When I first began pursuing minimalism about a year and a half ago, I distinctly remember a time when I had returned from the grocery store to a solid surprise. I’d only been out less than an hour while my husband watched our two daughters, but upon walking through the door, it appeared that the […]

“It doesn’t matter the size of your home, or the price tag, but what matters is how it makes you feel.” —Selena & Erin, co-owners of Fleurish Interiors As moms we have a lot of competing priorities: feeding, educating, cleaning, working, fight-stopping, life-saving, loving—the list goes on and on. It’s not a surprise that sometimes […]

Lately I’ve been happily fielding a not-so-surprising question: “Why are you raising your family in a 1,000-square-foot apartment?” Well, actually, the question usually sounds more like, “Aren’t you looking for a house?”  While we certainly could be house hunting if we wanted, the truth is, we don’t have the desire. We did the live-in-a-house thing […]

“I know not everyday is beautiful, but when we focus on the sunshine in our nest, gratefulness happens.” – Elizabeth, @sunshineinmynest Elizabeth is a mom of two adorable little boys, ages 5 and 2, and her honest, cheerful outlook on life is evident in her home. “Real life is pretty messy,” she explains. “But I […]

image credit: Annaka Davidson Have you ever had a playdate go like this: children begin to play and immediately doctors kits are dumped out on the couch, toy bins turned over, play food strewn about the living room floor? The once-tidy home quickly losing it’s put-together feel? Do you sometimes find yourself wishing your kids […]

I sat at the kitchen table of a new friend’s home recently. She has eleven kids. I have two. Needless to say, I was taking mental notes on any “mom hacks” I could glean from our conversation. Between sips of hot lentil soup and comments on the softly falling snow outside, the topic of laundry […]