Are you super busy but need to get some housework done? Try using pockets of time to your benefit! As a working mom who also homeschools her teenagers, I’ll be the first woman to tell you that when you’re busy, your home is often the first thing to be overlooked. You may not want this…
Ready to Create a Haven? Here’s the Important First Step!
If, deep down, everyone longs for a haven, how can you start transforming your home into a haven? What’s the first step in to create a haven?
5 Helpful Steps to Follow to Get Work Done Around Your House
As real as obstacles are, the truth is the work around your home needs to be started and finished. Here are five helpful steps to help you get work done.
Take Control of Your Home with a Big Picture
Feeling like your home is out of control? Using a big picture perspective – and these 4 handy steps – will help you finally take control of your home! Isn’t it so easy to get trapped in the daily cycle of seeing a mess, feeling overwhelmed, and maintaining a semi-clean place through basic chores? That’s…
How to Prioritize What to Do in Your Home
If you’re wondering how to prioritize what to do in your home, you’ll want to pay attention to these simple but helpful suggestions… Have you ever looked around your home and wondered what in the world to do? Or what in the world you should do first? I do this all the time in my home….
The Best Strategy for Decluttering Your Home
Feel like you’re drowning in stuff? Here’s the BEST strategy for decluttering your home. Eyeballing a tottering stack of storage containers, I braced myself for impact. The first question that came to mind was, “If this falls and everything breaks, will I miss any of it?” It’s totally normal to store some belongings like holiday…
Make a Haven in Your Living Room with These 7 Things
If you want to make a haven in your living room, here are 7 things to include … If you’re set on creating a haven, a great place to start is your living room – mainly because everyone who visits your home will most likely see this space. Your living room is a perfect spot to…
5 Super Quick Ways to Get Ready for Company on a Moment’s Notice
Sometimes, guests stop by without much notice at all. If your home is a wreck, here are 5 super quick ways to get ready for company on a moment’s notice. One of the best ways to motivate yourself to clean your home is to invite company over. There’s nothing like an impending date on your calendar to…
How to Prepare for and Welcome Guests to Your Home
Whether you’re hosting friends for the evening or family members for several days, welcoming guests to your home sets the tone of your visit. Here are a few ways to make it more meaningful. Welcome. What makes you feel most welcome when you visit a home? Is it someone’s hug? Smile? Friendly greeting? Is it…
How to Tackle Big Homemaking Jobs
Tackle big homemaking jobs by breaking them into smaller ones. (This handy step-by-step guide will help!) Reader question: Can you please help me? I’ll start a big job in my home, then have to stop part way, then have a bigger mess, then I don’t have time to get back to it, so the mess…
What to Do When Toys Have Overtaken Your Home
Feel like your kids’ toys have overtaken your home? Don’t sweat it. Here are helpful tips on how to deal with the mess … and your frustration. Every parent knows that kids’ belongings have a scary way of multiplying like little else. Happy meal toys. Little plastic birthday party favors. Hand-me-downs from well-intentioned friends who…
Filling Your Home with Lovely Things
Want to know one way to transform your home into a haven? Begin filling your home with lovely things. When I think about havens, loveliness comes to mind – simply because I imagine a haven is a loving, peaceful hub, where you can go to feel refreshed and restored. And that is a thing of beauty….
3 Meaningful Ways to Make Motherhood Count
If you’re a mom and want to make motherhood count – and if you know you need to transform your outlook and approach to mothering – here are 3 steps to take today. Before I became a mom, I never lacked a shortage of parenting ideas. Someday I would write notes to my kids to…
4 Obstacles to Creating a Haven
As much as you may want to create a haven, 4 common obstacles may be in your way. Everyone longs for a haven. And you might even try very hard to create one for yourself or your family. But you may feel like you’re at a sticking point, wondering where to begin. Or as much…
How to Use Your Haven to Change the World
With so many major problems in the world, it might surprise you that you can use your haven to change the world. Bad news is all over the world. In fact, it seems like every day there’s more heartache and hurt in our neighborhoods and across the country. With every heart-wrenching headline, with every violent…
How to Create a Haven You and Your Family Will Love
Searching for a change in your home? Here’s how to create a haven you and your family will love! Think about life without a haven. Life without a safe place to feel welcomed, find refreshment, or truly be yourself. A life like that is hard. After living in several places where I never felt like…
4 Simple Steps to Make a Home of Your Own
Ready for a home of your own? Here are 4 steps to make an easier transition to a home of your own. Finally living in a home of your own can be a really exciting transition. If you’re not sharing your home with anyone else, things can be just like you like them. You have…
What to Do – & What Not to Do – to Create a Haven for Kids
All children long for a haven, even though they don’t know it. Surprisingly, creating a haven for kids might look a lot different than you may imagine. Children are resilient. They have an amazing ability to bounce back from unthinkable situations. But even though they can, I think most parents would prefer their children to…
Why You Should Create a Haven for Your Husband (& How You Can Do It)
If you’re a wife, one way to show your hubby he’s welcomed, wanted, and appreciated is to create a haven for your husband. When my husband and I were engaged and were preparing to create a home together, we had radically different tastes. Registering for wedding gifts became a laughable adventure together: whatever I loved,…
How to Use Your Haven to Welcome Others
If you have a home, don’t be afraid to use it as a haven to welcome others. Sadness. That’s what I noticed when I met Billy for the first time. Recently widowed, Billy couldn’t bear to live without the love of his life. I had absolutely no idea how to befriend a widower twice my age…