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Non-Toxic Wooden Furniture Guide
1. Clean Sleep 2. Medley 3. Copeland 4. Vermont Woods Studio 5. Avocado When you think of natural, non-toxic furniture materials, wood probably comes to mind immediately. In theory, wooden furniture should be free of toxins, but there are several things to look out for when considering a bed frame, dresser, dining table, etc. In […]
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Shopping for Non-Toxic Area Rugs
Written by Maia James You may already know that rugs can bring a lot of unwanted toxins into your home. These toxins are of special concern if you have babies and young children who spend a lot of time rolling, crawling, and playing on the floor. Even if you don’t have pets or little kids […]
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Safe Mattress Guide
UPDATED: November 2021 Written by Maia & John Finding a non-toxic mattress is super-important, but also super-confusing to work through. If your head hurts just looking at the length of this page, please feel free to email our Home Health Director, John, for individualized help. You can also call him at 802-613-3254. This video is […]
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Flame Retardants Cost Kids 162 IQ Points
Did you guys all see the important research about the dangers of flame retardant chemicals that came out last week? In case you haven’t seen the headlines, here are the key points from the study: New research from NYU revealed that flame retardants (specifically PBDEs) pose a growing threat children’s IQ–more than lead or mercury. […]
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Choosing a Non-Toxic Carpet
Recently, I’ve had a few private consulting clients ask about non-toxic carpeting. As a result, I’ve spent some time more deeply looking into this. I hope this post helps answer the big question: Is there such thing as truly safe, non-toxic carpeting? What Makes Carpeting Toxic? As my dad wrote in the flooring post about our […]
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GIVEAWAY: Bedroom Makeover from Metta Bed
This is by far the biggest giveaway we’ve ever run–with a total value of nearly $2,000. Metta Bed is free of all flame retardant chemicals, and is made with GOTS. With certified organic cotton and wool, it meets our standards as Good Stuff. Enter for your chance to win by using the link below. a […]
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Toxin-Free Grandparenting: How to Support Your Children & Protect Your Grandchildren’s Health
This post is for all of the conscious grandparents out there – the ones trying to navigate this world of natural living so that a non-toxic lifestyle can be passed down to future generations! Of course, parenting has changed over the decades and will continue to evolve. What we thought was safe and healthy for […]
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September: Detox Your Mattress! Easy Toxin-Free Mattress Help
In January of 2018, instead of making the usual resolutions that we’ve given up on by the end of the month, we decided to break it up by dividing some big goals into manageable chunks. Each month, we invite you to overhaul one aspect of your life to reduce toxins, improve health, and increase your peace […]
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Killing Me Softly – How to Create a Safe, Non-toxic Bedroom
We are often asked, “I want to detox my home…where should I start?” And we almost always answer: the bedroom. Bedrooms are a sanctuary: a peaceful, soft place…a place to lay back…a place to let everything go… a place to rest…to heal…to rejuvenate. And yes, we spend 1/3 of our lives asleep, but let’s take […]
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Safe Sofa Guide
UPDATED: October 2017 When I was on The Dr. Oz Show last month, my co-guest was a toxicologist from Yale. Although we were discussing phthalates in macaroni and cheese , when I asked him what he was MOST worried about in terms of toxins in the home, he said household dust, largely thanks for furniture […]