Plants are amazing at cleaning their environment. Having them in your residence can decrease interior air pollutants by more than 1/2. Excellent choices are English ivy plus peace lilies, which soak up deadly gases like benzene and formaldehyde. Just be sure that if you have pets plus or children that you opt for plants that are not poisonous.

An open fireplace wastes up to 85% of the gas it uses because, like a wood-burning fireplace, the flames sucks heat from inside in addition to sends it out over the chimney. Direct-vent gas fireplaces burn more efficiently and can save you money.

With the cost of many consumer products getting less and less every year, it’s attractive to just replace old electronics as well as appliances after they break. But often they can be repaired for a fraction of the price. Not only do you save money, but you’re keeping that item out of the garage dump.

Instead of wrapping paper, choose newspaper (the comics work excellent after they’re in color), reusable gift bags or even leftover wallpaper. As soon as you receive a gift packaged in a reusable material be sure to save it for afterward. Also save your greeting cards plus reuse them into gift tags.