If there’s one place in my home that needs organization it’s the toy room. Maybe my kids just don’t clean up well, or maybe the toys are just too fun, but I feel like it’s always messy and disorganized. Getting everyone together to pick up after themselves teaches them a good lesson, but it can be […]
DIY Ideas
7 Things you Should NEVER Buy at a Craft Store
1. Foam I just upholstered a bench seat for my playroom. I went to Joann’s and the foam that I wanted (3 inch) was (wait for it…) 44.99 a yard!! I needed 3 yards. At the end of a very expensive playroom reno, this was not good news. I left the fabric store deflated, and […]
Crating Spaces
Crates can do amazing things. I kind of love them. We were having a little pow-wow to celebrate my new baby at our house, expecting about 35 people. It was the night before and my hubby and I decided that our living room was too bare and we needed more furniture, but didn’t have […]
12 Days of Easy Christmas Activities for Families
Now that it is a million below freezing outside, and Christmas is a couple weeks away, my kids are getting crazy and bored being inside. And so am I. I decided to do a holiday activity each day of the 12 days of Christmas. I wanted low-stress and easy activities that the kids would enjoy, […]
Christmas Candles
I love simple decorations. Here is my favorite one of the season. SO easy. SO cheap. And it looks pretty good, eh? These candles are so versatile, I bought both the candles and the holders from IKEA, they find themselves all over our house all year just by changing the colors of the candles. Great […]
Christmas Lantern Lovin’
I have found that I spend so much time looking for cute decorations and ideas that I don’t have enough time to make them. Really, my style is much more simplistic than a lot of the holiday fru fru stuff, anyhow. So, here is my 9$ Christmas decoration. Thank you, Ikea. I used this as […]