Clean/Organize, Design/DIY, simple living

How Families Can Spend Quality Time Outdoors During the Pandemic

August 7, 2020

This week’s post is a guest post by Charlotte Meier. Charlotte has been passionate about safety her whole life. Ever since she became a homeowner, she began directing that passion towards home safety and created her website, homesafetyhub.org. Be sure to check out Charlotte’s website and I hope you enjoy this week’s post! Families all over the country are quarantining,…

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finance, simple living

Purpose-Driven Goals

July 30, 2020

So I’m a little late in getting to this post. Honestly I meant to post this last week to go along with the challenge I was hosting this week, but time got away from me. Sometimes life just happens. Tomorrow is the last day of the 5 Days to Purpose-Driven Goals challenge, but if creating purpose-driven goals is something you…

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Design/DIY

How to Make Grey Work

July 10, 2020

I absolutely love neutral colors! My own personal design color preference is that I tend to lean more towards cooler colors like greys and blues rather than warm colors like yellow and browns. I also tend to prefer lighter, more airy colors as opposed to stuffy, dark colors. In the house that we built, I definitely wanted some grey, neutral…

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simple living

7 Concepts Those Who Live a Slow, Intentional Life Understand

July 3, 2020

The pandemic brought the economy as well as many social functions to a screaching halt. Whether people wanted to slow down or not, they were forced to. Regardless of whether you are new to living a slow, intentional life or you’ve been living intentionally your whole life, these concepts can help you jumpstart your new life-path or serve as reminder…

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Design/DIY

How to Refinish a Deck

June 19, 2020

This post contains affiliate links. For more information see disclosures. Over a month ago I posted a list of summer projects I wanted to accomplish. I had a 3 day weekend over Memorial Day weekend and my plan was to strip and stain the deck over the weekend. But…that was when I thought I would just be able to powerwash…

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Design/DIY

How to Paint Vinyl Siding

June 5, 2020

I’ve been anxiously awaiting my decking materials for the past 3 weeks and they have finally arrived! As long as it stays nice this weekend, I will be prepping and restaining the deck, along with installing a new railing – with the help of the hubs of course. I know I’ll be super pumped to cross this summer project off…

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Design/DIY

Summer Projects 2020

May 8, 2020

This post contains affiliate links. For more information see disclosures. Today’s blog post is all about the projects I have lined up for this summer! It’s definitely an ambitious list, but if I can’t complete all of them this summer, they will just go on my list for next year. If anything, I hope it’ll inspire you to try some…

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simple living

Project Quarantine

May 1, 2020

Happy May 1st! It’s been quite awhile since I’ve written a post, and in that time the world has changed quite a bit. The last post I wrote was how a “Cluttered Life Lacks Clarity” back in February – before my 2 week vacation to Costa Rica and Covid-19 became a very real threat in the United States. During the…

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Clean/Organize, simple living

A Cluttered Life Lacks Clarity

February 21, 2020

I’m here to spread some tough love on you this week! If your life is cluttered, whether that be physically or emotionally, you lack clarity in your life. Plain and simple. Physical clutter can be detrimental to your health and wellbeing. It can increase stress levels, decrease your productivity, encourage bad spending habits, and can keep you in debt. If…

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Design/DIY

DIY Painted Vanity

January 31, 2020

I know I’ve painted quite a few cabinets since I’ve had this blog (see my kitchen island or my parents’ kitchen), however I feel I have finally perfected the application of paint to wood and veneer cabinets. If you remember this past summer we painted our 2nd floor bathroom (you can see that project here), however it’s still a work…

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