My Room-by-Room blogging buds and I are talking about kids’ rooms today. Kids’ rooms. Hmmmm. Month before last, it was the master bedroom and that was traumatic enough. Now let’s add Mommy Guilt to the mix. I have purged and re-arranged and organized and re-organized my kids’ rooms many times in this never-ending deslobification process […]
Whether you run a large corporation or simply direct the family’s day-to-day business in your home office, here are ten quick tips to make it a more creative and supportive space this coming year.
Learn all about two of my favorite things - Pinterest and simple living! I share 12 of my boards that I curate daily for inspiration to live a simpler life.
Today we are going to address some common hindrances that keep you from getting your home organized. I've identified 11 common roadblocks that most of us...
Do you want to learn how to become a transcriptionist and do all your work from home? This post tells you what it pays, what you do, and where to start.
Note: This is a guest post from Courtney Carver of Be More with Less. Decluttering is usually the first step people take to simplify their lives. It is often the easiest and most effective place to begin. Removing the excess from our homes naturally encourages us to look at the more challenging, often hidden things that also […]
A maid isn't necessary to keep your house neat every day.
7. Avoid the "just in case" mentality.
When you decide that you’re ready to downsize your family home, you’ll need to mentally prepare for the emotions that will bubble up. You’ll be faced with boxes of memories, souvenirs, and heirlooms.n this post, I’ll be sharing the 4 tips for controlling
Learning the art of memoir from a published author who has had the world read (and respond) to their personal story...
Tips on starting a work at home general transcription career, as well as a list of 10 companies hiring home-based transcriptionists and helpful resources.
Here are some of the best organizing and decluttering tips from Marie Kondo's new series on Netflix, "Tidying Up with Marie Kondo."
Organise My House - a UK home organising blog to help you create a home you love. Decluttering, Organising, Styling tips & inspiration to improve home life.
I Can’t Work With My Kids Around I decided to pursue a work at home career after having kids. I couldn’t take the idea of dropping my baby off to a daycare full of strangers. However, every work at home job I’ve done was nearly impossible to do with my kids around. Even blogging. They […]
Feng shui has been linked since ancient times with the idea of manifesting dreams . My clients tend to be looking to manifest something that’s eluded them: money, love, peace, more of something vital that seems to be slipping through their hands. I don’t deal in quick fixes or magic cures — no talismans or lucky charms — but there are lots of seemingly magical shifts that happen when you clear away obstacles weighing you down and bring your life more into alignment with the things you want.
Why You Should Declutter Your Home... so sick of the mess. Telling myself, "declutter your home," but not knowing where to start.
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So you've heard about minimalism and think having a few less things might be helpful? Maybe you're not quite ready to dive in fully and that's okay. You don't have to commit to owning less than 100 items to see serious benefits from reducing clutter and embracing aspects of a minimalist lifestyle. While a many refer
Earlier this year I wrote the Lazy Person’s Guide to a Happy Home, full of cleaning tips for people who hate cleaning. Many of you read it, and commented, and added cleaning tips of your own, and your ideas were so good that I couldn’t help re-sharing them. Read on for cleaning tips from some very wise people, aka: you. Make cleaning easier by doing a serious purge. misterrious: One day, I just decided I had too much crap in my house.
“One can furnish a home very luxuriously by taking out furniture rather than putting it in.” —Francis Jourdain Many people will miss the joys of minimalism because they are afraid to begin. Often, they fear if they “minimize” an item from their home, they will regret it in the future if they need it again. While […]
You can feel ready to embrace minimalism, and enthused to change, but some things can hold you back...
Minimalism for beginners - a simple guide to get you started on the road to a more simple and more fulfilling life
Discover the psychology behind our clutter and how our clutter affects us. There are 4 huge psychological effects of clutter, according to science.
HGTV shows you how a balance of wood, fire, earth, metal and water can bring balance to your space and your life.
In 2009 I moved into a 200-square-foot cottage. The rent and location were awesome, but there was one problem. Half my stuff didn't fit in the place. So I got rid of it. Furniture, old clothes, books, shoes, art. And you know what? I haven't missed any of it since.
