Licking Lemons!

After my decision in January for a 'greener clean' I have been madly cleaning my house to use up all those nasty chemical cleaning solutions.  We're almost there.

Finally the spray can of polish has run out, so last night I decided to make up a natural furniture polish for all the wooden furniture & doors in the house.  My little jar of liquid polish smells gorgeous & it must taste good too, as today I have found the dog licking my doors!!!

Image - Natural Wood Furniture Polish

I'm afraid if you're one of those people that sprays polish on every dusty surface going, this probably won't be what you're after.  This smeared across your tv screen would be a natural disaster - leave that job to your feather duster.  But so far my wood has been only too happy to drink up this lemony solution.

Recipe for 'Natural Wood Furniture Polish':

1/4 cup olive oil
4 tbsp distilled white vinegar
2 tsp lemon juice or 20-30 drops lemon essential oil

note - (if you use lemon juice you will need to refrigerate your polish)

Pour ingredients into a spray bottle or jar & shake well before using.

The olive oil will add moisture to your wood while the vinegar will clean it, drawing out the dirt.

Happy cleaning.......

Bees Wax & Lemons

In an attempt to declutter, be thrifty & make life simpler & to a degree prettier I am moving to a greener clean.

I made the move years ago as much a possible from chemical cleaning products to environmentally friendly ones. We try to be as green as we can. But there are still endless bottles - limescale remover, antibacterial cleaner, wood floor cleaner, slate floor cleaner, showers, polish .... and on it goes.

Whilst flicking through the lovely Homemade book & The Thrift Book (again!) I discovered this simple picture, so much nicer to look at than all those plastic bottles!

The Thrift Book suggests a number of websites & has some good tips too.

So, I'm madly cleaning (which is no bad thing) to use up all of the old cleaning products - the clash of different smelling products is outrageous.

Soon we'll be very organised with a few key items:

Bicarbonate of Soda
White Vinegar
Soda Flakes
Lemons
Essential Oils
Bees Wax........ & a fragrant smelling house.