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Learn // How to Choose Plants at the Nursery
We’re week two into our month long school holiday and today we hung out all day with Nova from Cultivate Central, an urban farmer here in Singapore. We’re working on a new project together and she offered to help me pick out edible plants from the nursery. I thought – perfect – that means I…
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From This to That – Boiled Water Plant Food
It’s Labour Day today – I’m relaxing on the balcony, the kids are entertained with our homemade play dough and I just ate the creamiest eggs, made delicious completely by accident! It involved a bit of sour cream that I was trying to use up and I ended up discovering my new favorite scrambled eggs! Don’t you…
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Curating Naiise
Have you seen Naiise yet? It’s an online shop, with the goal to make good design accessible – and I was asked to curate pieces that fit our green lifestyle. I love the idea of creating a home that celebrates green living – choosing sustainable materials, supporting local and handmade, filling your home with plants and…
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Many Ways to Use Dish Soap
I have a super practical tip for you today, inspired by a friend who I recently helped. She’s a new mom, just moved into a new house and wanted to learn some simple green cleaning recipes. My advice to her was this: Whatever you’re cleaning – always start the job with the most simple ingredients.…
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The Dreaded Dishes
I was chatting with a few girlfriends about homelife and the subject of doing the dishes came up. Namely, how do you manage them… or not ? How do you face the mess in the sink when all you want to do is fall into your bed?! We all agreed that cooking a meal is…
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14 Kitchen Ideas that Make Life Easier
Creating an efficient kitchen gives me a weird sense of excitement – but it’s because I know that when my kitchen is in order, I get happy about making food – and I believe that’s exactly how we need to feel! I’ve also thrown in a few extra ideas that will not only help you…
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Composting Made Easy
Whether you want to grow your own veggie garden, windowsill herbs or a simple pot of mint – the secret to healthy, thriving plants is in the soil. A good compost can make all the difference. And, if you grow edible plants, it will produce healthier food for you. It turns out making your own…
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Smell Yummy! Vanilla Room & Body Spritzer
This recipe is about ditching obnoxious, chemical fragrances and keeping it simple. If like me, you love the scent of vanilla and want to freshen up your home – try this super easy spritzer. It smells like freshly baked cookies – and is so natural, that you can even spray it on your body! Don’t…
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How to Get Rid of Fruit Flies, naturally!
This tip for getting rid of fruit flies is probably something you’ve come across before – but, perhaps never tried… That was me at least, until recently when my fruit fly situation went from occasionally annoying to seriously, they’re starting to swarm! If you keep a lot fresh fruit and veg out, you know how it…
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Best Home Posts of 2013
Hello! I’m so enjoying looking back at this years archives and seeing all the cool stuff we got up to! I really hope that you’ve tried some of the ideas or recipes – but if you haven’t, there’s no time like the present, right? Here for you today are my top favorites for Home –…
