A backyard can mean different things to different people. For the congenial host, a backyard means a great place to gather friends and family on warm summer nights. For the avid gardener, a backyard means a great place to grow prized zucchini and the biggest pumpkins in five city blocks. For the kids, a backyard [...]
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Email This PostA mist fountain is possibly the best way to purify the air in your home or office. These decorative accents are great to look at, but they also have many health benefits as well. Put one in your home to naturally remove the air of pollutants, using the negative ions generated. Add just a few [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostTelescoping flagpoles are poles that are made from different diameter aluminum tubes that slip inside each other. Each section is raised and locked into place, starting with the top section (the section holding the flag). Telescoping flagpoles do not have ropes to tangle and wear or clang against the pole in windy conditions. They are [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostThe call came unexpectedly. It was my mother. She was in a panic about the need to clean year’s worth of dirt off the windows on her house. I love all the views she said, but I don’t want to spend the whole day cleaning windows. No problem, I told her. In Name that [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostOne of the easiest and most enjoyable ways to bring a bit of nature into your personal home or office environment is with an indoor fountain. Indoor fountains run the gamut from small desktop and tabletop indoor fountains to larger floor fountains, wall fountains, and waterfall fountains. Additionally, indoor fountains come in a variety of [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostOutdoor fireplace, bubbling garden fountain, cozy place to wine and dine-it may be compact, but this backyard has many bragging rights. Let’s count the ways that the not-so big lawn can make life a little sweeter. One, you don’t have to spend half your Saturday pushing a lawn mower. Two, the short distance between grill [...]
Print this Page | Email This Post1. Be sure to think SAFE! As cute as a shelf full of porcelain dolls might look above your little girl’s crib, there is a safety issue there. So, first and foremost on your mind when preparing for and decorating a nursery should be safety. Without safety it won’t matter how cute your nursery is. [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostGarden lovers around the world love putting fountains among their flowers, plants, bushes and shrubs. And with the Christmas season upon us in the U.S., many garden lovers may get their very first fountain as a gift this year.Fountains make wonderful gifts year round. They’re beautiful to look at, and fit well with almost any [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostThere’s nothing like a cleanser that actually works as advertised, bulldozing through dirt and leaving a surface sparkling clean. But conventional cleaning products can actually leave indoor air polluted with a toxic smog of petrochemical volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and the synthetic fragrances used to mask them. Think, then, what damage cleaning products used on [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostThe new Parisian shop Lavinia, which bills itself as Europe’s largest wine and spirits shop, devotes a generous section to French organic wines. But they cannot be found among the hundreds of bottles laid out appealingly in stylish wood and glass racks. The enviable selection is tucked away at the back of the shop, in [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostHere in the Northeast, summer is almost here. With hot humid weather approaching-it’s already here in the southern part of the country-we can learn a few tricks from our grandparents. Before air conditioning was common, most housewives prepared their homes for the heat of summer. They knew the windows would be open letting in dust [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostThe EPA released its list of the Top 25 Green Power Partners for 2005, and the list includes some surprising entries. Here is the list, with Power Partners appearing in order of purchase size:You may have noticed a large increase in the number of television commercials for vehicles that are able to run on E85 [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostTwelve years ago, I set up my first home office, and many of my friends and family members were a little puzzled. “What will you do in there?” they asked, seemingly confused as to why I’d need a whole room instead of just a corner table where I could pay bills and store mail. I [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostSustainable homes utilize responsible, eco friendly practices to produce less waste and conserve more energy, a goal that everyone should aspire to. Even if you live in one of the many sustainable housing communities that are being built across the country, there are still areas of your home that can undoubtedly use a green makeover. [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostIncreasingly we find ourselves beset by problems that seem beyond our control; global warming, GM Foods, animal testing, the spread of factory farming, the arms trade and human rights abuses, to list but a few. Shoppers are often left feeling helpless, the typical response being theres nothing I can do.But you can by shopping in [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostForget playing up the environment, data increasingly shows that it’s better to stress a product’s health benefits for humans. When the dairy cows at Horizon Organic’s farms get sick, they are treated with aspirin and massages. The cows’ feed is grown in soil that is carefully cultivated to stay rich and healthy through crop rotation, [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostWhen consumers think of natural food, their focus may extend beyond organic origin and preparation. Although organic foods continue to be a strong and growing market, the natural food category now contains products that incorporate ethical and sustainability factors, such as equitable trade practices, genetic modification and humane treatment of animals. Baby Boomers, the largest [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostSimply Good Tips is meant to compliment our main site, www.simplygoodstuff.com. We designed this blog to provide our customers with cleaning and decorating tips to make these tasks faster and easier. At simplygoodstuff.com we specialize in non-toxic and all natural cleaning products for the home and office. Clean without chemicals. We carry some of the [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostResidential design is not going green. It’s gone green. More homeowners are demanding that their home be sustainable, healthy to live in and affordable to maintain. By going green, they choose to reduce the burden on the environment and to add value to their homes. With rising voices in the national discussion on the urgency [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostQ: What is the easiest way to clean a shower? A:Cleaning the tub or shower can be one of the toughest chores in your home. Soap scum, water stains, dirt, grime and grease all build-up over time and can seem impossible to remove. If you are using a traditional tub and tile cleaner, you may [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostMost Americans have spent at least a few frustrating hours attempting to use a string trimmer to groom those areas of the lawn that mowers just won’t get. The difficulty of winding spools and the all-to-often broken trimmer line have plagued these weekend warriors for decades. Better Heads LLC, a new player in the aftermarket [...]
Print this Page | Email This PostIn order to support a healthy lifestyle, one must think about more than eating right, regular exercise and taking vitamin supplements. A healthy body needs a healthy home to give it the all-around support that complements a healthy lifestyle – and choosing green cleaning products can help.Using harsh chemicals to clean contributes to unhealthy air [...]
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