WELCOME to the  BLOG

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 […]

For other articles in our Survival Mode Series, click here. This month’s collection of tips center around organization. Physically organizing messy parts of our homes, or streamlining parts of the day that are particularly stressful, like school mornings or the awkward time after afternoon naps and before dinner, will help us feel calmer, cooler, and […]

When dinner time rolls around, how often do you find yourself staring at your pantry — not even sure where to start to find something you need to make dinner?  If you’re anything like me, you’ll probably be found rummaging through an endless sea of miscellaneous salad dressings and boxes of crackers before you can maybe […]

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 […]

Some toys are beautiful. Stunning, almost. They’re handmade, they’re wooden, they’re beautiful colors, they actually add to a space and could basically be sold as home decor even for people who don’t have any kids.   Other toys are not.  If you don’t want to see these toys lining the walls of your living room every […]