Make a repurposed earring holder for only $2 in less than 30 minutes. I was in the Dollar Store killing time several weeks ago and saw this sink mat. I really like the bold grid pattern. Simple. Clean. Compelling.It’s been knocking around in my head for weeks. I finally figured out what I wanted to make with it…
You’ve completed the first steps of setting up your kitchen in a new home. Now it’s time to tackled the rest of the kitchen. Grab your Setting Up Your New Kitchen Checklist and let’s get to work. How to Set Up Your Kitchen – Part 2 Second Phase: 4. I locate pot holders, hot pads and…
Tips on how to set up your kitchen if you’re moving into a new home from a mom that has moved into and organized over 20 homes and kitchens.
Last weekend my son had a soccer tournament. That meant many hours outside in the great outdoors in June. I had grabbed the sunscreen from the bucket I have by our back door and thought I was prepared. But withing 10 minutes of setting up our homestead of chairs, cooler bag, canvas bag of snacks and…
Now that you’ve done all the research and background work, it’s almost time to look at actual houses (or apartments) and find your new home. First, determine what is important for your family. Now is the time you establish the wish list of characteristics you desire. Using the House Comparison Worksheet, fill in your…
Before Shoe storage is always an issue for our family where ever we move. We take our shoes off before we enter the house and so with 5 of us, it’s critical to have an area to store a lot of shoes. The 5 of us have close to 50 pairs of shoes PLUS athletic shoes…
A couple of weeks ago my friend, Karen, gave me a box of doggie breath mints that she thought my dog might like. Should I have been offended? Nah, all I saw was a crafting opportunity. I grabbed the Mod Podge and decorative paper and quickly got to work. After covering the top with the decorative paper, I thought…
At this point, I have narrowed my focus down to 1-2 towns. My goal now is to find areas within those towns where we’d like to live. I’m NOT trying to find THE house yet. I’m continuing to narrow the entire world of possibilities down to a handful. I start by looking at houses listed…
Our downstairs bathroom has no cabinets for storage. After almost two years, I still hadn’t found the right place or way to store the clean hand towels. I didn’t want to store them upstairs in the linen closet since we need them in the downstairs bathroom. I didn’t want buy a cabinet or shelf for…
I was born into an organized family. My dad has always been very disciplined about being on time and planning ahead (I never knew there were people who were late to anything; how can that be?). My mom has always been very practical and organized (she designed her wedding dress so that she…