10 Easy Ways to REFRESH Your Home in a More Sustainable Way!

so I'm not by any stretch of the imagination an expert on sustainability or the environment but I want to be creating content that's the type of content I want to watch and honestly I have a long history of buying a bunch of little trinkets for my home without thinking much about the impact on the earth and So lately as I've been pursuing minimalism I've spent a little more time kind of researching this brainstorming ideas around how to refresh our homes in a way that makes them feel exciting and kind of inviting without breaking the bank but also without making maybe such a negative impact on the earth so here are 10 little ways to refresh your home and maybe a slightly more sustainable way thank you [Music] one of the easiest initial things you can do is to let more air and light in take down an unnecessary curtain let some light in maybe even open a window I think filling your home with fresh air and light can be a quick and easy way to just make the space feel like new a second thing you can do is choose items that are made of materials that are more sustainable things like cotton wood bamboo or cork are all great options bamboo because those trees can grow really fast in like three to four months as opposed to the decades other types of trees take and cork because cork is quite often made out of just the bark that they remove from trees as opposed to taking down entire trees but in general using organic materials can be a good option because then they're usually more biodegradable and they often last longer a third option is to add a plant I think adding a plant especially you know if it's propagated from another plant you already have or from a friend it's an easy way to liven up space that's why I have multiple plants and my backdrop right here but I also recently added a plant to my desk area and I feel like somehow it's helped me focus better I don't know if that's the reason why but somehow just having something alive in my space sort of keeps me company a fourth option is to use a chemically safe and sustainable air freshener I think an air freshener is actually a quick and affordable way to refresh your entire space they say smell is the sense that's most associated with memory and I personally want to fill my home with memories plus it's an easy way to refresh your car and this is actually where today's sponsor fits in drift creates air care products for your home and your car in a sustainably conscious way lots of air fresheners are full of potentially harmful chemicals while drift uses natural essential oils and other fragrances they also use sustainably sourced wood for those air fresheners they range in price from around nine dollars for the wood option and about 14 dollars for the a stone option I also feel like every time I've used an air freshener in my life eventually they just run out and I forget to go out and refresh them plus I get so used to the scent I just kind of go nose blind so what's cool is with drift if 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art that's just been sitting in your attic or use that spare can of paint to paint another area or repaint or varnish Furniture to give those pieces New Life this can even be kind of a fun creative exercise to just go through your home see what you already have and see how you can use it a bit differently another strategy is to shop second hand what's fun about this option is that we all sometimes have that craving to go out shopping and to buy something that feels new to us even if it's not technically new but shopping second hand is a good option that's far more sustainable you're using something that's already been used you're giving it another life but you're not buying something actually new quite often when you shop second hand it's also pieces that have stood the test of time and that are more likely to stick around longer for you on top of that I personally enjoy shopping with friends and family it's kind of a social thing and you deliberate on whether or not to purchase something with them or even just notice cool and funky things at these second-hand shops it's a fun way to connect with people around you anyway but you might also be able to find things that will refresh your space more affordably and in a way that's slightly better for the environment another one that's related to that is to shop local and or handmade sourcing handmade textiles can actually support artistic communities and if it's made by human hands it's often less environmentally invasive plus shopping locally can also reduce packaging and shipping on top of that I mean Isn't it nice to support a small local shop as opposed to some big chain I mean I'm guilty of it I certainly shop at chains quite often but I think if we can just find those little Diamond shops in the rough quite often they give us way better quality and more kind of personalized pieces an eighth tip is is to use a dried bouquet or flowers in your home I personally love this one not only because it's more environmentally friendly but also because it's way easier it's way lower maintenance to just put some flowers out and let them sit there over time I have a couple different dried bouquets in my home or even little grasses that really liven up the space but are basically no effort to take care of I don't know if you're supposed to but I definitely have some grasses or bouquets that have been in my home for over a year a ninth strategy is if you're gonna buy something try to buy something that's built to last now this doesn't necessarily mean that it has to be more expensive or from a fancier company like sometimes you can go to a very basic store and get a solid piece of furniture but I have thought back to times where I'd buy a bunch of like even plastic things that are kind of wobbly or things made of plywood that didn't really fit right together and sometimes very quickly even in a matter of months the piece would fall apart or not work correctly and so I think one thing that helps me to determine this is to look at a lot of the reviews I know that's obvious but I think sometimes we forget to do that so that's an important step as well as to look at the materials that the pieces are made out of an intense sustainable way to refresh your home is to get out there and to declutter have I ever mentioned this one before to you you know let me know in the comments if I've ever mentioned decluttering before I can't seem to think if that's been a topic that's come up here I know I talk all the time about getting rid of stuff and refreshing your space in that way but honestly let's be real it's the easiest probably the best way to liven up our spaces I feel like when there's less chaos in my space it just injects this energy and airiness in a way that actually gives me more energy there is also psychological research to support the idea that clutter causes stress and so that just reminds me to tell my son self hey aylin if you're starting to see too much clutter maybe it's time to get back on top of that so those are my 10 ideas but I just want to take another moment to thank all of you yet again for continuing to watch my videos and to support the channel I'm so regularly Blown Away by some of your decluttering and minimalism ideas some of your stories that you've shared through comments on various videos I honestly love to learn a bit about your lives and what you've learned along the way I am constantly learning from all of you so thank you and some of you have even asked you know how can we support you more and so I just want to also mention another way to support me in the channel is just to watch my videos eh that's a great way to support me another way that I've mentioned before too is you know to like videos also to subscribe but on top of that taking the time to actually watch through the ads that play kind of in the middle of the videos is a great way to financially support the channel as well now the ads that play in the middle of videos I don't have control roll over what they are so especially if you're just playing my videos in the background while you do something else anyway just letting Those ads play is a great way to support me anyway that's most of what I have for you today thanks for sticking around this long if you've gotten this far and don't forget to check out the link in the description box below for the drift fragrances I mentioned thanks so much for spending this little bit of time with me and I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day bye foreign [Music] foreign

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Length: 9min 35sec (575 seconds)

Published: Wed Jun 21 2023