Need inspiration? Check out Pinterest.

Where do you find inspiration for how you arrange your home?  From friends, professionals, photographs, online, magazines or television, perhaps.  I am very visually oriented, so I love glossy photos that offer ideas for improving my surroundings.  If I am lucky, a photograph will provide a solution to a problem that I currently have. Enter … Continue reading Need inspiration? Check out Pinterest.

Do it yourself or get some help?

The generation that lived through The Great Depression of the 1930s was very independent.  Their motto was, “do it yourself, make do, or do without.”  My parents were of that generation, so getting help was not their first choice. Now, I believe the outlook is different.  We hire people to clean our homes, repair the … Continue reading Do it yourself or get some help?

Too Much Stuff and What It Does To Us

Clutter, stuff, junk, odds & ends.  Whatever you call it, having too much stuff can affect your life.  So, how do you know whether or not you have too much stuff, and what can you do about it?  Let’s start with a quick exercise. First, imagine your house burned down tomorrow.  What are the most … Continue reading Too Much Stuff and What It Does To Us

Organizing your medicine cabinet

Here is a project that is difficult to bring up to the top of our priority list – the medicine cabinet.  It’s not fun and you don’t get to purchase pretty dividers to finish off the project.  But, it can be satisfying just to create more space and certainly make it easier to find what … Continue reading Organizing your medicine cabinet