She lives exactly like my grandmother. My parents are laughing at such a lifestyle but complain about high costs in the city. Back to nature it is. I'm investing in vintage clothes and some clothing styles from 1800-1900 from now on
Yes!! My mom uses to laugh at me when I explain to her how I'm doing with low waste, especially about menstrual clothing pads, she says it was the way their grandma's did.
Oh my goodness I want to come and live at your house! It’s so peaceful and relaxing 🙏🏻 I’m quite new to trying to be zero waste, but already I’m using a flask in the morning to save boiling the kettle during the day. I’m composting and trying an eco friendly shampoo bar too. In the transition stage with that at the moment 🤮 I find it so relaxing finding new ways to protect the environment and your channel has given me the inspiration and tips that I need. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and have a lovely week 😊🙌🏻💕
Hi Niamh, I reused my old duvet cover for napkins and kitchen towels they are fantastic to dry fruits and vegetables , my old towels, I sew into small squares and use as my dish washing sponges, it doesnt lather as much but it does the job. thanks for the ideas in this videos, I absolutely love it. I do wish that one day shopping in bulk and bring your own bags and bottles are created more around the world, sometimes the goods in the package itself is too much even for me to consume and they go really bad fast too. love you Niamh xo
I used your idea of turning an old basket into a shelf in my bathroom! It looks lovely and I didn't have to go buy a new shelf to store my bathroom bits. Thank you so much!
The supermarkets in Japan have most things in plastic! Ugh! The saving grace are the JA (Japan Agriculture) Farmers Markets where i can use my own bags. Thank you for your tips on reuse! I have old Tupperware that I replaced with glass. Now, I will use them for organizing my drawers instead of buying bins.
We love how you upcycled different things around your home. We have taken cloth curtains and turned and them into cloth napkins also take old towels and old T shirts and turned them into rags.
Hey Niamh! When I joined, well over a year ago, after watching your "no poo" video, I knew this community was going to grow. Now almost at 80k!!! Woohoo!!! 👏🎉 I enjoyed today's Sunday video while sitting on the dock, on the lake at my cottage, so many great ideas!! Thanks for sharing! Tiina 🤗🏠❤🇨🇦
Great tips💛 My simple repurposing idea- I use my deep round jewelry box to store items that would normally sit out on my night stand. I’ve done away with the clutter.
@@FairylandCottage You mentioned this tip in one of your videos and I've done the same. Found a wooden box in a charity shop and it now sits next to my bed with all the clutter inside!
I am going out of my way to source plastic free alternatives now. I placed my first order from a package free shop and I try my best to buy all my fruit and veg loose with no packaging. A little tip that I can give everyone is this: if you need to buy something new, if you cannot get it second hand, look for eco friendly alternatives. Living in the UK gives us the luxury of being able to source eco friendly products by just doing a bit of a google search. For example, I lost my hairbrush, so instead of just buying one from the shop, I bought a bamboo one online. Just by making small changes like this can really help the planet. Thanks again Niamh - your videos are good for the soul and your channel is seriously one of my favourites!❤️
We have a greengrocers near me which have the refill hoppers. And one can also refill household cleaning and laundry liquids. And just around the corner, there is an Asian shop with the most colourful display of fruit and veg’ outside that I’ve seen outside a market. And no packaging. All right on the doorstep almost. This is in Norwich, England. Fabulous!!!!!!
I always buy used dish towels. They still last many years, when they are thin I cut them up and use them in place of disposable Swiffer floor cloths. They pick up just as much as the disposables. Poke the 4 ends into the head of the Swiffer mop head and it works a treat. I also use old dish towels cut up as rags. Once they are past that life they get burned in the fire pit and put in the garden with the rest of the ashes. Rarely do I ever use paper towels. I am a thrifter from being a teen. Reusing is a lifestyle my friends and I are all very comfortable with. 95% of my wardrobe is thrifted too. Great ideas here. The woodchip method you show works very well in a veg garden. I have used them for years. Cardboard is better wet down first though. Apparently the worms love the glue in the cardboard. U.S. based Tree trimming crews working around the neighborhood are happy to deliver wood chips free to you. Saves them time going to their dump sites. 😉 This is sort of a delicate subject but many women are now using this method. For well worn soft fabrics like heavy flannels and dish towels is the use of a bathroom “personal cloth” system at least for ladies and girls going number 1. Some folks take this even further. It saves on using toilet paper, which most are bleached and/or chemically treated which is not particularly healthy, especially considering the part of the body they are used on and not flushing every time we urinate saves water and the chemicals used to process water. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and getting us to think about the enormity of our waste 👍🏻
LOVE this channel! I have been reusing every container. I have been making my own diy bath and body products for over a year now. My own candles too. I save all citrus skins to use in my diy. I have already made 3 of your diy projects and I only subscribed a week ago! Thank you so much!
Tracy Werner ah Tracy thanks so much for subbing and making products! You definitely have got off to a flying start! Hehe :-) It’s really lovely to have you here!
You can also bury an unglazed terra-cotta pot with a lid next to your plants , fill with water and it will wick through naturally, and all you see is a beautiful lid, instead of an ugly plastic bottle .
Where I work, we have a ton of heat treated wood pallets, which is perfect for me, since that wood is safe to use, and will now become our raised beds for next year. This way we can use even more of our unused back yard for a significantly larger garden. Our leech field takes up most of the back yard, so raised beds is the best option. I'll be able to get some compost mostly free and will probably have to buy some too. Today we saw that one of the local schools for their fundraiser is selling compost and doing something else zero waste, which is amazing to see in the middle of nowhere!
this past week i reorganized my sewing room. A very nice metal table base and old wooden table top (with a hole cut in it for a sewing machine) were no longer needed. The table top was cut down and combined with the base and is now an additional work table for the garage. :)
Love your channel, @Fairyland Cottage! Just discovered it! I loooove my doTERRA essential oils and also make all my own household, beauty, and wellness products, too! I literally JUST repurposed my mother-in-law's old iron table and 4 chairs (dingy, so I just put a vintage tablecloth over it with a nice plant in the center!) RATHER THAN going out and buying a new set! Kudos to you for a beautiful, useful, and informative channel! xoxo - Tara
I love your cottage. I am retiring in two months (Ontario Canada) and I recently downsized to a very small house in the country. I think your ideas are excellent. You can also use that shredded paper for compost. Thanks for all of your stuff. Peace and love 💕
I am truly grateful for the work you put on making your videos. Because of you, I have made few changes here and there to reduce my plastic consumption. By the way, your orange chocolate muffins are marvelous. I would love to see more videos throughout the week (I know this pace is how you balance life but...) really interest in nutrition, today I am going to make your soda bread.
Thank you for the lovely message... good to hear you are happy with changes you have made.. and that you like the choco orange muffins... let men now how you go with the soda bread.
Inspiring and lovely, thank you :-) The shutters and red windows look amazing! I am saving vinegar bottles so we can bottle our own washing liquid. I always save metal brackets, screws etc...for reuse in other projects. Our lovely teapot lid has just broken again, beyond repair, so I am planting violets in it. I would love to get to the point where nothing that comes onto our property leaves it. It is a fun challenge, and also makes me realise how much I have wasted in the past. I also scrounge other people's used jars, old bricks, Autumn leaves etc...I'm off to the charity shop now to find an old plastic container to go in our bathroom sink as we are in severe drought and trying to save every drop of water for the garden. Madeleine from Australia
Hi Madeleine, well done.. it sounds like you are doing a great job. I find your challenge great... it can make us see actually how much we waste and wasted in the past. I started to see that I really needed very little and when I needed something I could get in the charity shop... Blessing to you and family in Australia, Niamh
You show such great tips on how to reuse things. I have made a few changes here at home in Georgia. My husband thought I had lose it, but once he saw how much money we saved and how our trash was much less he changed his my. That was not using paper goods and using real fabric for our cleaning needs. He ask me why have we not done this earlier. So you can teach an old dog new tricks ( just a old saying we use here at home ) . Thanks I can't wait to see what else you have to share. Love from the south USA.
We also use that saying here also... people can change... I did and so do many eh! I also love the amount of money saved and spending that on more valuable things and experiences..
The shutters are beautiful. I love the color also. I need to start reusing jars, etc. I usually place them in the recycle bin but I see that I could use them for grains, pasta, etc. Love your videos. I hope you have an amazing week!
(I always thought you looked familiar and then it hit me, you look like an Irish version of New Zealand PM Jacinda Arden! )thanks for creating these videos, they’re really helpful!💙x
Thank you from 🇨🇦 Slowly but surely implementing some of these wonderful ideas. My dad told me that he blends his left over peelings with coffee grounds and puts them directly in the plants.
Niamh you are doing a fabulous job. So inspirational. Can you kindly do something more on reuse, recycle and making creative things with our daily used objects.
I would love to see a tour of your garden and composting area! I feel like you would have some really great advice for those of us just starting into gardening vegetables and composting!!
I have a video on growing veg and a composting video... here are the links.. Ask me any questions ruclips.net/video/_AOJiquXaCs/видео.html ruclips.net/video/u8-Seda8FTc/видео.html
Some things which I can think of right now... 1. old toothbrush to clean things. it can also be used for painting/art for that spray effect. 2. old clothes can be donated or if they are torn and can't be worn then they can be used to create doormats etc. 3. old plastic bottles can be spray painted and/or can be painted with acrylic paints to give them a new life. 4. eggshells can be used to drive away lizards from the rooms of your house. just hang them or keep them somewhere and see the magic. 5. old plastic or any other containers which are broken or those which you don't use can be painted and used as planters. especially the paint buckets. they are very strong and won't break.
I use old textiles to create rugs, dolls and cushion covers. Most of my furniture was either given to me, or rescued from skips and then revamped. I reuse jars and tins for storage. As I live in a flat we dont have biodegradble food waste collection, so the local birds, squirrels and foxes benefit. Tfs
I make my own funnels from the tops of plastic bottles. Reuse food containers to store leftovers in refrigerator. Reuse glass jars for food storage. Use the cardboard rolls found inside paper towels to put under saggy chair cushions for more support. It works but you must collect and put under seat for months until they are accumulated . During the pandemic this has worked to save backaches and stop leg spasms. Use all things from nature to decorate inside home. Pressed flowers make beautiful wall hangings. Decorate with dried herbs and roses hanging from a string or cones. Make dried oranges and dried apple garlands and string using thread and tie cotton fabric scraps between each piece of fruit. Hang in window. Use kitchen tea towels for curtains. Hang old beautiful plates on the wall. Just reuse and save money.
Dear Niamh, I am a recently new subscriber and I want to thank you for your inspiration you give through your videos. I love your wonderful ideas and started to implement some of them at our house and life. Thank you so much for what you are giving to us. Greetings from Illinois, USA
New to your Channel! Love all your videos! So refreshing and peaceful Fairyland Cottage! I am an RN as well, herein Tennessee! So glad I found your channel! 💕🌷🌺💐
I love to donate unwanted items to local charities and through a free online donation service. It’s great to help my local community that way and I benefit from reducing my clutter!
I have often wondered if there was a plastic lobby like arms lobby. What else is the reason that governments don’t do enough in making laws or policies for less plastic n packaging. One trip to groceries or online ordering is enough to make me feel guilty n there is nothing I can do about it . I do carry my shopping bags but all the things are already in primary packaging.. my big regret is also that I don’t have compost bins or space living in an apartment. N no place to use it too . A few house plants is all I have .
Amy Sternheim I live in Singapore.. there is hardly anything to call farms here . Though it’s a very green city. Will try to find from building management if they buy manure for building garden/ plants or they want to make a building compost bin system .. but looks unlikely.
Plastics became the norm around 1998 because plastic weighs less so goods were cheaper to ship in plastic instead of glass. But shipping is even less when you buy in bulk and bring your own containers.
Hi. Hope you are well. I absolutely love your channel. Having started a few years ago to have and be more natural and take a more simplistic route for health and living coming across your channel is lovely. Thank you. Oh my son likes watching too 😊
Thank you for your wonderful ideas! I am trying to get started with living a cleaner more simple life! Your channel is a pleasure to watch! My first project is going to be moving all my bagged foods, like rice, cereals, etc into repurposed glass bottles, like from mayo and such! I’d like to start simplifying my personal cleaning products next. One thing at a time! ❤️❤️❤️
All of your videos are so relaxing. We live in a flat so composting is a no go, I am saving tea leaves and coffee grounds in a jar for my plants though :)
You're a credit to Ireland, Niamh. You've upheld the standards that used to be common place. Well done.
thanks lovely!
She lives exactly like my grandmother. My parents are laughing at such a lifestyle but complain about high costs in the city. Back to nature it is. I'm investing in vintage clothes and some clothing styles from 1800-1900 from now on
Yes!! My mom uses to laugh at me when I explain to her how I'm doing with low waste, especially about menstrual clothing pads, she says it was the way their grandma's did.
People like you make this world better place😍
Your video content are always great fairy......
NASEERABANU NASEERABANU you are very kind to say. Same to you.
How on earth could anyone give this a thumbs down?!?!?! Brilliant ideas, you're an inspiration!!! Keep the content coming :)
You are very kind!
Your shutters are ICONIC! The fact that it’s a repurposed bookshelf is mind blowing
I love how you used that bottle for slowly watering plants 😊
Oh my goodness I want to come and live at your house! It’s so peaceful and relaxing 🙏🏻
I’m quite new to trying to be zero waste, but already I’m using a flask in the morning to save boiling the kettle during the day. I’m composting and trying an eco friendly shampoo bar too. In the transition stage with that at the moment 🤮
I find it so relaxing finding new ways to protect the environment and your channel has given me the inspiration and tips that I need.
Thank you for sharing your wisdom and have a lovely week 😊🙌🏻💕
Me too... her place remind me where I came from. I am from Brazil and now living in El Paso, Texas. This desert is not for a tropical girl like me.
haha thanks! I'm delighted you have found inspiration... have a lovely week and I hope the transition stage ends soon!
I love the red shutters, such a great idea. :-)
Great tips! These videos are lovely. I do so enjoy my “visits” to Fairyland Cottage.
Could you please do a house tour ?
Your welcome!
So glad, we can come your lovely channel. And just feel at peace👍😉💐💐💐
Moira
From England.
Love the way you did those shutters, really clever. Must go back to your “homemade paper “ video, dying to give it go.
thanks! yeah great fun making paper... bit of effort but I think worth it!
Great for painting
You’re such a lovely person. An example to aspire to. Thank you so much for being you x
Hi Niamh, I reused my old duvet cover for napkins and kitchen towels they are fantastic to dry fruits and vegetables , my old towels, I sew into small squares and use as my dish washing sponges, it doesnt lather as much but it does the job. thanks for the ideas in this videos, I absolutely love it. I do wish that one day shopping in bulk and bring your own bags and bottles are created more around the world, sometimes the goods in the package itself is too much even for me to consume and they go really bad fast too. love you Niamh xo
yes imagine when every shop has a package free section.. pure bliss!
I absolutely love your channel at the time in my life when I’m looking for peace this channel is it thank you 🙏🏻
I used your idea of turning an old basket into a shelf in my bathroom! It looks lovely and I didn't have to go buy a new shelf to store my bathroom bits. Thank you so much!
A. Wall I love to hear that! Nice job and thanks for sharing!
The supermarkets in Japan have most things in plastic! Ugh! The saving grace are the JA (Japan Agriculture) Farmers Markets where i can use my own bags. Thank you for your tips on reuse! I have old Tupperware that I replaced with glass. Now, I will use them for organizing my drawers instead of buying bins.
really nice! keeping doing your best. plastic everywhere here too so not too different!
I noticed that about Japan. But your guys' recycling system is admirable.
Using the green sparkling water bottle for a spray bottle looks so pretty, I want to try that!
We love how you upcycled different things around your home. We have taken cloth curtains and turned and them into cloth napkins also take old towels and old T shirts and turned them into rags.
yippeee! isn't it so much fun finding all the things that can be reused... makes me more grateful for life...
So many great ideas
Hey Niamh!
When I joined, well over a year ago, after watching your "no poo" video, I knew this community was going to grow. Now almost at 80k!!!
Woohoo!!! 👏🎉
I enjoyed today's Sunday video while sitting on the dock, on the lake at my cottage, so many great ideas!!
Thanks for sharing!
Tiina 🤗🏠❤🇨🇦
Ah Tiina thanks for the faith in the channel! Sounds lovely sitting by a lake... Have a great week,
Niamh x
My mother and I have been using old linens and clothes for rags for years.
Kathy B.
I do as well!! :)
Great tips💛
My simple repurposing idea- I use my deep round jewelry box to store items that would normally sit out on my night stand. I’ve done away with the clutter.
nice idea!
@@FairylandCottage You mentioned this tip in one of your videos and I've done the same. Found a wooden box in a charity shop and it now sits next to my bed with all the clutter inside!
Sunday morning with my coffee and fairyland cottage😊
ah I love it! :-)
I am going out of my way to source plastic free alternatives now. I placed my first order from a package free shop and I try my best to buy all my fruit and veg loose with no packaging. A little tip that I can give everyone is this: if you need to buy something new, if you cannot get it second hand, look for eco friendly alternatives. Living in the UK gives us the luxury of being able to source eco friendly products by just doing a bit of a google search. For example, I lost my hairbrush, so instead of just buying one from the shop, I bought a bamboo one online. Just by making small changes like this can really help the planet. Thanks again Niamh - your videos are good for the soul and your channel is seriously one of my favourites!❤️
Mel Bonthuys lovely message thank you. You’re doing great work...
I have a bamboo brush and toothbrush and a wooden comb. Wooden bathmat... I love the natural look it gives the bathroom 🙂
I love the shutters!
. . . And the bench
. . . And the rags in a tissue box. . .
Ok. I love them all. 💕
hehehe thanks!!
We have a greengrocers near me which have the refill hoppers. And one can also refill household cleaning and laundry liquids. And just around the corner, there is an Asian shop with the most colourful display of fruit and veg’ outside that I’ve seen outside a market. And no packaging. All right on the doorstep almost. This is in Norwich, England. Fabulous!!!!!!
Love your videos! Minimal natural reuse recycling veggie country lifestyle 💚💛💙❤️
hehehe thanks :-)
I have been starting to repurpose things, and I love it! I love throwing away less trash.
isn't it the best feeling!
Fairyland Cottage Yes it is! My life is becoming lower and lower waste all the time. It is a very satisfying feeling.
I always buy used dish towels. They still last many years, when they are thin I cut them up and use them in place of disposable Swiffer floor cloths. They pick up just as much as the disposables. Poke the 4 ends into the head of the Swiffer mop head and it works a treat. I also use old dish towels cut up as rags. Once they are past that life they get burned in the fire pit and put in the garden with the rest of the ashes. Rarely do I ever use paper towels. I am a thrifter from being a teen. Reusing is a lifestyle my friends and I are all very comfortable with. 95% of my wardrobe is thrifted too. Great ideas here. The woodchip method you show works very well in a veg garden. I have used them for years. Cardboard is better wet down first though. Apparently the worms love the glue in the cardboard. U.S. based Tree trimming crews working around the neighborhood are happy to deliver wood chips free to you. Saves them time going to their dump sites. 😉
This is sort of a delicate subject but many women are now using this method. For well worn soft fabrics like heavy flannels and dish towels is the use of a bathroom “personal cloth” system at least for ladies and girls going number 1. Some folks take this even further. It saves on using toilet paper, which most are bleached and/or chemically treated which is not particularly healthy, especially considering the part of the body they are used on and not flushing every time we urinate saves water and the chemicals used to process water. Thanks for sharing your knowledge and getting us to think about the enormity of our waste 👍🏻
Thanks for sharing your ideas .. very helpful x
LOVE this channel! I have been reusing every container. I have been making my own diy bath and body products for over a year now. My own candles too. I save all citrus skins to use in my diy. I have already made 3 of your diy projects and I only subscribed a week ago! Thank you so much!
Tracy Werner ah Tracy thanks so much for subbing and making products! You definitely have got off to a flying start! Hehe :-) It’s really lovely to have you here!
The sparkling water bottle is genius! Thank you ❤️
it is BUT... I'm thinking if you have several bottles a week? I love sparkling water but can't find it in glass - so I don't buy it.
pellegrino brand is in glass...
I love your videos so much that I am trying to inculcate in my everyday life. You give lot of positive vibes. Love from India❤
Meenatshi Kannan wonderful to hear. Thank you. Blessings from Ireland
Thank you 🙏
Loved the tip of filling up rain water in a glass bottle and turning it upside down to water 💦 your garden!
You can also bury an unglazed terra-cotta pot with a lid next to your plants , fill with water and it will wick through naturally, and all you see is a beautiful lid, instead of an ugly plastic bottle .
@@raymondsmith4401 The idea here is not buying but recycling. it is not about ugly.
Skips are full of real treasures!
always treasures to be found eh! I don't know why more people don't find stuff in them!
Where I work, we have a ton of heat treated wood pallets, which is perfect for me, since that wood is safe to use, and will now become our raised beds for next year. This way we can use even more of our unused back yard for a significantly larger garden. Our leech field takes up most of the back yard, so raised beds is the best option. I'll be able to get some compost mostly free and will probably have to buy some too. Today we saw that one of the local schools for their fundraiser is selling compost and doing something else zero waste, which is amazing to see in the middle of nowhere!
that is so great to hear! amazing what can be done when community comes together no matter how small!
Enjoy making your raised beds!
U r truly lovely and kind and smart. Thank u 4 teaching us 🤗lord bless u 🤣
Jane Rodr very generous of you to say!
this past week i reorganized my sewing room. A very nice metal table base and old wooden table top (with a hole cut in it for a sewing machine) were no longer needed. The table top was cut down and combined with the base and is now an additional work table for the garage. :)
BONBON SEWS I like your style! Brill idea!
Love your channel, @Fairyland Cottage! Just discovered it! I loooove my doTERRA essential oils and also make all my own household, beauty, and wellness products, too! I literally JUST repurposed my mother-in-law's old iron table and 4 chairs (dingy, so I just put a vintage tablecloth over it with a nice plant in the center!) RATHER THAN going out and buying a new set! Kudos to you for a beautiful, useful, and informative channel! xoxo - Tara
Hi Tara,
delighted you found the channel!!!
repurpose is the best eh!!
XOXO, Niamh
That duvet idea is wonderful! Definitely going to try!
I have a video if you need in the description box but it is self explanatory
Great ideas :) I love using jars for storage. They keep things so much fresher Have a good day tfs 💐💐💐💐💐
I love your cottage. I am retiring in two months (Ontario Canada) and I recently downsized to a very small house in the country. I think your ideas are excellent. You can also use that shredded paper for compost. Thanks for all of your stuff. Peace and love 💕
yes works great in compost doesn't it! except for newspaper I was told that there is a film or that the ink is not good for composting...
I am truly grateful for the work you put on making your videos. Because of you, I have made few changes here and there to reduce my plastic consumption.
By the way, your orange chocolate muffins are marvelous.
I would love to see more videos throughout the week (I know this pace is how you balance life but...) really interest in nutrition, today I am going to make your soda bread.
Thank you for the lovely message... good to hear you are happy with changes you have made.. and that you like the choco orange muffins... let men now how you go with the soda bread.
I love your lifestyle. It's a little work but keeps me busy and from getting bored.
so true, sure what else would we be doing!
Inspiring and lovely, thank you :-) The shutters and red windows look amazing!
I am saving vinegar bottles so we can bottle our own washing liquid. I always save metal brackets, screws etc...for reuse in other projects. Our lovely teapot lid has just broken again, beyond repair, so I am planting violets in it. I would love to get to the point where nothing that comes onto our property leaves it. It is a fun challenge, and also makes me realise how much I have wasted in the past. I also scrounge other people's used jars, old bricks, Autumn leaves etc...I'm off to the charity shop now to find an old plastic container to go in our bathroom sink as we are in severe drought and trying to save every drop of water for the garden.
Madeleine from Australia
Hi Madeleine,
well done.. it sounds like you are doing a great job. I find your challenge great... it can make us see actually how much we waste and wasted in the past. I started to see that I really needed very little and when I needed something I could get in the charity shop...
Blessing to you and family in Australia,
Niamh
You show such great tips on how to reuse things. I have made a few changes here at home in Georgia. My husband thought I had lose it, but once he saw how much money we saved and how our trash was much less he changed his my. That was not using paper goods and using real fabric for our cleaning needs. He ask me why have we not done this earlier. So you can teach an old dog new tricks ( just a old saying we use here at home ) . Thanks I can't wait to see what else you have to share. Love from the south USA.
We also use that saying here also... people can change... I did and so do many eh!
I also love the amount of money saved and spending that on more valuable things and experiences..
As usual, I loved it. Always straight to the point, informative and easy to follow
Lulu Viana ah thanks!!
I love everything you do!
I’m exactly like this...a resourceful life I ❤️
Delightful way of using the four
R's. Enjoyed it. Thanks
Love the Shutters Niamh, thanks for all the tips..
Really appreciate you. Beautiful video and learning so many ideas for reuse things
Loved it . Expecting more ideas, Thank you,
Your a joy to watch and I loved the garden seat. WELL DONE.YOU to have a nice weekend
Ah thanks! hope your weekend went well.. have a wonderful week...
The shutters are beautiful. I love the color also. I need to start reusing jars, etc. I usually place them in the recycle bin but I see that I could use them for grains, pasta, etc. Love your videos. I hope you have an amazing week!
Thanks Angie! lots of love to you!!!
I think this is my most favorite video of yours! Thank you! Love from the US!!
Awh thanks! great to hear that!
Loving the red shutters!
We are all grateful for finding you in RUclips, beautiful soul Tribe 🙏🙌🤲😘🌹✌💜🧿
Sussan Mahdavi ah thanks so much for saying. I’m delighted to have you here!
How beautiful simple 🌈🌻🌻🌻🌈
Thanks Eileen
I'd love a paper-making tutorial! Love these ideas.
I second this niamh 😊 my kids would love making it to
I have a video... the link is in the description but I'm thinking of doing another one soon !!
U r so so incredibly beautiful. Thank you so much ❤️❤️
First time here.....and I'm loving it!!!
Caroline Boeckman ah hello there Caroline!
Delighted you found!!
(I always thought you looked familiar and then it hit me, you look like an Irish version of New Zealand PM Jacinda Arden! )thanks for creating these videos, they’re really helpful!💙x
hehehe! :-)
Thank you from 🇨🇦
Slowly but surely implementing some of these wonderful ideas.
My dad told me that he blends his left over peelings with coffee grounds and puts them directly in the plants.
Thats a great idea... The plants love coffee grinds..
We used old pallets to make storage shelves in the basement, it worked great!
nice! they will last longer than anything you probably would have bought!
We are living in a world full of excess. This is a welcome change to that
Oh my what an inspiration you are! The watering bottle upside down is genius!! Im going to try that!
Robin Presley haha my grandmother did it all the time! The tomatoes love!!
We cut up our palletts that we dont reuse and burn for firewood to heat the house, works great!
Just make sure they are safe to be burned, some contain chemicals that can be harmful if breathed in!
Just brilliant! Thank you for sharing, love from Canada.
that was lovely and filled with great suggestions. what a pleasure watching you !
Awh thanks... you are very kind!
Niamh you are doing a fabulous job. So inspirational. Can you kindly do something more on reuse, recycle and making creative things with our daily used objects.
I would love to see a tour of your garden and composting area! I feel like you would have some really great advice for those of us just starting into gardening vegetables and composting!!
I have a video on growing veg and a composting video... here are the links.. Ask me any questions
ruclips.net/video/_AOJiquXaCs/видео.html
ruclips.net/video/u8-Seda8FTc/видео.html
Some things which I can think of right now...
1. old toothbrush to clean things. it can also be used for painting/art for that spray effect.
2. old clothes can be donated or if they are torn and can't be worn then they can be used to create doormats etc.
3. old plastic bottles can be spray painted and/or can be painted with acrylic paints to give them a new life.
4. eggshells can be used to drive away lizards from the rooms of your house. just hang them or keep them somewhere and see the magic.
5. old plastic or any other containers which are broken or those which you don't use can be painted and used as planters. especially the paint buckets. they are very strong and won't break.
I use old textiles to create rugs, dolls and cushion covers. Most of my furniture was either given to me, or rescued from skips and then revamped. I reuse jars and tins for storage. As I live in a flat we dont have biodegradble food waste collection, so the local birds, squirrels and foxes benefit. Tfs
nice! love that you make dolls and there is nothing like a good skip find!
I like your videos...
Hello from Berkshire Massachusetts 👋. Thanks for the great tips 👍
Thank you for sharing these wonderful tips! Beautiful video!
Thanks Agnes!
Thank YOU so much for sharing all your inspiring videos!!!
Thank YOU so much for watching !!
Love the way things are re used . Will help to reuse some old things of mine.
I am so inspired by you and I love how calming your videos are! Love watching them early in the morning
Ah lovely to hear.. delighted you find them calming. x
Love the bench x
This is one of the best videos I have seen so far!! Thank you so much dear!! You are truly inspiring! Love, Kaushiki!
Awh well thanks!!
I make my own funnels from the tops of plastic bottles. Reuse food containers to store leftovers in refrigerator. Reuse glass jars for food storage. Use the cardboard rolls found inside paper towels to put under saggy chair cushions for more support. It works but you must collect and put under seat for months until they are accumulated . During the pandemic this has worked to save backaches and stop leg spasms. Use all things from nature to decorate inside home. Pressed flowers make beautiful wall hangings. Decorate with dried herbs and roses hanging from a string or cones. Make dried oranges and dried apple garlands and string using thread and tie cotton fabric scraps between each piece of fruit. Hang in window. Use kitchen tea towels for curtains. Hang old beautiful plates on the wall. Just reuse and save money.
It's soothing to watch your videos. They work like a therapy for me. Stay blessed! 💖
ah thanks.. stay blessed too... x
Dear Niamh, I am a recently new subscriber and I want to thank you for your inspiration you give through your videos. I love your wonderful ideas and started to implement some of them at our house and life. Thank you so much for what you are giving to us. Greetings from Illinois, USA
Ah hello new friend, thank you for subbing! delighted you like the videos.. greetings from Ireland to you in Illinois
I loooveed your cottage! Its very beautiful and looks very homey ang warm..
Niamh,
I love the ideas, thanks for sharing. I would love to see a walk through your garden!
Jeannie John thanks Jeanie,
It’s not as nice as it looks on screen! Haha :-)
Wonderful ideas 😊 for us and for our environment!🌲🌴🐨🐋
Loved watching this....Eileen
Delighted to hear Eileen x
love the zero waste cloth wipes! thanks for the tips
Fairie, much love to you.
New to your Channel! Love all your videos! So refreshing and peaceful Fairyland Cottage! I am an RN as well, herein Tennessee! So glad I found your channel! 💕🌷🌺💐
Debra Griffin ah welcome my friend!
Lovely to have another RN here :-) blessings to Tennessee!
I love to donate unwanted items to local charities and through a free online donation service. It’s great to help my local community that way and I benefit from reducing my clutter!
me too I love to donate.... its like one big community all helping one another!
I have often wondered if there was a plastic lobby like arms lobby. What else is the reason that governments don’t do enough in making laws or policies for less plastic n packaging. One trip to groceries or online ordering is enough to make me feel guilty n there is nothing I can do about it . I do carry my shopping bags but all the things are already in primary packaging.. my big regret is also that I don’t have compost bins or space living in an apartment. N no place to use it too . A few house plants is all I have .
Amy Sternheim I live in Singapore.. there is hardly anything to call farms here . Though it’s a very green city. Will try to find from building management if they buy manure for building garden/ plants or they want to make a building compost bin system .. but looks unlikely.
Plastics became the norm around 1998 because plastic weighs less so goods were cheaper to ship in plastic instead of glass. But shipping is even less when you buy in bulk and bring your own containers.
Plastics and petroleum are linked. Ultimately same lobby.
Hi. Hope you are well. I absolutely love your channel. Having started a few years ago to have and be more natural and take a more simplistic route for health and living coming across your channel is lovely. Thank you. Oh my son likes watching too 😊
Wonderful to hear.... living simply is such a joy... and it is really nice to receive your comments... thank you x
Thank you for your wonderful ideas! I am trying to get started with living a cleaner more simple life! Your channel is a pleasure to watch!
My first project is going to be moving all my bagged foods, like rice, cereals, etc into repurposed glass bottles, like from mayo and such!
I’d like to start simplifying my personal cleaning products next. One thing at a time!
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one thing at a time, so true! keep it simple and gradual... well done and I'm really delighted you like the channel and content :-)
I love all these ideas
Your videos are very unique 😊 love them ❤️
Awh thanks! delighted you love them!
New sub here from Indiana USA. Love your content, thank you for sharing!
Leslie from Morning Mist Gardens ah hello new subbie! Thanks for joining xxx
All of your videos are so relaxing. We live in a flat so composting is a no go, I am saving tea leaves and coffee grounds in a jar for my plants though :)
nice doing the little bit you can...