DIY garden ties
What happens when it’s gardening day and you want to tie up the out of control broad beans and of course you can’t find your garden ties? You take an old t-shirt and a pair…
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Pallet crates
Mr Ecochick made these amazing wooden crates to store bulk items in our pantry. Since our cupboard was completely custom made store bought crates wouldn’t fit and also these are ridiculously expensive. I got the…
Insulating difficult spots
During our renovations we insulated all the walls; internal and external. The external walls we insulated to keep heat in and the internal walls we insulated to help soundproof them. Our house is brick so…
Toothbrush alternatives
We all need to brush our teeth young and old. Some annual statistics from Go Bamboo; 30 million toothbrushes are thrown in the tip in Australia and 22,000 tonnes of toothbrushes are thrown in the…
Lemon curd
A girlfriend has a wonderful lemon tree that I love to pick from. Homegrown lemons are so much juicer than store bought. I never really used lemons but now I seem to use them all…
Compost bin
I’ve been deplasticing our home (yes I made that word up isn’t it cool?). Slowly I’ve been exchanging plastic items in our home for more durable items. My latest victim is our compost bin. For…
Wallpaper drawer liners
I love my new huge solid rimu vanity. Even better I bought it second hand off trade me for a fraction of what it would have cost to make/ buy. Score! Since the vanity is…
My son wears tights
It’s getting colder here already and it’s only May 🙁 I have to keep my baby warm. I think I often dress John up too warm but better than having a cold baby. So my…
Organising my chest fridge
Two months on and still love my chest fridge. I STILL get a kick out of opening the top and looking deep into my massive cheap fridge space. Over the last two months I have…
Shower hanger make over
I love my new bathroom it looks so amazing! I just love being in there! I love having all my prettys in the shower with me. I hung up my hemp bath sponge and wooden…