One of my favourite things about having to spend all of my time in my home lately is the time that I have to get little things around the house done. Of course some things sadly had to be put on hold like the bathtub that is sitting in my second bedroom instead of the … Continue reading creating home – master bathroom and closet
I have been a homeowner for just over a month now, and it is getting to the point that it is starting to really feel like home. Bit by bit the rooms are coming together and I am starting to feel like it is really mine. I knew I wanted to share my home with … Continue reading creating home – master bedroom
Expectation. That is such a strong word isn’t it? I am definitely guilty of having too high of expectations and last week was no exception. Last week was moving week and I had a plan. We had a full week where we could be in both places which gave us tons of time to paint … Continue reading expectations vs. reality
Moving wasn’t something I knew much about for much of my life. I spent 22 years in the same home and then in the span of less than two years I moved across Canada four times. I suddenly had to learn what it meant to pack up all my stuff and unpack it somewhere else … Continue reading how to have a low waste move
My house is definitely not always as clean as I would like it to be. Both Nigel and I work full time jobs (with hour + commutes each way) and then with social commitments, going to the gym, and just wanting to sit on the couch and watch Netflix the little messes can certainly add … Continue reading the 10-minute tidy
It has been a little while since I last did a declutter with me post and to be honest, this is in part due to the fact that I have been very satisfied by my belongings and what I did have. In the past year and a half of embracing minimalism I have really been … Continue reading declutter with me – the linen/cleaning closet
Note: This declutter is specifically dealing with non-food kitchen items and I will be working with the food items next month. Both my husband and I enjoy being in the kitchen, baking and cooking and making lots of messes, but that also means that we have collected a lot of kitchen utensils and items that … Continue reading declutter with me: kitchen
I don’t know about you, but I have a lot of things still from my wedding. I have a drawer that has some extra invitations, decor, and mementos from the day that I hope to one day put in some sort of memory box to display. But today I am going to talk about something … Continue reading sharing and storing wedding memories
There is no reason I should own as much stuff as I do. I lived in the same bedroom for the first 22 years of my life, where I couldn’t accumulate that much stuff and then when Nigel and I moved to Ontario 17 months ago, we barely filled up half of a U-Haul box. … Continue reading decluttering and minimalism – how we cleaned up our lives and plan to keep it that way
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