13 Ways To Create a Non-Toxic Home

13 Ways To Create a Non-Toxic Home - My Store

By Liana Werner-Gray

Our homes have such a powerful impact on our health, energy, mood, sleep, and overall wellbeing. The body is constantly interacting with its environment — the air we breathe, the water we drink and shower in, the bedding we sleep on, the cookware we use, and even the products we place onto our skin each day.

Over the years, I've become incredibly intentional about creating a home that feels healing, peaceful, grounding, fresh, and full of life. A home should feel like a sanctuary — a place where the body can truly rest, restore, detoxify, and thrive.

The beautiful thing is that creating a healthier home doesn't have to feel overwhelming. Small, simple swaps can make such a profound difference over time, and every positive change adds up.

Research shows that modern homes can contain hundreds of synthetic chemicals from cleaning products, furniture, cookware, synthetic fragrance, plastics, pesticides, beauty products, and building materials. According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), indoor air can actually be 2 to 5 times more polluted than outdoor air, and sometimes even higher. Since most people spend approximately 90% of their time indoors, the environment inside our homes can have a profound impact on our sleep, hormones, energy, skin, respiratory health, and nervous system.

Studies have also found that the average woman uses around 12 personal care products each day, exposing herself to approximately 168 different chemical ingredients through skincare, makeup, haircare, fragrance, and body products alone. This is one of the reasons I've become so passionate about creating a cleaner, more intentional lifestyle — because the little things we use every single day truly add up over time.

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Today I'm sharing 13 of my favorite ways to create a cleaner, more natural, lower-toxin home environment using products and practices I genuinely use and love in my own daily life.

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  1. Fill Your Home with Plants

One of the most beautiful ways to create a healthier, more healing home is by filling it with living plants. Plants naturally help support cleaner air, produce oxygen, and instantly make a space feel more fresh, peaceful, vibrant, and alive.

I absolutely love having greenery throughout my home because it creates such a calming, grounding energy and makes the surroundings feel so much more connected to nature.

I especially love leafy tropical plants and trailing greenery throughout the home because they bring such a lush, vibrant feeling into a space while helping the home feel lighter, fresher, and more alive. Even simply adding a few plants into your kitchen, bedroom, or living room can completely shift the energy of a room and make it feel more peaceful and nurturing.

NASA's Clean Air Study also highlighted how certain indoor plants may help support cleaner indoor environments naturally, which makes me love having plants throughout the home even more.

Perfect for: Cleaner air, grounding energy, bringing nature indoors

  1. Install a Shower Filter — Healthy Techs

Your skin is your largest organ, and it absorbs so much of what it comes into contact with. That's why I always recommend using a shower filter. This one helps reduce chlorine and other unwanted contaminants so your showers feel gentler, cleaner, and far more nourishing for the skin and hair.

This is one of those simple wellness upgrades that can truly make such a noticeable difference in how you feel daily.

Perfect for: Softer skin, healthier hair, cleaner water

Link: https://www.healthytechs.com/shower-filter

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If you have questions about any of the Healthy Techs products, you can also call Anna directly and she can explain everything in more detail: 754-336-3394.

  1. Switch to Surgical Stainless Steel Cookware — Healthy Techs

One of the biggest healing kitchen swaps I ever made was switching to surgical stainless steel cookware. Traditional non-stick pans can release unwanted chemicals when heated, whereas high-quality stainless steel is durable, non-toxic, and designed to last for years.

I genuinely love cooking with these because they heat beautifully and make preparing nourishing meals feel simple, clean, and enjoyable.

Perfect for: Healthy kitchens, clean cooking, everyday wellness

Link: https://www.healthytechs.com/cookware

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If you have questions about any of the Healthy Techs products, you can also call Anna directly and she can explain everything in more detail: 754-336-3394.

  1. Go Microwave-Free

One of my favorite healthy home habits is simply avoiding microwaves altogether. Instead, I gently reheat food on the stove or in the oven. It feels slower, more intentional, more nourishing, and much more aligned with a healing lifestyle.

Sometimes wellness is less about doing more and more about returning to simpler, more natural ways of living.

Perfect for: Intentional living, mindful cooking, creating healthier habits

  1. Use a Stainless Steel Kettle — Buydeem

This kettle is one of my daily essentials and something I use constantly for tea, lemon water, herbal infusions, and detox drinks. I love that it heats water beautifully while avoiding plastic contact, and it looks so elegant and cozy sitting on the kitchen counter.

Healthy rituals at home can feel incredibly comforting and grounding.

Perfect for: Tea lovers, wellness rituals, cozy mornings

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  1. Choose a Petrochemical-Free Sofa — The Futon Shop

Your furniture matters so much more than most people realize. Many conventional sofas contain flame retardants, synthetic foams, and harsh chemicals that can off-gas into the air inside your home.

The EPA has also noted that furniture, synthetic materials, fragrances, and household products are common contributors to indoor air pollution.

I absolutely love The Futon Shop because they prioritize organic cotton, wool, latex, and truly clean materials. Their sofas feel so grounding, cozy, supportive, and beautiful — they instantly create a calmer, healthier environment.

Perfect for: Low-tox living spaces, cozy homes, creating a healing sanctuary

Link: https://www.thefutonshop.com

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  1. Invest in an Air Purifier — Healthy Techs

Clean air is one of the most important foundations of wellness. This air purifier helps reduce mold, dust, chemicals, environmental toxins, and allergens circulating through the home.

Research has linked poor indoor air quality to allergies, headaches, respiratory irritation, inflammation, poor sleep, and nervous system stress, which is why I believe clean air inside the home is such an important part of healing.

I especially notice the difference in how I sleep and feel when the air in my space feels fresh, clean, and purified. The home simply feels lighter.

Perfect for: Cleaner indoor air, better sleep, healthier homes

Link: https://www.healthytechs.com/air-surface-pro

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If you have questions about any of the Healthy Techs products, you can also call Anna directly and she can explain everything in more detail: 754-336-3394.

  1. Filter Your Water — Healthy Techs

Clean water is absolutely foundational for healing. This under-sink water filter helps remove contaminants while keeping beneficial minerals intact, which is so important for hydration and overall wellness.

Water touches every part of our health, so this is one of the most impactful home upgrades you can make for yourself and your family.

Perfect for: Hydration, detox support, family wellness

Link: https://www.healthytechs.com/under-sink-water-filter

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If you have questions about any of the Healthy Techs products, you can also call Anna directly and she can explain everything in more detail: 754-336-3394.

  1. Switch to Natural Makeup — Araza Beauty

What we put on our skin matters just as much as what we put into our bodies. Research continues to raise concerns around ingredients commonly found in conventional beauty products, including parabens, synthetic fragrance, phthalates, and formaldehyde-releasing preservatives.

Since our skin absorbs much of what we place onto it daily, I love choosing cleaner beauty products whenever possible.

Araza Beauty creates gorgeous food-based makeup made with superfoods and natural pigments instead of harsh synthetic ingredients.

Their concealers, bronzers, and lip glosses are absolutely divine and leave the skin feeling nourished, fresh, and radiant while you wear them. Clean beauty can still feel luxurious, beautiful, and fun.

Perfect for: Clean beauty lovers, natural makeup routines, toxin-free beauty

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  1. Sleep with a Grounding Pillow — Healthy Techs

I love this grounding pillow because it helps reconnect the body to the earth's natural frequencies, which can feel incredibly calming for the nervous system and deeply supportive for sleep.

Creating a peaceful sleep environment is such an important part of healing. The bedroom should feel calm, safe, restorative, and nurturing to the body.

Perfect for: Nervous system support, grounding, deeper sleep

Link: https://www.healthytechs.com/pillow

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If you have questions about any of the Healthy Techs products, you can also call Anna directly and she can explain everything in more detail: 754-336-3394.

  1. Create a Clean Sleep Sanctuary with Organic Bedding — Farm to Home

Your bedding touches your skin for hours every single night, which is why I'm so mindful about choosing organic, breathable, non-toxic fabrics.

This comforter feels incredibly soft, cozy, airy, and supportive while helping create a cleaner sleep environment that feels peaceful and restorative. Sleep is one of the most healing things we can give the body.

Perfect for: Cozy sleep, toxin-free bedrooms, healing rest

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  1. Sleep on an Organic Mattress — The Futon Shop

Your mattress is truly an investment in your health and wellbeing. I love The Futon Shop mattresses because they're made with natural materials like organic cotton, wool, and latex without the harsh chemicals commonly found in conventional mattresses.

It creates such a grounding, breathable, peaceful sleep environment that supports truly restorative rest.

Perfect for: Deep sleep, clean living, creating a healing bedroom

Link: https://www.thefutonshop.com

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  1. Use Natural Fragrance-Free Candles — Elements of Grace

Many conventional candles contain synthetic fragrances that can pollute indoor air and irritate the body. I love using candles made with clean ingredients and natural essential oils because they create such a calming, beautiful atmosphere without the harsh chemicals.

These bring such a peaceful, cozy energy into the home and instantly make a space feel warm, grounding, and comforting.

Perfect for: Relaxation, cozy evenings, creating a calming atmosphere

Link: https://elementsofgrace.co/home?am_id=liana

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Creating a non-toxic home isn't about perfection — it's about making intentional choices that support your body, your nervous system, your sleep, your energy, and your overall wellbeing.

Even small changes can help your home feel lighter, cleaner, calmer, and more healing. Over time, these little shifts truly add up and create an environment where the body feels supported and nourished every single day.

I hope this inspires you to create a home that feels peaceful, grounding, vibrant, and deeply healing for both you and your loved ones.

With love,

Liana

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