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Healthy Bread Pudding With Bananas and Stale Bread

March 22, 2020 by Dagmar Bleasdale 8 Comments

Do you have too much bread in the house or bread that is getting stale, and ripe bananas? Then make this yummy, healthy bread pudding with bananas and stale bread!

Healthy Bread Pudding With Bananas and Stale Bread

When I got my Peapod order, they had been very generous with the bananas, and we needed to use them now.

We also had a lot of stale bread in the fridge that had accumulated in a week or two, and instead of throwing it out or making croutons with it, I checked out Pinterest for recipes that include stale bread.

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The Best Eco-Friendly Gifts for Kids and Adults

March 20, 2020 by Dagmar Bleasdale 3 Comments

Eco-friendly gifts are always appreciated, and there are so many to choose from nowadays, for kids and adults! Make a difference and gift something that is environmentally friendly.

Eco-Friendly Gifts for Kids and Adults

Don’t know what to give someone for the holidays or a birthday or special occasion?

There are always a few family members and friends that are impossible to buy for, right?

Fear not — eco-friendly gifts are always appreciated, and there are so many to choose from nowadays, for kids and adults! [Read more…]

Wool Dryer Balls, the Eco-Friendly Alternative to Dryer Sheets

March 19, 2020 by Dagmar Bleasdale Leave a Comment

Wool dryer balls are the key to greening your laundry routine — plus they are healthier than dryer sheets and will save you a ton of money.

Now that we all have to stay home because of this virus, let’s make our lives easier! We can’t shop like we used to, I have been ordering everything online, and once you buy wool dryer balls you’ll never have to buy dryer sheets again.

And I’ll tell you about another eco-friendly product — you’ll never have to lug heavy detergent bottles again!

Eco-friendly wool dryer balls

Do you want to green your laundry routine?

Do you want to make a difference and lower your impact on our environment?

With all the allergies that are so prevalent nowadays, it’s best to avoid toxins in our home that are easily avoidable, like unnecessary perfumes in detergents and dryer sheets.
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Easy Organizing Ideas for Every Room

March 16, 2020 by Dagmar Bleasdale 21 Comments

What do you do when you have extra time on your hand? I start organizing my home. Enjoy these organizing ideas for every room.

Organizing Ideas for Every Room

My posts about storage and organizing ideas for your home are hugely popular — I guess many of you either need ideas or love organizing as much as I do.

The coffee table you see in the above picture is perfect for storing Landon’s many Playmobil and LEGO toys, and I was able to find it in the As Is section at IKEA.

Here are more organizing ideas I’ve found for every room in the house that might help you to organize your home more efficiently.

My dream home would have all of these — wouldn’t that be amazing?

Organizing Ideas for Every Room in Your Home

Entryway:

You can add a bench with storage basket in the smallest entry hall to maximize space — something we never have enough of in the Blue Cottage because we don’t have a basement or a garage. [Read more…]

The Lazy Guide to Painting a Bookcase

March 14, 2020 by Dagmar Bleasdale 6 Comments

The Lazy Guide to Painting Furniture

We have a small storage room in the back of our house — that I call the Blue Cottage because it’s blue and decorated like a little cottage — that has never really received much love since we moved in about four years ago. [Read more…]

Healthy Bread Pudding With Bananas and Stale Bread

Eco-Friendly Gifts for Kids and Adults

Eco-friendly wool dryer balls

Organizing Ideas for Every Room

Organizing Ideas for Every Room in Your Home

The Lazy Guide to Painting Furniture

Create a beautiful home on a budget!

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