Leading a simplified life for me means not having the time, energy, or money for junk in all of its forms. That includes junk furniture. In our entire house, I can only think of three pieces of furniture we bought new (bedroom armoire, living room armoire, and our sofa ... which I want to replace… Continue reading Quality vs Quantity … Furniture
A few months ago I shared with you the absolutely brilliant idea of turning an unused closet in our house into my writing space. I know I'm not the first one to think of it (Search "cloffice" on Pinterest and you'll see several examples), but I'm still pretty darn proud of my little nook. Here's… Continue reading Cloffice Update … Paint
A few months ago I came up with the brilliant idea (sometimes I have them) to turn an unused closet in one of the kid's old rooms (now the dog room) into my writing space/hiding space/office .... hence ... The Cloffice. Click here for the rambling post about The Cloffice decision The first step was finding… Continue reading Cloffice Update … The Desk
Problem Number One I live in a nearly 100 year old house. I love it, but it sure has its little quirks (and sometimes irks). For example ... the towel rods in my fantabulous pink bathroom are stuck to the tile so they can't be removed without ruining the tile underneath. The actual rod also can't… Continue reading Simple Solutions … Vintage Handkerchiefs
If you haven't read Daring Greatly by Brene Brown ... well why the heck not? I'm slowly making my way through it, sometimes reading chapters more than once, so that I can apply her brilliant teachings to my life in every way possible. The book starts out with this .... The phrase Daring Greatly is… Continue reading Daring Greatly – In The Arena
