Product Description

If you are far from perfect but would like to make some changes that could make your home natural, sustainable, healthy and eco-friendly for you and your family, this book is a must. Described as the modern-day Mrs Beeton, author and broadcaster Janey Lee Grace reveals her best kept secrets and advises on how the ordinary person can make their home 'imperfectly natural' while still juggling modern-day living. Moving from room to room, IMPERFECTLY NATURAL HOME covers every aspect of our daily lives, from cleaning without synthetic chemicals to growing your own superfoods, from decorating using non-toxic paints to making your own ethical shoes. Janey admits she is imperfect like the rest of us but she guides the reader through the minefield of modern dilemmas and overwhelming choices to solutions that promote health and thrift and leave no eco-footprints. IMPERFECTLY NATURAL HOME is a book no household should be without. It offers practical advice, energy saving tips and realistic environmentally friendly goals so we can all make a difference.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #59087 in Books
• Published on: 2008-05-29
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

From the Author
Trust me I'm no eco warrior, I'm a busy mum of four kids under 10 but I want to be healthy and I want a healthy environment. I've written this book for you whether you live in a bedsit or a castle, our homes are unique and we owe it to ourselves to create a space that promtoes health and relaxation. I hope you'll find money saving ideas here as well as some luxurious treats but the emphasis is on health and wellbeing and ticking the green box in the process. In many ways I'm very old fashioned, I do recommend getting out the lemons, bi-carb and elbow grease for cleaning, I don't believe anyone should buy regular air fresheners or laundry detergents or regualr deodorants for that matter because there are 100 per cent natural cheaper alternatives available now for absolutely everything from mascara to floor polish. I do many talks around the UK and on countless occasions people have said to me I've only just starting to be concerned with what I should eat, what chemicals I spray around my home and on my body since a relative got cancer or alzheimers. No one bottle of anything will cause disease but I'm convinced the acclumalative effect of the hundreds of potentially toxic chemicals we now use on a daily basis probably will. Heres a really positive approach to reducing that risk. I do beleive we can have our natural eco / cake and eat it. In addition to cleaning, laundry, foods, composting, recycling, DIY, personal care, gardening, natural pet care, eco transport, eco Christmas and energy saving, I also take a look at the practical aspects of Feng shui and clutter clearing and I have, I confess a rather controversial take on electro pollution, of course I accept we can't live without mobile phones and wi-fi technology but we can minimise the effects on our health.
I have a thriving forum at Imperfectlynatural.com and many of my forum members have contributed their ideas to the book.

About the Author
Janey Lee Grace is a radio and TV presenter. She can currently be heard on BBC Radio 2 co-hosting Steve Wright's afternoon show and has become an expert in the field of organic living.

Customer Reviews

Worth every penny
What a great book Janey Lee Grace has written. It is full of so much useful information to help you have a healthier, more natural home and life. Who would have thought that this easy to read book could get me excited about cleaning or spin dryers! Lots of the tips and suggestions will also help save me money too. I loved it so much that I have already bought another copy as a present for a friends birthday. I would definitely recommend you get this book - it is worth every penny.

best read for 08
I just couldnt put this it down,another fantastic book from Janey Lee Grace,full of very useful information with respect to the healthier way of living. The research is faultless and very informative,this book makes living your life with a little care and thought very easy.

From the useful to the ridiculous
I bought this as I had heard Janey on the radio extolling the virtues of coconut oil. Having read through it, the book certainly contains some interesting bits and pieces.

The first few chapters concentrate on the big changes you can make and introduced me to some genuinely useful tips.

Unfortunately, Janey does tend to wander off into the realms of "hippy fantasy" at some points. Mentioning that humans have only been exposed to "Electromagnetic Frequencies (EMFs)" for the last 100 years, whilst apparently forgetting that light from the sun is also an EMF and has been around a few hundred million years before human beings.

She also draws a number of scientifically questionable conclusions regarding low-energy lightbulbs, based upon the anecdotal evidence of "a friend of hers" who swears her kitchen worktop is two degrees colder now she's switched bulbs - apparently heat flows downwards in her house!

Don't get me wrong - if you're based in Britain and are new to the idea of living more ecologically, this is a fine place to start. Those of you looking for a little more "meat" on the actual techniques would be better off checking out "It's not easy being green" by Dick Strawbridge.