If you’ve been looking for a few upcycle ideas on how to reuse items in your home, there are so many possibilities of making that happen. Who says that you have to head to the store and buy new home decor items when you may be able to use what you already have? Stop and …
This weekend we’re getting ready to visit my future mother-in-law. These trips are always a nice break from the every day for us, but they also highlight one rather crucial shortcoming in my life: I am not a cleaner. I don’t do the dishes after every meal. I do not sweep daily. I do not wash, dry, hang or …
I didn’t know I grew up in a hoarder house. But thanks to reality TV, we now have a name for it. I know what you’re picturing: Piles of rotting garbage stacked to the ceiling next stacks of desiccated rat carcasses. In my case, this couldn’t be further from the truth. We had a clean …
So you know that thought experiment/icebreaker question about what three things you’d save if your house was on fire, assuming your family and pets were already safe? You’ve probably thought about the answer to that question before, but answer me this, dear reader: Do you even know where those three things are in your house …
Where do all these toys come from? How do they just keep accumulating? I swear I’m living in a less-fun version of Toy Story half the time, and if you have children too then I know you understand this constant struggle of keeping their toys put away and their rooms uncluttered. It just never seems to …
It’s the stuff of nightmares. The place that fills you with dread and causes beads of sweat to drip down your spine. It’s like a scene from a horror movie that makes you cower in your seat and cover your eyes. That’s right: It’s the basement. That unorganized mess of a room that you keep …
Spring means a lot of things. The clock moves forward, flowers emerge from the snow, bears lumber out of hibernation (and by bears I mean significant others who have been wearing the same ugly sweater for months, of course). But more than anything, in my house spring means cleaning. This year I’m bringing you 10 …
I’m about to embark on a new experience: Creating a playroom for my toddler daughter. I want to make it awesome. Like top of the awesome mountain awesome. And I’ve found 25 Ways to Make Your Toddler’s Playroom Awesome! Start simple by asking your kiddo what they want. If they’re talking (which mine is not …
This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Bosch for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. Regardless of the fact that I’m soooo not a construction professional, somehow I always find myself doing some crazy home improvement project. Last month it was tiling the living room, this week its The Pallet Wall…A …