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For today's Tuesday, erm... Thursday Morning Tidy (tis the season!), I'll be wrapping up the final push in the final room of the house. As I mentioned last week, the guest room is also an office and a craft space. Now that it's clean and clear, I'm assessing it for maximum functionality and maintenance. To be fully transparent, I'm actually not touching any part of the space that my husband uses as his office--just my little craft area for this one! I have a tall cabinet with

It's the last month of my 12 Months of Tidy! I've made it! Last month was a lot of work with my second round dedicated to the kitchen, so I decided to close out this project with a small, simple space--our Guest Bedroom. This doubles as a second office and my craft space, so it has to play a lot of roles for our family. Also, it's a really small room that is primarily used by my husband, so I don't plan to make many changes this month. With everything else going on with the h

Giving Tuesday is a global initiative that celebrates gifts to nonprofits for their work and impact locally, nationwide and globally. I am honoring today by giving to institituions of higher education as well as a few of my favorite nonprofits, such as: Doctors Without Borders Women for Women International American Cancer Society The United Way Dress for Success National Organization for Women I hope you will consider giving to a nonprofit or two close to your heart. "For it

This week, we'll start sharing our gift guides. As we have in years past, we will have creative suggestions for everyone on your list - Family, Friends and Coworkers. In the meantime, check out some of our favorite gift guides from past years! In our first year of blogging, we shared this Gift Guide for Women : This Gift Guide for Kids from 2021 still has items our kids use and love. The Nugget, Paddington, Stitch Fix are still high on our lists! Our Gift Guide for Men f

And I'm back with another month dedicated to the kitchen! The kitchen is absolutely the hardest working room in the house, and at 35 years old, it needs regular maintenance. This is the time of year when we have people over, make lots of food, and want our kitchen to look and function at its best! ` As a reminder, here is my process for assessing each space: Clear, clean and repair. Identify any materials needed in advance to make this possible. Assess how we use the space f

If you're still trying to figure out what to prepare for Friday night, I have two recipes that are crowd pleasers and perfect for the fall! They're also easy to make and so delicious! Slow Cooker Cinnamon Apples Ingredients: - 6 apples of your choice sliced (and peeled, if you prefer) - 1/2 cup of granulated sugar - 1/2 cup brown sugar - 3 tablespoons of corn starch (we use arrowroot powder) - 1 tablespoon of cinnamon - 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg - pinch of salt - 2 tablespoons of u

For part two of our family room tidy, we have just a few improvements to make . Again, it's a room that works really well for us, so it doesn't need a lot of updating. In terms of improvements (Step 2,) we needed a fresh new lampshade to replace a dingy one on the table lamp. A few of our pillows have seen better days, so I'm grabbing a few new down inserts from Ikea. I replaced all the batteries in the faux candles in this room, and they all pop on around 5:30 now. It provi

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For our laundry room's second phase, I hit my stride and the fun stuff! In assessing how we use the space to make improvements, I finally...

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I actually had a different room initially set for August, but back to school got me rethinking things! Thus, my Clear, Clean and Repair...

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Sadly, summer is winding down. In our family, to lift our spirits, we get excited about back-to-school shopping. Whether it's school...