Practical Ways to Improve Your Home, Life, & Budget
Do the flat surfaces in your house seem to be clutter magnets? Like every table, desk, dresser, and counter is piled high with mail, paperwork, random tools, things that need returning, and who knows what else? If it’s been a while since you’ve been able to eat at your kitchen table or if cooking a meal […]
I think everyone would like to live in an uncluttered home, but how on earth do you find the time to declutter? There are plenty of guides (many on this blog even) on how to declutter clothes, books, or family heirlooms, but those guides only work if you can find the time to do the […]
Ok, this might be the biggest reason why we all don’t want to get rid of stuff. What if I need it someday? That one question has us paying for bigger houses and storage units. It has us living in cramped and cluttered spaces. So let’s talk about keeping things “just in case” and see […]
What is it about space that makes us want to fill it? A blank wall. An empty drawer. A sparsely furnished room. I’ve always been a fan of extra space, but I’m as guilty as the next person of accepting hand-me-down furniture because I have the space to put it in. We’re in-between homes right now […]
Since 2016 is over, which officially means I’ve been blogging for a year (how cool is that?), I wanted to do a recap of the posts I’ve written that have gotten the most traffic. It was fun to look through my statistics to find the most popular posts. There were definitely some that surprised me. Sometimes […]
They say opposites attract, right? Chances are, if you’re married or in a relationship, one of you likes to keep things and one of you would prefer to get rid of excess stuff. I’m 100% a declutter-er since birth. As a kid, I thought it was a fun activity to go through all of my toys […]
We’re talking about the tough stuff today! We’ve gone through decluttering clothes and decluttering books, but decluttering keepsakes and memories can be really difficult. You might feel obligated to to keep things. You might have a hard time letting something go because of the memory associated with it. You might be keeping something in case […]
Some of the most popular posts on this here blog are the ones about decluttering! We’ve all got too much crap, right? Haha! Sometimes it feels like we’re just in a never-ending cycle of crap piling up, doing a major decluttering of the house, and then the crap gradually piling up again. Well, I don’t like […]
There are certain things that it makes sense to go through, declutter, and organize at certain times of the year. I don’t really plan it this way, but I usually end up going through things in the fall (before we hunker down for the winter) and in the spring (to freshen up the house). In […]
Where has the time gone? We’re moving next week! Everybody panic!!! Just kidding, I’ll just panic over here by myself. Austin finished his degree this month and landed a great job about an hour and a half away. He’s been commuting for a month and it’s no good. I know a lot of people manage […]
