We love spray paint around here. Seriously! Quick and cheap way to update almost anything. My mother-in-law might even have an addiction to the stuff. I've learned a ton from Myra at My Blessed Life about using spray paint to change things up. She has even spray painted her front door! So, of course, this series by Allure Interiors about 31 Days of Spray Paint totally appealed to the wannabe decorator in me. There are some amazing ideas for using spray paint to update everything from ... [Read More]
#MustRead 31 Days SeriesA Slob Comes Clean
Oh my word, y'all! Hilarious ... Nony (short for Anonymous) has an awesome blog. She's real and honest and truly one of the funniest writers ever. This year she is doing 31 Days of {Lame} Excuses. Here's what she says about her series, I’m going to identify those as excuses and admit that one of the biggest reasons my house gets out of control is that I’m incredibly gifted at excuse-making. Perhaps you can relate? So, there you go ... the fourth in my #31DaysMustReads series. Keep up ... [Read More]
#MustReads 31 Days Series 31 Days of Sewing Tips
I took Home Ec in high school. In fact I was President of our local Future Homemakers of America chapter. I own a sewing machine and have done a few little sewing projects. But I'd love to be a more proficient seamstress. So this series at The Dressmaker's Muse totally appealed to me. 31 Days of Sewing Tips. I love that she's started with simple things like pressing seams. If you have ever wanted to learn the basics of sewing or if you just need a refresher course ... this just might be ... [Read More]
4 Qualities of a Well-Made Home
This business of homemaking can be overwhelming. In fact, if we really contemplate what it is to make a home, it's far more challenging than managing one. Managing a home involves schedules, lists, and plans ... making a home requires grace, understanding, and listening. Managing your home is important and good ... making your home is imperative and godly. Let us never be guilty of allowing managing our homes distract us from the far more significant task of making our homes. Today, let's ... [Read More]
10 Ways to Make a Home
Sometimes I think we use homemaking and home managing as synonyms ... and we shouldn't. Managing is not the same thing as making. Manage: to handle, direct, govern, or control in action or use Make: to bring into existence by shaping or changing material, combining parts, etc. from dictionary.com We have to manage the details of our home ... if we don't, chaos ensues. I get that. But let's not get so caught up in managing our homes that we neglect the far more significant task of making a ... [Read More]
Laundry and Dishes and Cleaning, Oh My! The Making and Managing of a Home
Do you ever feel totally overwhelmed by the state of your home? You're not alone. {And yes, that is a picture of my kitchen sink. I'm all about real here.} Women also tend to stress about smaller things like being on time to fix dinner, cleaning the house, arranging a party, ensuring that they don’t forget anything on their holiday, or when they feel worried about a friend or family member among all the other major things they stress about like bills, work, children and the current state of ... [Read More]
