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6 Easy DIY Food-Safe Wood Sealant "Recipes"

One of the most important parts of caring for wooden kitchenware is making sure the wood remains properly sealed. Well-sealed wood is more resistant to water and germs, as well as protecting it from getting cracked or warping. In this quick guide, we'll show you how to make your own wood sealant at home using two simple ingredients: olive oil and beeswax. This method is cost-effective and it also ensures that your wooden kitchenware stays fully sealed using a food-safe and natural sealant.

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How to Set Up Your Home Office for Creative Productivity Using Biophilic Design.

Setting up a workspace or home office that will keep you inspired, productive and creative is just as important as any of the work you’ll do in there. Your environment and surroundings have a huge impact on your mood and productivity - this is why it can often be confusing or conflicting to do tasks that we associate with work while we are in our nice cozy homes. This guide is going to show you exactly how to maximise your productivity and inspire creativity in your home office - by setting it up the right way, using biophilic design. 

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8 Fast & Easy Ways To Transform Your Home Interior

Doing some redecorating in your home can seem like a daunting, expensive and time-consuming thing to bring on yourself. Not to mention, you don’t want to be living in what feels like the set of a home remodelling show for days or even weeks on end…You want a change, and you want it to be swift, affordable and painless - and this guide is going to show you how to do just that.  This 8-minute guide gives you 8 fast tried and tested ways to completely transform your home interior without the need for renovations or buying new furniture and decor - as fun as those two things are to do..!

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How To Make A Terrarium In A Jar | Step-By-Step Guide

No matter what time of year it is, it's always a great time to make a terrarium. You might be surprised to hear that terrariums are actually incredibly easy to make and require very little maintenance.  One of the easiest and greatest ways to make a terrarium/micro garden is by using a glass jar. Jar terrariums make wonderful conversation pieces, gifts or rainy-day activities - as well as being relaxing, easy and fun to make. You'll love watching as they change over time and the best part is that they're simple to make and maintain, just follow this guide and you'll have your very own encapsulated ecosystem that you created!

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A Solution For The Clutter On Your Surfaces

It happens at work.. it happens at home, maybe when you're immersing yourself into a creative project, or even just carrying out your daily routines - there's nothing that can make you want to scream and give up more than a cluttered space or surface. Now look, we all understand the importance of separating, prioritising and organising our tasks in order to actually do them, that's just how our brains work. We thrive on creating order out of disorder...but, why are we all-too-often so bad at it? The truth: dealing with clutter seems boring... clutter is just things that we need at some point soon, but not right now. But, clutter and untidiness is severely distracting and actually causes an underlying level of stress in humans, almost like our brains having too many...

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