• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer

Balancing Home

Inspiring Ideas For Beautiful Living

  • BLOG
  • PRINTABLES
    • organization printables
    • Quote Printables
    • School Printables
    • Thanksgiving Printables
    • Christmas Printables
    • Other Holiday & Celebration Printables
    • Home Decor Printables
    • Mother’s Day & Father’s Day Printable
    • Craft Printables
    • New Year’s Printables
    • Valentine’s Printables
  • BALANCE
    • PRODUCTIVITY/ ORGANIZATION
    • An Organized Life
    • BEST SELF
    • FAMILY / HOME LIFE
  • CREATIVITY
    • CELEBRATE! Parties & Holidays
    • Crafts & Creative Projects
    • Home Decor
  • WELLNESS
    • ESSENTIAL OILS
    • SELF-CARE
    • HEALTH
  • ABOUT
    • SPONSOR US
    • LETS GET IN TOUCH
  • Shop
You are here: Home / Archives for BALANCE / FAMILY / HOME LIFE

FAMILY / HOME LIFE

10 Steps To A Great School Year and Raising A Stand Up Kid

August 18, 2011 by Megan 24 Comments

1. Sit down with you child and explain to them your expectation. Tell them how you expect them to act in the classroom, lunchroom, hallway, recess, etc. Tell them how you expect them to treat adults and other children. So many parents assume their child knows how they are expected to act in school and would be astonished if they were a fly on the wall in their child's classroom. Don't assume your child knows, make sure they know. Sitting down to have this kind of conversation tells them you ...

Read More

Filed Under: Family Life, For the Kiddos, Mom Musings, Parenting, Randomness Tagged With: back to school, how to raise a good kid, parenting, parenting advice, parenting tips, school, school year

Quinn’s Room Reveal

August 11, 2011 by Megan 30 Comments

The much anticipated reveal of Quinn's room. The project took on a life of its own and took us longer to finish then expected, but it was totally worth it. Without Further Ado... Before and Afters   The Room @ A Glance And Again...Because I love it that much! Room Breakdown (i.e. thought bubbles all over) Rotating Tour of Quinn's Room Quinn Seeing His Room For The First Time Let me start by ...

Read More

Filed Under: Before/Afters, Crafts, DIY, Favorite Projects, For the Kiddos, Kid Rooms, My Spaces Tagged With: boy’s room, dutchboy paint, gray and red bedroom, nantucket mist, Quinn's room, Room Reveal, sheet metal, stonewall jackson, Surprise Makeover

Thrifty Thursday: Bookshelf Wall @ Bargain Price

August 10, 2011 by Megan 11 Comments

I have been pinning and pinning away (don't forget, you can follow me on Pinterest). One thing that keeps catching my eye are these bookshelf walls. I knew I wanted to incorporate this element into Quinn's room, but I didn't want it to cost a lot and frankly I didn't feel like building anything. We were shopping around the hardware store when we saw that gutters are actually quite affordable. Ten feet for six bucks (steal!). We decided we would build our bookshelf using gutters. I know, I ...

Read More

Filed Under: DIY, Favorite Projects, For the Kiddos, Kid Rooms, Thrifty Finds, Tips & Tutorials Tagged With: bookshelf wall, easy diy bookshelf wall, encouraging reading, kids room, Quinn's room, thrifty thursday

Family Friday: 5 Year Wedding Anniversary

July 15, 2011 by Megan 2 Comments

Today we are celebrating the start of our family. That's right! My husband and I have been married 5 years!! We got our first jobs, our first cars, our first apartment, our first house (remodeled and redecorated it), our first kid (and another) in the last 5 years. That is a lot of first. My husband and I met in an art class in college at the University of Wisconsin our sophomore year. When I arrived late to class the very first day, I plopped down in the very first open seat I saw and it ...

Read More

Filed Under: Family Life Tagged With: anniversary, black and pink wedding, black bridesmaids dress, centerpiece cakes, Family Friday, wedding

  • « Go to Previous Page
  • Go to page 1
  • Interim pages omitted …
  • Go to page 45
  • Go to page 46
  • Go to page 47

Primary Sidebar

about Megan
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
Essential Oils

Success! Now check your email to confirm your subscription.

There was an error submitting your subscription. Please try again.

Stay up to date

Footer

CONNECT WITH ME

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter
  • YouTube

Welcome

Megan is a UW-Madison graduate with a degree in in Elementary Education and English. She met her husband in art class her sophomore year of college. Together they create amazing printables to simplify, organize and beautify your life. This mom of four has plenty to share when it comes to home, parenting and organizing. Read More…

Privacy

LOOK AROUND

Categories

Copyright © 2021 · Foodie Pro & The Genesis Framework