Learn how to make homemade Lemon Body Scrub with Essential Oil. This scrub gently exfoliates dry skin while adding moisture. I love making sugar scrub. In fact, one of the most popular posts on The Birch Cottage is my DIY Sugar Hand Scrub. This DIY sugar hand scrub is great for anyone who needs the …
Easily DIY your own homemade Moisturizing Liquid Hand Soap and choose your favorite fragrance with essential oils. It’s no secret by now that I love all things homemade and handmade. Whether I’m sewing up Easter baskets for the grandkids or making a batch of our kids favorite cookies or even making my own bathroom cleaner …
Freshen up your home anytime with homemade essential oil room sprays. Remove pesky odors or take advantage of aromatherapy properties with these easy recipes. I’m not an essential oils expert by any means. I’ve made a few essential oil sprays for my personal use over the years and thought I’d share some of my essential …
Learn how easy it is to season a cast iron skillet with confidence. Caring for and seasoning cast iron cookware doesn’t have to be complicated or scary! I recently shared how to clean, store and care for your cast iron skillet or cookware on a daily basis. But what about seasoning? What exactly is seasoning? …
Learn how easy it is to clean a cast iron skillet or cookware. Use these cleaning tips to overcome your cast iron cookware intimidation. Childhood Memories Like a lot of people, my first memory of cooking with cast iron came from my childhood. I can still vividly remember my mom making cornbread in a cast …
Learn how to DIY Lavender Linen Spray using lavender essential oil to add a clean fresh smell to your linens, towels, bed pillow, dog beds or anywhere! There’s a theory that lavender has therapeutic properties that helps the most restless souls get a good night’s sleep. With all the sleepless and restless nights I’ve had …
Use this set of Clean and Sanitized prints in your office, medical facility, home or anywhere to indicate when surfaces or rooms have been cleaned and sanitized. Who would have ever thought that 2020 would turn out to be the year of the COVID-19 pandemic? Or any pandemic, for that matter? It has certainly turned …
Learn how to DIY custom kitchen drawer organizer to easily and inexpensively transform your messy kitchen drawers into beautifully organized kitchen drawers! My husband has worked so hard the past few years renovating our home into our “little cottage in the suburbs” – as I like to refer to it. We have these beautiful new …
Take the guesswork out of stain treatment with this free set of printable laundry care tags. Hang the tags in your laundry room for quick access! When our son is home from college, he does his own laundry. But, he’ll often ask me how to treat certain types of laundry stains. There’s nothing more frustrating …
Homemade fabric softener made with inexpensive hair conditioner and white vinegar saves money, soften clothes and reduces static! I don’t know what liquid fabric softener costs where you live, but here in central Ohio it ranges from $5.99 – $7.99 a bottle. I’ve been wanting to make homemade fabric softener for a long time. I …
100 Uses for Mr. Clean Magic Eraser! Use Magic Erasers to make your spring cleaning chores easier! Use Mr. Clean Magic Eraser inside and outside! Ideas for the Home Today, I’m over visiting with Kenarry: Ideas for the Home and sharing not one or two, but 100 uses for Mr. Clean Magic Eraser. It was just …
Learn how to save money, use safer ingredients, and make your own bathroom cleaner using two simple ingredients that you may already have on hand! Last year I shared with you my Window Cleaner recipe. I’ve actually used it a lot and although my husband says there’s nothing like Windex, I still think this is …