Baby-Proof Your Home

Baby-Proof Your Home

  Start early: You’ll be shocked how quickly babies can start getting into trouble. Baby-proof your house as soon as bring the baby home–or better yet, before they are even born. Think like a baby: Before you begin, try to get a sense of your house from a...
Creating a Home Office That Fits The Whole Family

Creating a Home Office That Fits The Whole Family

Whether you are moving into a new home or are remodeling your current place, you may be considering turning a spare room into a home office. However, creating a dynamic space that is functional for every member of your family can seem like a daunting task, especially...
Prepare for a Staycation

Prepare for a Staycation

If finances are a little tight in your household and you’re just too busy to take a full week away from your daily responsibilities, you can plan a staycation in your very own home. With a little planning and creativity, you can make your home feel like a bed and...
Get to Composting!

Get to Composting!

As I mentioned in my last blog post, American culture doesn’t like to think about, talk about, or reconsider their garbage, which has lead to a significant waste crisis in our landfills and air pollution. However, you can make an important, if not smelly, difference...
Organizing Children’s Rooms

Organizing Children’s Rooms

Anyone who’s raised a child or two will attest that good housekeeping hardly stands a chance against toddlers and young children. Having become recently mobile and semi-verbal, children in the age range between the “terrible twos” and mid-elementary school are just...
Decorate Walls Without Ruining Everything

Decorate Walls Without Ruining Everything

You know the struggle of wanting to hang your tapestries, calendars, posters, and wall art without damaging the items or the walls. There’s no perfect solution, but there are some tricks that will help reduce the damage to one or the other, and in a few lucky cases,...