Cat Window Box from Palettes

Have I ever discussed my cat? She’s my beloved tabby cat and while she is a treasured member of the family, she does have a bit of an escape problem. Even with the slightest of possible margins, she somehow turns into a liquid and squeezes through spaces. Or, of course, if someone isn’t watching, she’ll slip through the front door before you can blink. She’s an indoor cat with an outdoor streak. No matter how many grass plants I purchase for her, it just doesn’t seem to matter. So I knew I had to find another solution that could allow her to enjoy the outdoors. After doing some research, we decided on a building a cat window box that could extend to a smaller outdoor…

How to Make an Upcycled Flower Vase and 7 Tips to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

How to Make an Upcycled Flower Vase and 7 Tips to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle

  This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Tom’s of Maine. All opinions are 100% mine. We all know about Earth Day but why not celebrate Earth Month? Or, for that matter, take it all year round with a #LessWasteChallenge in partnership with Tom’s of Maine. We’re going to start doing this weekly and challenge ourselves to reduce our overall waste by 1 pound. Even though it may not seem like a lot, if everyone does their part; it goes a long way. I also want to talk about easy tips to reduce, reuse, and recycle that the whole family can do. Americans dispose of more than 700 billion pounds of paper, glass, plastic, wood, food, metal, clothing, electronics and other…

4 Ways to Apply Feng Shui Principles to Your Home

4 Ways to Apply Feng Shui Principles to Your Home

Have you thought about applying Feng Shui to your home? No? If not, then I’d like to talk to you about 4 ways to apply Feng Shui to your home. It really isn’t too difficult, I promise and if you’re looking to organize and declutter? Feng Shui might not be a bad thing to do for your home organization. Feng shui has been an ancient Chinese practice that has recently became popular even in the Western world. It aims to strike up a certain kind of balance in a certain environment making it more ideal for people to live in. This is the practice of feng shui that has gotten the attention of most people, particularly for use in their homes. Here are some useful…

Tips and Tricks for Yard Sale Success

Tips and Tricks for Yard Sale Success

As you’re spring cleaning or decluttering, one of the things that you can consider is setting up a yard sale. By designating a box for items to sell, each family member could possibly contribute for the items that you want to sell. Garage sales and yard sales sound great in theory, but in practice they don’t always go so well. If they’re not carefully conceived, they can be little more than a waste of a perfectly good weekend. But with some thought and planning, a spring garage sale can be a great success. Here are 8 tips for yard sale success. 8 Simple Tips for Yard Sale Success * Choose a good weekend for your sale. If there’s a big springtime event held in your…