It’s never too late to refresh your home

5 sustainable ways to reset your home

With winter behind us and spring in full swing, it’s time to refresh our homes. Whether you’re an avid spring cleaner or someone who likes to do a refresh every few months, we’ve compiled 5 ideas (including DIY options) to help along the way!

1. Cleaning

Product: Organic Bamboo Cleaning Cloth, Koala Eco

plant-based | family-owned | woman-owned

Paper towels are a psyop! We were using fabric before the invention of paper towels. Sustainability used to be an everyday practice, so we should embrace tradition once again.

DIY: Turn old shirts into rags, cleaning cloths, etc.

If buying cleaning cloths is out of your budget, can repurpose that old t-shirt in the closet. Cut it into pieces, and for free-99, you’ll have cleaning cloths and rags.

2. Home Plants/Flowers

Recommendation: Stems

locally-sourced | women-owned | community-oriented

Nothing freshens up a space more than plants and flowers. If you’re in the Brooklyn area, we suggest getting your green friends from Stems. If not, we suggest growing your own flowers and plants from seeds or shopping at your local nursery.

3. Kitchen Tools

Product: Large Dish Pad, Dorai

woman-owned | sustainable material | non-toxic

There aren’t many eco-friendly, well-designed dish racks on the market currently. Given that the kitchen is the center of our living spaces, this would be a great option for freshening up the kitchen area.

DIY: Saving glass jars/wine bottles and repurposing them

Another option for DIYing valuable kitchen tools is to save glass jars and wine bottles and repurpose them as candle holders, flower vases, etc.

4. Olfactory Refresh

Product: Sleep Incense, Soul Space

woman-owned | all-natural | non-toxic

Thinking about the five senses, smell is at the forefront of a freshened space. This Sleep Incense is always a good option to calm your environment.

DIY: Make your own natural room scents

If your living situation discourages candles or incense, here is a DIY option that’ll still achieve the same effect.

5. Decorations

Product: Bottomless, Cold Picnic

woman-owned | ethically-sourced | sustainable material

Rugs tie a home together. We, of course, suggest taking care and cleaning existing rugs because that’s the most sustainable choice, but an amazing new option that might be worth the investment is to look into sustainably made rugs like these from Cold Picnic!

DIY: Quilt your own blanket! Crochet a coaster set! Sew!

Other decorations that tie a space together are blankets, coasters, and pillows, to name a few. These can be handmade and fully customized. Quilt a blanket, crochet a coaster set, or cross-stitch a pillow design!

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