Use plants to BREATHHHHHE.

 

Bring some green into your home...plants make you healthy and happy! “House plants make people feel calmer and more optimistic”, says Bruno Cortis, M.D., a Chicago cardiologist. Interestingly enough, studies have shown that hospital patients who face a window with a garden view recovered more quickly than those who had to look at a wall. Additionally, plants clean the air in your home and provide a great palette to naturalize the texture in a room. Perhaps your space feels too modern and sterile. Place a tall, potted plant along a wall or a small plant on a shelf to bring your room to life. Taking care of your plant does not have to be a task.  Consider drought-tolerant shrubs of all different shapes, colors, and sizes. These too provide fresh air and positive attitudes.  Go green!

Children & Toys: Organizing the Land of Plenty

Remember the old saying “you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone”? Well this relic holds true to almost every child who has a parent partaking in the idea of a toy library. For children with cluttered, small spaces, a "toy library" is the fix to this chaotic living space problem. One may use a trendy, large lidded plastic storage container to assign a variety of toys to their child’s toy library. Store the container in a safe, dry storage space for some time. During a slow day, take out the toy library from its hiding space, exchanging the stored toys for other items that have lost your child’s interest. The stored toys that have been, no doubt, collecting value will have regained your child’s interest. The process is almost as exciting as bringing out your favorite holiday trinkets that have been stored away for months. Let’s not forget the budgetary savings your family can take from this adventure as well.  Make something old new again and...refresh!