Join me as I decorate our cozy Swiss country home for Christmas. This year, we went in for a woodland theme and brought in as much of greenery from our garden and the local woods. We have no Christmas tree for the past few years. Despite that, we have created a cozy Christmas home to bring some cheer during these dark winter days and nights.
Home & DIY
My 25 years of experience of long term food storage comes handy now more than ever during these turbulent times. I am not a doomsday prepper, yet these top 10 prepper pantry planning tips could help you start one of your own.
This is an easy Ikea hack for vegetable storage made from an IKEA storage system is easy. Follow these simple steps and you have the perfect storage for your homegrown potatoes and other vegetables.
Having troubles with a very difficult shower drain? Read on to see how a top pet bottle hack literally saved us thousands of CHF in plumbing costs. What is more we fixed a clogged shower drain easily with minimum of costs with a used PET bottle worth maybe 10 cents.
Switzerland can pride itself for supplying one of the best water quality for its residents. Yet we still filter water for other reasons. Are you curious to know the top reasons why we got Big Berkey water filter for our small family ?
The world is now facing severe economic crisis and in the coming months food shortages and inflated prices is to be expected. It is during such turbulent times like now, that we are looking to extending the shelf life of our food. If you are like me cooking all meals from scratch, then you are in the right place. In this blog post, I am sharing 7 easy ways to preserve food at home during times of crisis and food shortages.
Spring is just round the corner, and spring cleaning routine to de-clutter and clean our homes tops our to do list. Pantry is on the priority list of things to clean for most of us. Read on to get some ideas on my Pantry Organization with Tupperware and why I choose to go with their storage systems. I will be sharing with you my system and hacks for having a perfectly organized pantry with any storage system you are likely to choose.
Eating Organic and aiming for a healthy life style can be a challenge if you are on a budget. In this blog post I will be giving you some great tips to always eat Organic on a budget. I have put together my 25 years of experience in eating clean and organic food and leading a healthy life style.
Christmas gift shopping is a stressful for many. If you are like me, these top 10 homemade Christmas gifts is easy to put together in no time at all.
Laundry room with a difference,
The Swiss are known world wide for their efficiency and innovation. Everything has to run like the Swiss watch especially in my energy and cost efficient laundry room. Laundry room and doing our laundry is vital in our lives. In the long run this vital room has to serve me effectively not just in terms of cost and space but also on our energy bills. A lot of thought and planning has gone into this energy and cost efficient laundry room in our basement. I will be giving you tips on how to do your laundry room in the most efficient way.