Posts Tagged ‘Household Items’
How to Use Green Cleaning Products at Home
Your home is where you live, and most important of all you want to be breathing clean air. For that reason, using harsh chemicals in your home doesn’t make a lot of sense. You don’t want to breathe them, and you don’t want your kids or pets breathing them either – or accidentally drinking them. Believe it or not, it is possible to use green cleaning products and still have a clean house. Often, you can make sue of everyday household items that most people have easily to hand, says John Ple
put a lid on it – reuse a tin can
So much of the time, simplicity is the heart of invention. That’s certainly the case with these clever biodegradable plastic lids, designed by Northumbria University grad Jack Bresnahan and featured at last month’s New Designers show in London.Shown as a set are nine lids that transform a used, tin can into one of several common household items: vase, soap dispenser, sugar caster, tea and coffee canister, toothbrush holder, money box and desk organizer.According to Dezeen.com, Bresnahan’s “aim…
Double-Duty Furniture
If there’s one thing I’m known for it’s multitasking, and if there’s one thing I can appreciate, it’s furniture or other household items that can do the same. And I’m not just talking about my every surface that doubles as an occasional ironing board. One of my biggest rules about “stuff” coming into my house is that it MUST have a function (preferably one we’ll actually use). Bring me something that’s multi-functional and I’m sold. On Small Space Style , a table was profiled that definitel