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Decorating with Antiques: 5 Tips for Filling Your Home with Unique Vintage Finds

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Decorating with antiques and vintage items is great on many levels. It makes your home unique, it can save you money – and it’s eco-friendly! I love old things. Whether it’s a hundred and fifty year old farmhouse, a dusty

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12 Sustainable Home Books to Help You Create the Eco House of Your Dreams

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These twelve sustainable home books cover everything from building an eco-house to living a simpler, more intentional home life. There are other lists out there that feature books on green design, but most of them focus on either sustainable architecture

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6 Simple Sustainable Decorating Tips to Help You Create a Unique + Eco-Conscious Home

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As with any other eco-conscious endeavour, sustainable decorating just takes a little extra time and consideration. So here are six steps to creating a beautiful and sustainable space you’ll be proud to call home. Whether you’re decorating for the first

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5 Tips for Collecting Art on a Budget: Where to Find Affordable, Sustainable Art Online

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Looking for advice on how to start collecting art on a budget? Find affordable, eco-conscious art with these five tips! I’m still relatively new to the world of art collecting. Sure, I’ve hung things on my walls in every home

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15 Small Laundry Room Makeover Ideas that are Pretty, Practical and Eco-Friendly

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Got a tiny laundry room in need of some love? Here are fifteen small laundry room makeover ideas to take it from blah to beautiful – sustainably. And make it more functional too! I’ve never had a large laundry room.

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Coastal Interior Design Guide: How to Create a Beautiful, Beach-Inspired Home

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Do you love the ocean as much as you love your home? Why not bring the two together with the help of this coastal interior design guide! I mean, who doesn’t love the ocean? I know I sure do. It

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Japandi Interior Design: How to Infuse Your Home with a Cozy Cool Vibe

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Love the cozy meets elegant look of a Japandi space? Learn all about Japandi interior design and how to get the look in your own home. Blending design styles is not at all uncommon. There are so many ways you

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How to Make a Simple DIY Paper Garland from Old Book Pages

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This DIY paper garland is both simple and beautiful. Plus, it repurposes old book pages – making it eco-conscious too! One of my favourite DIYs on Of Houses and Trees are the book page paper orbs I made several years

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20 Eco-Friendly Canadian Online Stores You Need To Know About

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Need sustainable clothing, home decor, beauty products and more? Look no further than these twenty eco-friendly Canadian online stores! Oh, Canada. Place of oceans, forests, rivers, glaciers. Lakes, prairies, tundras, mountains. Home to people from cultures as diverse as our

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Eco-Friendly Decor Guide – How To Green Any Decor Style

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Think eco-friendly decor only works in boho, rustic or minimalist rooms?  Think again! Sure, decor styles that lean on natural materials like bohemian, vintage finds like rustic and “less is more” styles like minimalism are  easy to create using sustainable furniture and decor. 

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