Since we bought our house 6 years ago, we've been thinking about the huge potential that lies within our unfinished attic in the main house. It's a huge space, with high ceilings throughout most of it. Unfortunately, at the moment it's not only a storage building but...
Welcome to Friday! It's been a busy week around here, both work-related and home-related. Stefan is taking a few days off so we can enjoy the awesome springlike weather we've been having and get a few projects done around here that need doing. And yesterday we spent a...
Lately we've been taking a lot of strides to get our list of projects pulled together in a complete list that includes not only all the areas in our house that are part of the Decluttering Mission of 2012, but also all those "honey do" home renovation projects (both...
Yesterday I was talking a bit about how to find the times of the day when your kids are occupied that will allow you concentrated working time. But if you don't actually separate yourself from the family or step away from the other chaos in your home, you may still...
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Happy Friday everyone! The sun is shining here and it's a beautiful Friday...but I don't know whether or not I'll be spending much time in the garden today because (a) it's been quite chilly the last couple days and (b) I slipped while coming down the stairs last...
In keeping with my attack on the kitchen, I recently realized that also our silverware drawers in the kitchen are fairly organized, there is still a bit of chaos in there. So when we purchased the plastic tubs for the spice storage, I also grabbed a few random small...
It's probably no secret by now that I am really starting to get a bit stir crazy about starting some seeds and getting our garden going. But there's still some ground work that has to be done first. We need to boost up the soil in our beds in the courtyard and get...
The last couple of weekends, we have been able to make a few really good pushes forward with decluttering and organizing our home. They were all somewhat small projects, but in the grand scheme of things, they make a huge difference. One of the things I've been...
Back in 2007, we started our first adventure into growing stevia. We had heard about this naturally sweet plant and just had to try it out. We're avid iced tea drinkers, and we like it sweet. So we end up going through a whole lot of sugar in a month. Although the...
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