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Top Drawer Sachets for Scent and Shooing Moths


Sometimes my daughter Syd’s drawers smell a bit gamey, like her soccer uniform after a match of  living up to her title as “the finisher”. She’s a darling girl, don’t get me wrong. But she has a frightful habit of  tossing items into her drawers to avoid that exhausting chore of putting them in the hamper. Enter drawer sachets. They give off that happy floral odor that can even compete with dirty socks.

Here are a few nicely packed bundles gathered from from the natural garden.

Show at top, and pretty enough to give as a …

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Nectar Essences: Embrace of the Flowering Realm

Curling up each night to sleep, I’ve found a simple ritual that makes bedtime just a little more cozy and sweet. I mist the air with jasmine, neroli, lavender, and a blend of flower essences especially created to help me drift off in sensual, aromatic bliss. This scented mist is the fruit of Nectar Essences, a small, green company that specializes in essential oil and flower essence sprays to wake you up, calm you down, or help you sleep

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A Tall Pair in a Quiet Corner

It’s no mystery to any of you that I love to brighten my home with as many flowers as possible, which, of course, means plenty of eco-friendly and vintage vases. I’ve featured stylish varieties made from sculpted ceramic, frosted recycled glass, bamboo shaped like a flask and more, but, I’ve never posted about one like this: the Square Tapered Water Hyacinth vase. Instead of adorning your tabletops with colorful buds, you can fill these extra tall pieces with branches or stems and group them together in a lonely …

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12 Green Gifts Ideas for the Eco Hostess


Let’s just say a friend of a friend, who happens to be an Eco Goddess, is throwing a party and you’re invited. You want to impress her with your eco smarts and the best first impression is the gift you bring to show your appreciation. Here are some truly green gift ideas to suit all budgets.

Bouquet of Organic Flowers. It’s an old standby, but you can mention that they were grown chemical free, so they’re safe to smell to your heart’s content.
Aloe Vera Plant. A gift …

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Stem Vase: Seeing the Flowers, not the Bouquet

There are two things I’ve got against displays of cut flowers.
First, I’m a guy: we’re not big on the flowers thing. We tend to associate flowers with grovelling apologies, or enforced gardening. It’s a matter of perspective. (But I’ll agree, a well-done display of flowers can lift even the lowest mood and brighten the most drab room.)
But there’s my second point: why not keep them growing? Have I mentioned my basil plant? I call him Basil. I’ve carefully tended Basil from a limp, shop-bought state into a riot of greenery spilling over …

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Fill Your Flask With”¦ Flowers?

The truth is that you’ve never been intrigued by the obvious, and things that aren’t quite what they appear to be are much more stimulating in your book. So, why not apply this philosophy to your décor collection?
Though it resembles a flask, the Small Beside Curve vase instead contains three embedded glass vials that are perfect for holding a single stem of your favorite flowers. Handcrafted by a group of artisans in Thailand who are dedicated to sustainability, this sleek piece is made from bamboo, a rapidly renewable resource that flourishes …

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Hanging with Ada


The oh-so-sophisticated you might say “vaaaaaz”, but however you pronounce it, a vase is really just a vase.

Not so with the ada hanging vase from cb2. It says “I’m not your ordinary vase, I’m so much more than a vase because I hang here growing out of the wall  looking like something other than a vase.”

The creation of U.K. designer James Burgess, the ada hanging vase is made of porcelain in a bright white that would look perfectly poised hung on any colored wall. Sweeten it up with a solitary flower.

I’d buy …

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Air Jardin

My thumb is more blue than green when it comes to plant care and that is why I love the idea of those ethereal air plants that hang from lovely vessels and only require a weekly dunking (just like my kids), and to be fertilized at least once a month.
The plants need to be bedded in a container that holds water and placed in a spot where there is ample  light, such as near a window. They usually flower once and look quite beautiful. There are a myriad of retail sites that sell …

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Faking It: Is Faux Grass the Greener Choice?


Sometimes it’s easy to choose the greenest way forward. This is one of those other times. Artificial grass: once a novelty affordable only by the wealthiest sports-grounds, it’s now set to conquer the domestic markets as a green product. But which grass is greener – the real thing or the Brady Bunch stuff?
Fake: Better than the real thing!
Near-Zero Maintenance. Save reservoirs of water (can’t get greener than that), doesn’t get churned up into ugly bald patches, and has a longer “life” than grass. It doesn’t matter …

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