Developing a practical zero-waste cleaning routine became essential when my cleaning cupboard used to look like a chemistry experiment with separate products for every surface, each in a plastic bottle with a list of ingredients I couldn’t pronounce, half of them half-empty and probably expired. I replaced all of it with four ingredients. The cleaning …
Planning clear sustainable bedroom makeover ideas saved my space when the bedroom I moved into was a depressing, solid beige. Walls: beige. Carpet: a slightly different, somehow more depressing beige. As a renter with a strict no-painting clause, I felt stuck. Two weekends and less than 150 euros later, the room felt completely different, warmer, …
Investing in premium natural candles and scents became my priority after I used to burn cheap paraffin candles without thinking much about what they actually release. Then I read about what paraffin candles actually release when they burn: petroleum by-products, synthetic fragrance compounds, and in some cases traces of benzene and toluene. I wasn’t alarmed …
Finding authentic sustainable second-hand furniture changed my perspective when the first piece of furniture I bought secondhand was a small oak side table from a neighbour. It cost 8 euros, had a slight ring mark on the surface from years of coffee cups, and it’s still the piece I get the most compliments on. Nobody …