I am joining in on White House, Black Shutters 40 Bags, 40 Day Challenge. It has officially been a week, so I thought I would share with you my progress and any tips and tid bits of knowledge I have learned along the way. So here are the "expert-preggers-mom-of-two-in-a-small-house-organizing tips" or what I've learned thus far. 1. Start small. Organizing, simplifying and getting rid of stuff can be overwhelming. Pick one doable task and DO IT! The whole thing is kind of like a snowball ...
Before/Afters
Big Girl Room Updates and Mood Board
Less than 9 weeks to go until baby is here and we are slowly, but surely getting our act together. Work on Eleanor's big girl room has begun. If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram, you already knew that. We still have lots to do. What has me the most worried is that Eleanor will be moving to a big girl bed. New room, big girl bed and she will be upstairs. All that is to be quickly followed by a new baby! Lots of changes for her and she is little miss independent so I am crossing my fingers ...
Owning Up To My Mess & Cleaning It Up
This might quite literally be my most embarrassing post yet. If have been following this blog for a while, you probably have heard me mention our basement. I have said it could nail me a spot on a show about hoarders. You may have thought I was being dramatic, but I wasn't. These photos were shot last March. The basement probably wasn't even at its worse then. Oh my word! (hangs head in shame) I really don't know how this happened. We moved in and odds and ends went to the ...
Front Entryway Makeover: Before & After
Our front entryway kind of goes against logic. We got rid of storage! Who does that? I mean, in theory, storage is nice, but sometimes storage just becomes a place to store more junk. Thus is the case with our front entryway. When we moved into our house, it looked like this. There is so much wrong with this space. For starters, that rug is the size of a piece of paper. The mirror is actually glued onto a glass block window. Glued on pretty good too, so aside from completely replacing ...
DIY Rope Vase or Utensil Crock
Once upon a time we went to a movie and bought a soda in an embarrassing large cup. If you ever find that your better judgement has failed and you have a cup the size of your head, there are things you can do to remedy your guilt. Know that the obscene amount of money you spent for a movie theater drink was not all in vain. As we were leaving the theater I was all, "Don't throw that away! I can make something with that." Some might say hoarder. I like to say recycle, inventive, reuse, GENIUS! ...