What makes a Happy Home?
Each person may have a different idea and it is probably a great question to ask the people you live with just so you can see if you are on the same page. A teenager may say good food in the fridge, an older person may say peace and quiet, one may say a tidy home another a clean home.
Here at Good News Network Happy Homes we have info on:
- positive parenting
- helping others
- enviro friendly cleaning
- enviro friendly gifts
- helping your neighbours
- organizing your home
- being frugal
Being happy in unhappy times
See Maria's suggestions and join in the conversation
Modern technology helping to keep remote African communities connected. Read on...
Happy People = Happy Homes an article by Cara Quinn, at Try Handmade® People not Factories. A two part series on Living Arrangements. This post is all about Happy Homes, how to be satisfied with your home and how to make the best of what you have.
Read article at the cheery, quaint handmade site.
Enviro friendly cleaning.
Find out how to
- Deodorise your carpet
- Absorb food odours
- Kills fleas
- Unclog and freshen drains
- Exfoliate your face
- Clean the kitchen and more
With beautiful bicarb
'Safer Cleaning and Better Living Tips' by Zoe James. Envirobooks
An example is Zoe's bathroom mould remover ' Mix vinegar and some bicarbonate of soda, making a paste. Apply to area and leave for at least 30 minutes. Scour area with mixture then rinse.'
Free Help for the Disorganised.
Get your Home Organised with Fly lady's simple routines.The ultimate housecleaning and organisation site with homespun humour to keep your home happy. Fly Lady will help you at absolutely no charge.
Makeover
Fly Lady's 6 lessons on giving' rooms a make-over with out spending a lot of money. No interior designers necessary, just your own eyes, a timer and your creativity.' This essay concentrates on the dining room and the entance of your home.
FlyLady's Crisis Cleaning: a crash cleaning marathon session in 15 minute intervals. See Lesson's here
Stain Removal and Speed Cleaning.
'Spotless - Room-by-room solutions to domestic disasters' by Shannon Lush & Jennifer Fleming -
This book is more than just stain removal, you get handy hints for around the home. Did you know to 'Place a layer of paper towel in the bottom of a sugar container to prevent lumping...'? Did you know not to place indoor plants near electical equipment? Why? 'Plants don't like electromagnetic fields, and electrical equipment doesn't like water.'
Shannon and Jane have another book - 'Speed Cleaning - A Spotless House in Just 15 Minutes A Day' by Shannon Lush and Jennifer Fleming - self explanatory really. Includes advice on spring cleaning, organising tips and more tips on stain removal.
Chicago neighbour opens her home to children in her community. Since 2003, Latiker has listened to more than 1,500 young people through her nonprofit community program, Kids Off the Block. She quit her job and invited 'gang' kids into her home to help improve the situation in her city. Continue reading at CNN. See Diane Latiker tell her story below.
