It doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful
not my closet I have no right, whatsoever to talk about closets. Mine is perpetually not tidy. But the problem isn’t my hanging clothes. I’ll tell you my biggest issue with my closet in another post. My hanging clothes actually look pretty good and I owe it to two tricks. 1. All of my clothes [...]
We’ve all heard it a million times. Group like things together. Duh. Collections are like that, they just look good all together. I’ve had my hutch for years. And I’ve always had my white dishes in it. But, they’ve always had other guests as well. I mean, I know about grouping like stuff together, I [...]
Over the past few months {years?} I’ve heard myself barking the same reminders to my boys, “hang your book bag up, don’t pour too much cereal, you can’t use 18 different cups before lunch…“. My husband and I made a few simple changes in our home and now I can save my words for better [...]
There’s a little area right next to where he walks in at the back door. A dresser drawer or two, a basket, a flat surface and a little cabinet with shelves is all it takes. He can pack it full off all sorts of unsightly stuff. Pipes, whistles, tape measures, sunglasses, stray bullets, receipts, playing [...]
Everything that is sitting out in your house is contributing to the look of your house. So if you leave 10 stacks of library books by the back door every day for years, like it or not, library books become part of your design. Early on, I realized how an ugly bottle of bright orange [...]
I’m no laundry expert, I usually have a load or two patiently waiting for their turn in the washer but, laundry isn’t something I dread and it rarely builds up. I have three tips and I hope you have more. 1. Start a load right when you get up. Every morning I come down the [...]
an updated version of our gallery wall How does a gallery wall make my home less messy? I’m not sure that it does. But, I have some beautiful things that I love that I’m not willing to part with but not enough wall space to show them off individually. So my solution right now is [...]
I’ve found the secret to making some of my rooms feel less cluttered. I leave the tables that we use most often, EMPTY. {I count the lazy susan as part of the table here} This is how this part of my house usually looks. I too, cannot believe it~it looks clean! Ever since I wrote [...]
Welcome to day 4 of the 31 Day Series, if you missed any of the previous posts, click here and scroll down. Seriously, this is the last day I’ll talk about baskets. It’s not glamorous but, every week we make 17 packed lunches. Last year I got tired of grabbing the cheese, lunch meat, mayo, [...]
I promise this entire series is NOT about baskets. But today is again. Whenever I see a rectangular or square shallow basket at a thrift store, I buy it. Why? Because I still have drawers that aren’t organized. And, you can wash or rinse out baskets and let them dry in the sun so they [...]
I've got a secret that will unlock creativity and hope for your home. Ready? Here it is:: It doesn't have to be perfect to be beautiful. Yep. That's it. All you have to do is believe it. Read More…
