Previous installments were 3 Months Into Marriage: Finding Our Rhythm as a Couple, 6 Months Into Marriage: Creating Overlap, 9 Months Into Marriage: Cultivating Laughter, and 1 Year Into Marriage: Messy But Beautiful. On January 31st, we celebrated one and a half years of marriage. By celebrated I mean that on February 1st I thought, “Wow! We’ve [Continue Reading…]
8 Steps to Buying a House | EP31 Simplify Everything
Today I’m sharing a casual, chatty episode where my husband and I talk about our house hunt, our missteps, the craziest house we looked at together, and how we finally landed in our current home. If you’re house hunting now or are mystified by the process but want to jump in, I hope our experience [Continue Reading…]
Christmas 2016 Etsy Line!
Back in March, when I opened my Etsy shop for the first time, I was already talking about designing a Christmas line. Since then, I’ve launched a spring line, a summer line, and a fall line, and here we are, in early November–my dream of a Christmas line come true! Like most people, I cherish [Continue Reading…]
Cleaning Routine Series: Catch-All and Wash Sheets (Friday and Saturday)
My Weekly Cleaning Routine via Clean Mama, with one change Monday: clean bathrooms + wash towels Tuesday: dust Wednesday: vacuum Thursday: wash floors Friday: catch-all day Saturday: wash sheets Four weeks ago, I shared how I clean my bathrooms, three weeks ago, I shared how I dust my home, two weeks ago, I shared how I vacuum, last [Continue Reading…]
Cleaning Routine Series: Wash Floors (Thursday)
My Weekly Cleaning Routine via Clean Mama, with one change Monday: clean bathrooms + wash towels Tuesday: dust Wednesday: vacuum Thursday: wash floors Friday: catch-all day Saturday: wash sheets I plan on sharing a post for the rest of the days of my cleaning routine next Thursday (I’ll combine Friday and Saturday into one post); three weeks ago, [Continue Reading…]
9 Benefits of a Clean Home
The Why Behind Cleaning I’ve discussed cleaning quite a lot lately–how I clean my bathrooms, how I dust, how I vacuum, my cleaning routine–but everything I’ve shared so far has been the how, never the why. I don’t clean because I want people to think my house is perfect or because I think it’s fun (it’s usually not) or because I [Continue Reading…]
Cleaning Routine Series: Vacuuming (Wednesday)
My Weekly Cleaning Routine via Clean Mama, with one change Monday: clean bathrooms + wash towels Tuesday: dust Wednesday: vacuum Thursday: wash floors Friday: catch-all day Saturday: wash sheets I plan on sharing a post for the rest of the days of my cleaning routine over the next two Thursdays (I’ll combine Friday and Saturday into one [Continue Reading…]
Cleaning Routine Series: Dusting (Tuesday)
My Weekly Cleaning Routine via Clean Mama, with one change Monday: clean bathrooms + wash towels Tuesday: dust Wednesday: vacuum Thursday: wash floors Friday: catch-all day Saturday: wash sheets I plan on sharing a post for the rest of the days of my cleaning routine over the next three Thursdays (I’ll combine Friday and Saturday into one [Continue Reading…]
Cleaning Routine Series: Bathrooms (Monday)
My Weekly Cleaning Routine via Clean Mama, with one change Monday: clean bathrooms + wash towels Tuesday: dust Wednesday: vacuum Thursday: wash floors Friday: catch-all day Saturday: wash sheets I plan on sharing a post for the rest of the days of my cleaning routine over the next four Thursdays (I’ll combine Friday and Saturday into one [Continue Reading…]
From Brown to Blue: Painting Our Front Door
This is what our house looked like when we looked at it for the first time back in February. Everything dead and winter-y (shudder), and a big, ugly brown front door. Here’s another shot on the day we closed in March. #BeardedRiley As you can see, the brown front door totally blends in with the brown [Continue Reading…]
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