Redeocorate and Save Energy at the Same

Advice from Pittsburgh personal trainer, life coach, and Independent Beachbody Coach, Jackie Omotalade, The First Lady of Fitness, Fashion, and Fun:

Fun Tips!

Are you looking to redecorate? Are you also looking to save energy? During times of recession, electricity conservation is important! Below are ways to redecorate and ways to save energy!

(1) Is your room chilly? Use home energy efficiency and don't turn up the heat, instead fill a few Mason jars with water (you can also add food coloring for decorative purposes if you so choose). Arrange the water-filled jars along the windowsill and the water will absorb the heat from the sun's ray. The heat absorption will provide a layer on insulation.

(2) Select a fresh light bright shade of paint! A light bright shade of paint will lessen your need for illumination and your lighten bill by boosting light levels.

(3) Do not add more lamps to a room or up the wattage of your light bulbs, instead position the lamps that you already have in the corners of the room. This way the light eliminated bounces off two walls, giving you the maximum brightness for the minimum price!

(4) Add a plant or two or three to get rid of toxins in the air. Air purifiers are expensive and plants not only absorb toxins, but they turn them into nutrients! What air purifier can do that? A Norwegian study found that people who surrounded themselves with plants had 25% fewer health problems than those who did not.