A Stinky Problem at Our Little House

It’s never good when this con­ver­sa­tion takes place:

Me: “I don’t think my new all nat­ural deodor­ant is work­ing very well.”

Dale: “I’m glad you noticed.”

Alexandra Grabbe, a mem­ber of our Living Large com­mu­nity that also runs a green B&B on Cape Cod and writes the  B&B blog, Chez Sven, is my anti-chemical hero and after learn­ing a lot from her writ­ings, I decided to embark on my own quest to elim­i­nate as many chem­i­cals from our lives here at Our Little House as possible.

That includes ones we ingest and that come in con­tact with our skin. I’m using the fab­u­lous all nat­ural Indigo Wild prod­ucts and some all-natural skin care products.

I decided to try an all-natural deodor­ant last month.

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Green on the Cape

I'm really excited today to present a guest post by one of our loyal read­ers, Alexandra Grabbe, an innkeeper of Chez Sven, a green B&B on Cape Cod. If you have ever had the desire to visit the Cape and can do so in April, Alexandra is offer­ing 10% off the room rate for Living Large read­ers. Just men­tion us when you make your reservations!

Chez Sven B&B

Chez Sven B&B

I’m thrilled to address the read­ers of Living Large in Our Little House, one of my favorite blogs.  My house is not as small as Dale and Kerri’s, but it isn’t big either, and I’m proud of that fact.

My hus­band Sven and I live in a tra­di­tional three-quarters Cape, in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, an old house that once belonged to my par­ents. We actu­ally have too much space for my taste.   I wanted to keep this mar­velous house in the fam­ily, so five years ago I started a green bed & break­fast called Chez Sven.

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