Category Do-it-yourself

After having seen how to build a tunnel greenhouse to cover individual crops, we will see how to build a garden greenhouse to be able to cultivate the vegetable all year round. and fittings, varies according to the size of the greenhouse to be built.

Do you have an old chair with broken upholstery or do you want to change its look? Upholstering a chair without resorting to an upholsterer is not difficult at all, it is enough to be patient and be inclined to do it yourself. To upholster the chairs, the expense is minimal: the material needed is easily available.

Natural painting allows you to paint fabrics, walls, canvases and surfaces without polluting the environment. Nature painting has a low environmental impact, made without the use of toxic substances that are harmful not only to the environment but also to human health.A natural paint can be produced with the DIY, both when speaking to paint fabrics, both when we talk about paints to paint the walls of the house.

If you like dried flowers you don't necessarily have to buy them in the store, you can in fact make them from home. Drying the flowers is not complicated at all; it only takes time and patience. With dried flowers we can prepare different floral compositions to embellish your home or to give as gifts on special occasions.

If your kitchen is invaded by food moths, a good remedy is the entomological pheromone trap. Clean, ecological and simple to apply, it acts without danger of food contamination because it does not contain poison and is completely odorless for humans.A trap of this type is used to attract and capture food moths rather than to keep them away, so as to to know the extent of the attack and to limit the reproduction possibilities of these pests.

The first step is to understand how to clean the kitchen is to marry order: a tidy kitchen will always be easier to clean and also cleaner than a kitchen where dishes and objects are stored almost everywhere. Before starting to clean the kitchen, we recommend that you tidy up the drawers, pantries and surfaces.

In this guide we will show you how to prepare a homemade soap, using only natural ingredients. The preparation of the soap is very simple; the only recommendation is to handle the soda very carefully since it is a highly corrosive product in the liquid state.

In this guide, we will suggest the recipe for DIY laundry detergent, using natural ingredients that are easily available at home. The laundry detergent that we usually buy in supermarkets contains chemicals that are harmful to the environment and its cost greatly affects our wallet!

When we dedicate ourselves to domestic cleaning, we must pay close attention to the detergents we use; a bad allergy on the hands caused by an often aggressive detergent cannot be excluded! As an alternative to supermarket products for cleaning the home, we can use DIY to make a natural, environmentally friendly detergent with a degreasing and sanitizing effect and above all very economical.

In almost all homes there is a good amount of toxic and dangerous substances for health in the form of detergents, paints, thinners, insecticides, cleaning products in general and much more. As long as they are used, it is to be hoped sparingly, these substances are simply pollutants; when they are no longer needed they become hazardous waste.

When organizing an event, to avoid the risk of being distracting, it is always advisable to choose a main theme, it is also the same for the organization of buffets. Identifying ideas for a successful buffet means analyzing in detail what your resources are both from a material point of view (structure, objects, accessories, decorations ...) and from an economic point of view (budget to invest).

To make cleaning at home less boring we can think that the result will give us the opportunity to stay in a more comfortable environment or that cleaning is a useful 'spiritual exercise' for our soul, as Buddhist monks think for example. Put it as you like but the cleaning in the house must be done, so let's arm ourselves with a broom and tea towels and get to work.

Spring cleaning must be a healthy revolution, not an opportunity to bring a lot of harmful substances into the house by abusing cleaning products that are bad for your health. The air and the sun are the first thing you need for the hygiene of the house after the winter 'confinement' and it is time to open the windows long enough, preferably in the central hours of the day when the outside temperature allows you to keep the radiators off.

In this guide we will show you how to fight mold in the home, a fungus that when it arrives, literally takes root in our four walls. And if mold has taken up residence, here's how to fight it. everywhere.

In this article we will show you how to make a do-it-yourself degreaser using only natural ingredients: the same chemical reactions that we obtain with commercial products can also occur with alternative natural substances.The preparation of the natural degreaser is very simple: just mix a few products already available at home to obtain a very effective detergent for cleaning the house; we will save money and pollute the environment less!

Among the most common allergies, we find that to dust mites, microorganisms not visible to the naked eye, which lurk in mattresses, pillows and carpets, creating many problems. In this regard we will show you how to fight dust mites, following some prevention rules.

Natural DIY anti-mold: practical recipes to make at home, effective and above all not harmful to health. Natural DIY anti-mold, the most popular ingredients Lemon juice, alcohol, baby powder, vinegar, bicarbonate, hydrogen peroxide ... are all ingredients perfect for the preparation of a do-it-yourself natural anti-mold, in the article "Natural anti-mold" we described in detail the properties of all the ingredients just mentioned, proposing formulas that can be very effective in eliminating mold from the walls, from the bathroom, from the kitchen or garage ceiling!

In addition to building an artificial pond, anyone who has a garden or vegetable garden can build a small pond. A pond can give the garden a great aesthetic value while if we are among the garden beds, a humid environment can be useful for plants and can create the perfect habitat for toads and other allies.

Building a vertical garden is easy and cheap, you can start with plastic bottles, detergent bottles, old shelves, pallets or shelves. Let's see together all the possible ways to build a vertical garden at home or for the garden. Building a vertical garden, the preliminaries Before moving on to the practical phase of building a vertical garden, you need to consider careful planning.

There are several alternatives to the classic coffee: there are interesting drinks to consume such as barley, dandelion and chicory. These are preparations that are sold in organic and natural food stores: you can find ready-made mixtures that can be tasted hot. Today we will deal with barley, a food with various healthy properties for our body: thanks to the presence of silicon, according to experts it would have a purifying effect on the kidneys, but it could also be used in the treatment of cystitis and intestinal inflammation.