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Zero Waste Gift Ideas Even Non-Treehuggers Will Love

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You’re a treehugger. In your daily life, you avoid plastic packaging, wear thrifted threads and support eco-conscious businesses whenever you can. Yet every year as the holiday season approaches, you fill with low-level dread. It’s time to buy your friends

larissaswayze November 17, 2020February 23, 2022 Sustainable Products Read more

Minimalist Home Office Decor Shopping Guide

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Who says you need an office to create an office space? Once upon a time, home offices took up a lot of room with oversized desks, clunky computers and massive filing cabinets. Thankfully, now all you really need is a

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Boho Bedroom Shopping Guide

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If you love cozy, eclectic bohemian bedroom decor, but need a little guidance in finding the perfect pieces to pull the look together – you’ve come to the right place! And the best part is that all the items featured

larissaswayze February 25, 2020March 2, 2022 Sustainable Design, Sustainable Products Read more

5 Handmade Modern Farmhouse Light Fixtures

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Looking for modern farmhouse light fixtures? These five lights are a little bit rustic, a little bit industrial – and all beautiful. Reclaimed barn wood. Metal pipes. Exposed wires. Edison bulbs. Will the modern farmhouse decor style ever fall out

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Green This Look – Rustic Industrial Kitchen

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Welcome to the second post in my Green This Look series! For this round I chose this très cool rustic industrial style kitchen. Because design fusion is, like, so in right now. If you haven’t seen my first post featuring

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5 of the Most Energy Efficient Refrigerators

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What’s an eco-conscious kitchen without an energy efficient fridge? My post How to Design an Eco-Friendly Kitchen gave an overview of things to think about when creating an environmentally responsible kitchen. But the individual elements of an eco-friendly kitchen each

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3 Tips For Buying Eco-Friendly Activewear

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I’m very choosy about the companies and brands I support. Shouldn’t we all be? Especially when it comes to the clothing industry, where the cacophony of choices range from awful to awesome. Awful items are poorly made, usually under less

larissaswayze March 26, 2019August 3, 2021 Sustainable Living Read more

Green This Look: Boho-Minimalist Living Room

Welcome to "Green This Look," where I show you how to create an eco-friendly living room and offer some bohemian decor ideas - that are great for any space!

You know those “Get This Look” blog posts and pins you see where someone breaks down an interior space or an outfit and shows you how to replicate it? Well, welcome to my “Green This Look” series. Where I do the

larissaswayze February 26, 2019June 18, 2021 Sustainable Design, Sustainable Products Read more

9 Pieces of Nature-Inspired Jewelry

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Knowing how much of a treehugger I am, one of my students recently told me she had seen earrings made out of tree slices. And all I could think was “why do I not have a pair of them right

larissaswayze February 20, 2019July 18, 2021 Sustainable Living, Sustainable Products Read more

5 Reasons Why You Should Buy Organic Underwear

Not only is organic underwear good for your health, but it's also good for the environment. So grab a pair and slide 'em on. Now, doesn't that feel nice?

Yup. We’re talking about underwear. Why? Well, because Of Houses and Trees is about sustainable everything. And your undies – they’re an everything. Now, I’m a huge proponent for buying whatever you can secondhand. I even wrote a whole post about the

larissaswayze December 4, 2018May 20, 2021 Sustainable Living Read more
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