To put it simply, we had too much. Too much house, too much yard, too much time and money spent… We try our best to be aware when something is taking too much of our resources, and not just in time and money, but energy, attention, space in our brains, etc. That’s where we were at with our old home. It’s a beautiful home, with a nice yard, lots of space, a great location… and yet, we weren’t happy because we were stretched thin…
I’ve had the decluttering bug ever since we renovated our coat closet last week. Emptying cabinets, organizing toys, labeling boxes… no storage space is safe. This week I turned my attention to our neglected, cavernous, and dusty bedroom closet. I love to clean and organize, but that doesn’t mean I don’t have areas that get…
We officially celebrated our 1 year “blog-iversary” this month! Hard to believe we’ve been documenting our house projects for a whole year, but at the same time it feels like a decade’s worth of things of changed since July 2019. The world looks a whole lot different than it did last summer! Let’s take trip…
I think we can all agree that 2020 is off to a rough start. (Can I say that almost 6 months into the year?) We, like most people, had a summer trip planned that we cancelled when COVID-19 got a foothold in the U.S. Determined to get our toes in the sand this summer, we…
Weekends at our house are usually spent working outside, trying to keep the weeds from taking over. But for the first time since C was born, we decided to take a little weekend getaway to Washington, MO. Missouri is chock full of cute, historic river towns and we’re suckers for old homes and quirky museums!…