Is your New Year’s resolution to get your life organized? Take control of your paper clutter BEFORE Christmas. Today, I want to share some tips to help you organize your documents. I do think that when it comes to organization that we make it a lot harder than needs to be. As many of you know, we have a small house, 1100 square feet, with no office. We used to have a small secretary desk that we no longer have. However, we do have a writing desk in our upstairs family room that the kids use to color or do projects on. Many of you have asked what we do with our documents and where I ... Read More
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Presets, Family Pictures and Printing Photos
I wanted to do a follow-up post on Preset's, printing family photo's and some new frames we added to our front room! My goal with this post is to answer common questions I have been getting about my photos. And I thought with Christmas around the corner printing photos is something a lot of us are looking to do. I know both of our parents and grandparents love to get a new family photo of us. So I will share where I have them printed and how to make your photos look 100% better! Common Preset and Photo Questions- What is a Preset? It is a set edit that you use in Lightroom. They ... Read More
DIY Gift Idea- Macrame Hanging Plant Holder
I joined a very creative group of bloggers for a Mystery Box Challenge! The challenge was for us to box up and ship anything that we weren't using anymore and send it to another blogger (that was randomly selected). This idea excited me for a couple reasons. #1- I hope that is would inspire you to do something like this with your friends! I get asked all the time to share ideas of repurposing things. So this entire "mystery box idea" is exactly that, to get creative with random things! #2- It is a challenge sometimes to use what you have and it sure is a good exercise for our brains! Which I ... Read More
Twinkle Lights- All My Sources For Strand Lights! #Hygge
If you have followed me for any time at all then you would know how much I love #hygge. It is so much more important to me to focus on the feeling in your home more than anything else. And if your home is organized then you will love that hygge feeling. If you aren't sure what hygge is (pronounced hue-guh not hoo-gah). It is a Danish word used when acknowledging a feeling or moment, whether alone or with friends, at home or out, ordinary or extraordinary as cozy, charming or special. We went and saw Frozen on Broadway- SO good! All of us loved it. But there is a song they added called ... Read More
Black Friday Deals and Cyber Monday
I thought I would start this blog post that I can update as I see any Black Friday deal and Cyber Monday! We spent the weekend in New York for the Thanksgiving Day Parade, our third year! Kevin's mom and step-dad have come all three years with us. We are thankful for the time they give to us. The night before we always go and see the balloons getting inflated. It was about 20 degrees the day of the parade. Thankfully we dressed really warm! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Shop my favorite finds below and two pictures from the weekend. My coat is on major sale! I have it in ... Read More
Thanksgiving in our Small Kitchen and Table Setting Tips
I am sharing this a little backwards! Yesterday I shared our kitchen decorated for Christmas, but before Christmas decor happened we had Thanksgiving in here with my parents who were visiting. We won't see my parents at Thanksgiving, so we thought we might as well celebrate it now! We do have Kevin's mom and step-dad coming for Thanksgiving, but we will be in NYC for the Thanksgiving Day Parade (3rd year going!). So many of you wanted me to share what it looks like to host Thanksgiving in our small kitchen. It can be done. You can comfortably host Thanksgiving in a small house. I have ... Read More
27 Inspiring Kitchen Makeovers- Before and After
For those who have been following since the beginning, you know that one of the first major projects we undertook after moving into our 1100 square foot cape in Connecticut was to make over our kitchen. We wanted it to be functional for my family and fun. I couldn't wait to get my hands on it! The kitchen is the heart of the home, where we create some of the most meaningful and lasting memories. Whether it is cooking together, sharing a meal, or doing art projects and homework, the kitchen seems to be the common backdrop. Kitchen makeovers do not need to be major to ... Read More
Fireplace Reveal- Our Electric Brick Fireplace
Last Monday I shared that we were going to add an electric fireplace to our small front room. I kept saying "I hope it works out"! And folks, it totally worked out! I had big dreams of having a fireplace. A painted white brick fireplace to be exact. And seeing as our home was built in the 1950's it just felt like a fireplace was supposed to be in this 1100 square foot home of ours. Are you ready to see how it looks? Today I will share the full reveal, how much the total price was for us to add this electric fireplace, how long it took and the why behind the choices we made. Painted Brick ... Read More
FALL Favorites starts with Apple Sauce Recipe and TJ Maxx
When my sister was in town we went apple picking. A tradition we made since moving to Connecticut close to 4 years ago. And every year we have gone we have thankfully, had visitors to bring with us. We always stop and get apple cider donuts too. The best when they are warm and fresh! A memory I hope my kids never forget. Do you go apple picking in your area? After our apple picking adventure we got home and made apple crisp and apples sauce. And by we, I mean my sister and Lola. It just warmed by heart to have her here and loving on my kids. She has a family of her own and I made sure to tell ... Read More
Organizing Challenge and Printable- Organizing By Numbers
I got asked the question from our last organizing challenge, "How many of this do you have?" From cups to clothes. It really is a very interesting topic to discuss. Don't you think? I thought this entire question could be our Organizing Challenge. Because really it comes down to the big secret to organizing...OWN LESS! If you own less it is easier to organize your items. I read a quote somewhere that said the best way to organize your stuff is to get rid of most of it. Seems extreme but really the less we own the less we have to do! Anyone else notice that? My mother-in-law lives ... Read More