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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 No Comments Read more

3 Simple + Minimalist DIY Fall Decor Ideas

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Nothing like the changing of leaves and the dropping of temperatures that makes you want to cozy up inside and create some DIY fall decor. Am I right? Normally I’m not on the ball enough to participate in home decor

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60+ Home Decor Products and Tips – ALL ECO-FRIENDLY!

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If you love your home, but you also love the planet, you’re in luck! I’ve gathered ten Of Houses and Trees posts offering more than sixty sustainable products, tips on home decor and home design ideas. Wondering how to decorate

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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

larissaswayze April 17, 2020January 15, 2023 Sustainable Design, Sustainable Products No Comments Read more

10 Helpful Blog Posts about Green Living

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Are you as passionate about helping the environment as I am? I sure hope so! Or maybe you’re just starting out on your journey to full-fledged treehugger. Welcome! I hope I can help. I’ve gathered up ten Of Houses and

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Building a House | Our House in the Trees | Episode 7

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You’d think after eight years of planning, five months of building, one month of moving and another month of pinching ourselves in disbelief, I’d be sick of talking about Our House in Trees. I mean, you could think that. But

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Eco-Friendly Home Tour | Our House in the Trees | Episode 6

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We’ve moved into our eco-friendly home! Just had to get that out there. I’m a little behind in posting about the process, but I’ve decided that’s okay. Life is already busy when you’re not building a house. You add that

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House Construction Update | Our House in the Trees | Episode 5

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Wanna learn all about LED lightbulbs? No?! Okay, how about secondhand light fixtures? Maybe…? Okay, do you want a see our STUNNING cork-backed laminate floors? Now that’s more like it! It’s time for episode five of Our House in Trees.

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Building an Eco-Friendly House | Our House in the Trees | Episode 4

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As much fun as the foundation and framing stages are (for me at least), the REAL fun begins with the interior finishes. This is also the area where I feel – if I may toot my own horn – that

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Sustainable Building Materials For House Construction | Our House in the Trees | Episode 3

The build of our sustainable home forges onward! Episode three covers the last half of August and includes me fawning over sustainable building materials like our gorgeous steel roof, while also trying to grapple with our decking and siding choices. Plus an appearance from oh-so-fluffy insulation made of recycled content!

The build of our sustainable home forges onward! In fact, so much happened in month three that I had to split it into two. Episode three covers the last half of August and includes me fawning over sustainable building materials

larissaswayze October 6, 2019December 20, 2022 Our House in the Trees, Sustainable Design No Comments Read more
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