Current Life Hacks

The beginning of a new year seems like an apropos time to reveal some of our current life hacks. None of the links are affiliate. I have no motivation for sharing other than, well, wanting to.

Girls’ Room Tour

Last fall we built triple bunks for the girls’ room to make room for Grace, but that’s as far as we got.  We wanted to wait until she came home so they could decorate together.  Let’s just say it was a process…a 6 month process.  But, not matter.  It’s finished!  Without further ado… Who knew […]

School Spaces

We don’t have a schoolroom, but here are some spaces where we store things or work sometimes.  Last year we repurposed our “coat” closet. We like to stick storage in all the nooks and crannies. Each bedroom has a fold out desk.

Pantry Project

My mom’s kitchen basically backs up to ours.  She has an awesome pantry.  I think I’m so jealous because I don’t have one at all.  While we keep most of our food separate, we have a take-what-you-need-when-you-need-it policy.  Whenever I need something in her pantry, it drives me crazy. First of all, I’m not tall […]

Making Room

In preparation for welcoming 2 additional kiddos into the house, we needed to do a little re-organizing and re-arranging.  Phase I: The Front Hallway Regardless of the big kids coming, this was a problem. BEFORE We used to have wall-to-wall white carpet which made it a necessity for the kids to drop their shoes on […]

Life Well-Lived: Organizational Resources

What are your favorite resources (Products, Apps, Books, Websites, etc.) to help you get organized? Get yourself a calendar and use it.  I’ve fully embraced the digital age but I used to carry a student-planner-sized calendar that was my spiral-bound brain.  I’m visual so I used lots of colored pens to categorize goings-ons.  I’m a […]