Ideas to make your home brighter & your heart lighter
It’s no secret that I like to change things up around my house. But that means things are constantly going on and off display. My office and the guest bedroom closet, plus a drawer here and a drawer there had been functioning as a dumping ground makeshift storage, and that wasn’t working for me. I [...]
I am such a cliche. It’s the new year, and I’ve made all those resolutions that everyone makes. Prime among them: to purge, clear out the clutter and get better organized. (Then, why oh why, did I hit the Target after-Christmas sales? Well, never mind. Not relevant here.) Organizing project #1 of the new year [...]
Huh? Confused by that title? This is a post about what happens when I decide to “organize.” More often than not, it morphs into a much larger, more involved decorating project. Who’s with me on that one? I work from home, and I’m lucky enough to have a dedicated office and craft room. I’ve been pretty [...]
Oh my God, it smells like something died in here! Apparently, in my circle of friends, I am the go-to person if you have this kind of problem. I hope it’s not because my furniture and house stinks but rather because I’m always rehabbing old, musty, dusty furniture: My friend, Amy, who is a real-life [...]
I’ve been making some changes to my laundry room since my dad built a pedestal for my washer and dryer. I showed off some of those changes last month, in my laundry room makeover post. In that, I mentioned that I had a creative idea for covering up the electrical panel in the laundry room. [...]
Organization is one of my passions and also one of my biggest challenges. I love everything having a place. It’s calming to me to be able to open a drawer or a closet and see orderly rows of stuff. I find myself in a mental and emotional tizzy when my home isn’t organized. And lately, [...]
