Remember when we began switching our cleaning and laundry detergents? We've gone from all of our cleaning and laundry supplies from the standard cleaning aisle, advertised on TV, and least expensive to only a handful of store bought products that are made by a few companies. The liquid dish soap was the last switch -… Continue reading Liquid Dish Soap to Use and Why
Category: home + garden
DIY projects for the home and in the garden. Projects that reuse items are my favorite!
How to Keep Slugs Out of Vegetable Gardens
I love killing slugs. Is it wrong that I enjoy destroying them so much? I'm going with no. Those slimy creatures slither and munch my precious veggies growing in the garden. In the early spring, they are notorious. Their goal? To set up shop in vegetable gardens and multiply. "Get off of my vegetables you… Continue reading How to Keep Slugs Out of Vegetable Gardens
Craftsman Rocker Re-Do
You know I love chairs, right? If you don't know that about me, read up. After getting rid of a lot of chairs, I had to keep this one. It was a steal at a garage sale and since I live in a Craftsman style bungalow, I needed this Craftsman style rocker to go with… Continue reading Craftsman Rocker Re-Do
Our Year Long Home Organization Project and Having Less Stuff
The results are in from last year's home organization project and our goal to have less stuff. The verdict? I'm thrilled. The space is glorious. Drawers are opening and closing without bursting. Much like space in the margins of a book - or a website not being too cluttered - that's what it looks like.… Continue reading Our Year Long Home Organization Project and Having Less Stuff
Home Organization Project 52
Finally! The last week of our year long home organization project. It's been a long year, hasn't it? Time for another New Year and all of the resolutions that get made. We won't be doing year-two of this decluttering madness, I promise. Home Organization Project 52 This week’s project. Travel gear - luggage, bags, and… Continue reading Home Organization Project 52
Home Organization Project 51
Question: How can you tell when it's time to clean out, organize, and sort through household files? Answer: When you go to file something and the drawer breaks because it's too full. Yes, for this week's home organization project - yes, that's week #51 of our weekly home organization project - we did our household… Continue reading Home Organization Project 51
Home Organization Project 50
We've waited until the gift giving time of year for this week's home organization project and to straighten out all of our gift wrapping stuff. It's not just the Christmas season that we're wrapping gifts for - in our house, it's the birthday season, too. From mid-November to mid-January, everyone in our family has a… Continue reading Home Organization Project 50
Sustainable Holidays
Did you know that from Thanksgiving to New Year’s, the amount of trash we generate goes up by 25%? That's a lot of stuff getting thrown out! From decorating our homes to gift giving and entertaining, we want to be festive but we don't want to waste. Here are three easy methods to reduce the… Continue reading Sustainable Holidays
Home Organization Project 49
For week #49 of 2014's New Year's Resolution - yes, every week we've cleaned and sorted out a different area of the house - we're going where very few have gone before - behind the gingham curtain! Yes, I put up a gingham curtain to hide the contents on our basement shelves. No, it's not… Continue reading Home Organization Project 49
Home Organization Project 48
When you decorate for a holiday only once a year, do you ever forget about what decorations you have? Then, when you get everything out, does it seem like everything is new and pretty? That's what happened to me this week. Oh, look how beautiful these are! I forgot we had these! Where did these… Continue reading Home Organization Project 48
Go Gingham 