Stocking your kitchen with durable, quality homestead kitchen essentials, will allow you to prepare from scratch meals for your family. Start with purchasing items you don’t already own and then replace lesser quality items as they break. Many of these items can be purchased secondhand. This will be an investment that you will benefit from…
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Styling Shelves In Your Kitchen
Open shelves or glass front cupboards fit in all different design styles. It gives you an opportunity to show off your collections and other favorite finds. Styling shelves can be a little tricky. Often you will decorate the shelves but think something isn’t quite right and it’s hard to pinpoint exactly what the problem is….
Brightening up the Home Post Holiday
Bring nature indoors to enjoy the season and help against the winter blues.
Natural Car Air Freshener
Don’t you just love getting into your car when it smells good. You take a deep breath and slowly exhale because you know how awful the car can smell sometimes. Gyms socks, spilled sippy cups, and a chicken nugget hiding under the seat will have you blocking your nose. Car fresheners are not cheap, especially…
How to Make a Fresh Wreath
I saw these beautiful, dainty wreathes that someone had hung in their kitchen windows. I loved them instantly. We spend so much time standing in front of the kitchen window and it’s so nice to see something pretty when everything outside is brown. Those wreathes were artificial and expensive. I am going to show you…
Natural Holiday Planters
There are so many beautiful Christmas decorations out there. Looking at all the holiday decorations is always so much fun. They motivate you to step up your own holiday decorating, only to stop in your tracks when you see just how expensive they are. Why don’t we just try the real thing. These natural holiday…
Cozy Living Room Decorating with Affordable Finds
I dreamed of having a cozy living room with a comfortable chair right by the fire. Imagine sitting there in the evenings with a good book and a cup of tea. Up until a few years ago, the living room was overrun with teenagers. With five kids waiting in line for their turn with the…
Choosing The Right Coffee Table for Your Home
When it comes to decorating your living room, one of the most overlooked pieces of furniture is the coffee table. With just that small addition, it can have a huge impact on the room. Depending on your lifestyle, it can be the place where your family sits around to play board games, or props their…
How to Manage Paper Clutter in Your Home
Do you dread going to the mailbox? Is there a stack of mail piling up on your counter that you are trying to ignore? Maybe you have trouble paying bills on time, and you even have the money to pay them. More of us deal with this than you might think. With so much on…
Budget-Friendly Holiday Gifting
I remember when the children were small and so was the budget. I was working fulltime and even though I loved the idea of making something, the thought just overwhelmed me. It was easier to spend money I didn’t have, then to think of budget-friendly holiday gifting ideas for people. I am not particularly crafty,…