Cabin life is slower, more relaxing, and a welcome alternative to the everyday hustle of normal life. These seven cabin-inspired home decorating tips will bring the spirit of the cabin into your space.

Do you yearn for the casual, outdoorsy feeling of the cabin lifestyle? Try these home decorating tips even if you live in the middle of the city.

1. Start With Scent Invite the outdoors in with Juniper Ridge’s Cabin Spray or Campfire Incense distilled from real regional plants, trees, moss and herbs.

2. Comfort at the Core Comfort and softness are key elements to the optimal cabin experience, so keep your living room comfy by adorning it with a beautifully-patterned Pendleton Blanket or two in order to create an inviting space to relax. And if you really want to camp it up, get yourself a Poler Napsack; you may never leave your house again.

3. Wood is Good Wood is an important part of the cabin aesthetic and experience. While it’s not reasonable to redo your entire interior with woodgrain, simply adding handmade wooden elements such as a driftwood candle holder helps mix up the materials in your home to capture a mixed rustic feel.

4. Decorate Distinctly While other home decorating tips on this list may be subtler methods of obtaining the cabin feel, sometimes it’s best to not beat around the bush. Adding blatantly outdoorsy decoration such as a beautiful ax from Best Made Co. can really drive your point home and serve as a centerpiece for the rest of your nesting.

5. Bring the Warmth Gathering around the fire is one of the greatest cabin joys, so buy or make a fire pit for your own backyard to create community, share stories, and keep your summer nights going longer. If you’re less drawn to a fire pit for space or legal concerns, add warmth indoors with P.F. Candle Co.’s Campire Special Soy Candle.

6. Cook Like You’re Camping Though this isn’t technically a decorating tip, large, simple, delicious summer family meals are one of the best parts about cabin life. Bring your friends and family together for camp-inspired meals as part of your weekly meal planning. (Bonus: for dessert, step up your s’mores game with specialty marshmallows from Wondermade.)

7. Loosen Up and Let Go The ethos of the cabin is one of simplicity, casual living, and the character of the space, goods and people it contains. Make it a point to loosen up on the minute details of curating and cleaning your home just as you would at the cabin. Leave room for imperfection, add interesting, non-matching “collected” items to your decoration and goods, and ultimately allow your space to feel “lived in.”

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Sierra Nevada Mountains in a cologne, a self-sharpening razor and all-in-one organic hops-based shampoo and soap. These outrageously perfect natural grooming products for men will have you swooning big time and falling in love with the art of shaving.

Yes, men pride themselves in getting out the door faster than an Olympian time clock, but that in no way implies careless grooming. Men still need to look and smell good too! So here is a round up of 3 outrageously perfect natural male grooming products that can make the art of shaving, well, more like an art and less like dragging a dull razor across your neck. And while we’re at it, let’s not forget to encourage them to clean in and around theirs ears, shall we?

Self-Sharpening Razor by Born Sharp

An automatic self-sharpening, self-cleaning razor with a single blade lasting up to five years and promising over 2,000 shaves? Yes, it is true. Arguably the greatest tech invention of the decade within the grooming sector, you can forget about disposable razors and excessive plastic–the Born Sharp razor is quality that lasts and redefines the art of shaving for good. ”I knew there had to be another way and we have to think longer term,” Steve Worthington, founder of Born Sharp told us. “The Born Sharp is a single blade giving you the closest shave possible, and it’s less damaging to your skin.” They’ve just ended an Indiegogo campaign, so keep your eye out when this product hits the market because there is nothing like it!

Born Sharp

Hop Shampoo & Body Bar and Shave Cream by Damn Handsome

“If you’re like the average guy, you’ve probably been getting your shaving cream from a can,” Damn Handsome says about their shave cream. “Well, that chemical filled tin does nothing for your face and smells like a dentist office. Our Old-School Shave Cream, on the other hand, is full of natural ingredients that nourish your face, organics hops that will help calm irritated skin and our fresh blend of lavender & juniper will leave you smelling earthy clean – not chemically.” Right. As if guys needed another reason to support the hops industry! The Damn Handsome convenient all-in-one shampoo/soap is also crafted with organic homegrown hops. Plus, it’s packed with other great stuff for your skin like argan oil, sunflower, aloe leaf and juniper to have any damn handsome mate looking and smelling great without unwanted additives–just the good stuff.

Scout Mob, $30

Yuba River Backpacker’s Cologne by Juniper Ridge

Finish that perfect shave up with a natural cologne. It’s California’s Sierra Nevada mountains in a bottle, literally. The guys behind Juniper Ridge are really just avid hikers thriving on the fresh freedom of the outdoors. For almost fifteen years they’ve hiked their favorite trails along the entire Pacific Coast crafting small-batch fragrances distilled from plants, bark, moss and whatever other botanicals they find along the way. Using old perfuming techniques, these scents never see any petroleum-based or chemical additives, only pure aromatherapeutic nostalgia.

Juniper Ridge, $55

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The leaves are changing colors, and so are our wardrobe choices as we bundle up. Dark (navy and/or black) and tan are one of the hottest fall 2013 color trends, so of course we’ve rounded up some beautiful, sustainable favorites to surprise and delight you. 

1. Cashmere Colddye by Humanoid

Humanoid’s cashmere dress is a simple silhouette that will keep you warm, yet still ladylike through the cold weather. Pair this with leggings or tights and a pair of boots and you are ready for any occasion!

Humanoid, 351 euros

2. Trail Soap by Juniper Ridge 

Unbelievably, this is the only product on the market like it. Juniper Ridge captures Pacific Northwestern scents by sustainably gathering twigs, bark, mushrooms (and whatever else they can find on their favorite trails) and bottles them. Interestingly they are the only fragrance company using pre-industrial perfuming techniques. Because there are no petrochemical additives whatsoever, the scents don’t stay on your skin all day, making it’s use that much more special. Each scent is crisp, clean and nostalgic; our favorites are the Yuba River or the Cascade Trail.

Beklina, $36

3. Lip Care Stick by Dr. Hauschka

This lip care by Dr. Hauschka is a magic wand for your luscious lèvres. It’s always a staple in my bag and for presents of any occasion. As always, Dr. Hauscka is made from 100% natural ingredients, as it has been for over 45 years. The jojoba wax and shea butter are key ingredients in their lip care formula protecting and soothing from the elements. Dr. Hauschka is certified natural by NATRUE,  a certification ensuring products meet the strongest criteria available for natural and organic ingredients in cosmetics and is free of synthetic preservatives, fragrances, dyes and petroleum derived synthetics.

Dr. Hauschka, $13.95

4. Bonny Boot by Wolverine and Samantha Pleet

These boots are made for walking. Wolverine has been making shoes in America for over 130 years, and they’ve got it down to a science. Their collaboration with NYC-based sustainable designer Samantha Pleet brings old-world craft and feminine urban design into one great shoe that will last a lifetime.

Wolverine, $320

5. Pinyon Stripe Fringed Scarf by Pendleton

Pendleton is one of the oldest, and only remaining textile mills in the United States, and they haven’t lost their edge, no siree. This cozy scarf is expertly woven in Pendleton’s American mill in the Pacific Northwest with 100% pure virgin wool, and is sure to keep you warm!

Pendleton, $118

6. Edge Tote by BTWN WIND & WATER

Handcrafted and made with responsibly sourced leather, the Edge Tote is a perfect staple bag. We love the simplicity of the two tone black and tan matched with quality craftsmanship. A chic carry all bag for your commute or travels, it matches any outfit.

BTWN WIND & WATER, $250

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