Cold & flu hitting your house hard? Hit back with these tried n’ true, oh-so natural, and way affordable tools you definitely have at home. 1 Hydrogen Peroxide: While there’s a time and place for deep down Clorox dousin’ (and that time, usually during cold & flu spikes or immediately after someone has thrown up Read more
Happy New Year! (…She says more than a full week into 2019!) Whether you’re looking for help in keeping the clutter train movin’ on out after the holiday season or you’ve been joining me in binge-watching some Marie Kondo (Netflix has nothing if not an exceptional grasp of timing and the emotions of our nation), Read more
Want less? Truthfully, I definitely didn’t want “less” when I was younger. As a kid I would literally hand my parents the Sears Wish Book and have about five things circled on every darned page. It was very exciting. These days, the idea of “less” is appealing. Less stuff cluttering up my home, fewer physical Read more
So you have a whole bunch of sheets that no longer enjoy A List status on your mattress? You’re in luck: There’s also a whole bunch of creativity you can mine from all that thread count. (Thanks to reader Jamie B. of Chicago for posing this very dilemma- I told her I’d cheerfully be on Read more
You know those things that sliiightly bug you about your home, the ones that slowly grow into irritations so minor (yet persistent) that you promptly shove them into the back of your mind- and then continue to exist in a state of low-level dissatisfaction? I know you know those things. There are fast fixes for Read more
Everyone knows that scents are a game-changer. (The olfactory function is the one closest related to emotion and memory, after all!) And sometimes- just sometimes- when your get up and go has taken a hike, the right household smells can get you back on track. Take a breather (and get out the bad scents) Unless Read more
Everybody’s trouble spot: The Pantry I’ll admit it: I used to be the biggest naysayer when it came to pantry containers. Like, I’m supposed to “decant” everything into boxes of roughly the same shape and size just to show everyone how together my Snack Game is? Really? Turns out, really. Because it’s not just for Read more
Disclosure: Can’t wait to tell you all about the Rocketbook Everlast, my new favorite way to keep it all together! Although I was compensated, all thoughts, opinions, and neatly filed notes are entirely my own. (For now.) *** Oh, Rocketbook Everlast, we’re about to have some fun here. There’s a fairly beautiful Venn diagram intersection Read more
This is one of those posts born out of necessity/I can’t find the resources online/I’m legit going through this process as we type. “Back to school” means so many things (also: So. Many. Things) and among them is a glut of “new” seasonal clothing for the ol’ wardrobe. (Or, at the very least, a slight Read more
I was originally going to call this one “nooks to create for this upcoming season,” but then decided to scrap that. Because, quite honestly, regardless of season, regardless of holiday-esque decor, a nook is a nook is a nook (is necessary). So for this- and every season- I invite you to create one of these Read more
