These books to create a sustainable home are not about organising furniture nor decorating your home to look like designer magazines. They are about creating a quiet sanctuary, to cosy up in a favourite armchair to read a favourite book, or feel so at peace that you don’t always need to switch on TV to ‘feel at home’.
Avoid essential oils for pregnancy/nursing and near pets/children (see candle safety tips). Know toxic houseplants to avoid near pets and avoid foliage near windows to help stop birds flying into windows. If used, choose sheepskins that do not harm sheep (natural shearing, no animals harmed).
No Place Like Home is a mindful guide to creating a home you love. Your home environment should lift you up, and bring you joy. This book offers simple effective ways to transform your home environment, to be more mindfully aligned, with who you are. It’s packed with ideas for upcycling and decluttering, as well as soothing relaxation rituals and innovative ways to bring the outside in.
Simply Living Well shares wisdom for a natural low-cast home. Reduce your carbon footprint by making your own dishcloths and bowl covers, DIY veggie stock and ketchup, and homemade dryer sheets. Julia Watkins (qualified in conservation science) includes safety caveats (like keep cats away from citrus peels, if used for killing weeds).
Sustain is a book of 50 tips for a low-impact home, showing how small changes make a big difference. From cleaning a house with kitchen ingredients to mending items and making jam, you’ll be right at home in your sustainable abode.
Sustainable Home has 18 projects for the home, focusing on low-impact lifestyle. Learn how to upcycle furniture, grow herbs and make your own toothpaste (avoid pet-toxic xylitol).
The Natural Cozy Cottage is a room by room approach to use natural and prepurposed objects in an urban apartment, town house or contry cottage. Find a welcoming wreath for the front door from foraged items, kitchen curtains made from vintage quilts, eco natural cleaning products and lavender bags. A home for the soul surrounded by the things you love.
