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Save your floor from your pets [Infographic]

September 12September 25Posted in PetsTagged carpets, cats, dogs, floor, Home, infographic, maintenance, pet friendly, pets, rug, tipsLeave a comment

Save your floor from your pets [Infographic] | ecogreenlove

We love our cats and dogs, but they don’t always feel the same way about our floors. Whether it’s tearing up our carpets or scratching our newly laid wooden floors; pets can be a destructive and expensive member of the family. So The Rug Seller has put together this piece to offer some guidance to help you understand why our cats and dogs damage our floors, how you can stop them doing it, the most pet friendly rugs to buy and how to best clean up after accidents.

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Cost-Efficient Ways to make your Home more Eco-Friendly [Infographic]

February 20March 27Posted in Sustainable GuideTagged aerosol, air quality, air-dry, airlfow, alternative, appliances, avoid, bake, bamboo, bath, bathroom, bedroom, big difference, blinds, bugs, bulbs, carbon footprint, carpets, ceramic, cfl, chemicals, clean, clothes, coffee, cold, compost, concentrated, conventional oven, cookware, cool, cost, cuddle, daylight, detergent, dishwash, eco, eco friendly, efficient, energy, energy star, energy-efficient, environmentally, essential oils, extension leads, fertilizer, fire pit, fix, flush, food, full load, garden, generate, glass, green, grow, heater, Home, homemade, houseplants, kitchen, laundry, leaks, light, living room, logs, low energy, low-flow, mattress, microwave, money, multitask, native landscaping, non-toxic, open, organic, paints, pesticide, plant, polyester, pre-rinsing, razor, recycled, reduce, refrigerator, repurpose, responsible, roast, room, save the earth, sawdust, scents, scraps, shave, showerhead, silicone, small things, soap nuts, spider plant, standby, sunlight, tap, temperature, thermostat, tips, toilet, toilet paper, transport, turn off, tv, unplug, vinegar, warm up, warmth, wash, water, ways, windows, winter, wood, woolLeave a comment

Originally Published on Huffington Post

Let’s face it: Reducing your home’s negative impact on the planet will likely require a huge amount of work.

But solar panels and temperature-regulating walls aren’t the only ways to help your household adopt more eco-friendly practices. There are a ton of easy — and fun — ways to conserve energy.

Luckily for us, UK-based magazine Good To Be Home has some clever ideas on other ways to do it.

How many wears before you need to wash your clothes

February 6June 6Posted in Sustainable GuideTagged bed, blazers, blouses, bras, carpets, clothes, coat, fleece, formalweare, gloves, hats, hosiery, how to, jackets, jeans, laundry, leather, leggings, liners, long, mattress, often, pants, parkas, pijamas, pillows, purse, scarf, shorts, skirts, sockings, socks, sportswear, sweatshirts, swimmwear, tips, tops, towels, underwear, vests, wash, wear, winter, wool2 Comments

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We all wash our clothes to keep ourselves and our clothes smelling so fresh and oh-so-clean, but there is such a thing as too much washing and too little. There are downsides to both extremes: laundering your clothes more than you need to can shorten their lifespan and wear them out quickly, but washing too rarely can be unhygienic and cause a lot of icky bacteria growth. Here’s a general guide to follow:

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