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How to Improve Indoor Air Quality - Tip 7: Open the Windows

How to Improve Your Home’s Indoor Air Quality

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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Lennox. All opinions are 100% mine. Improving indoor air quality (IAQ) sounds boring, but implementing some of these fixes will help your family breathe easier. As the weather starts to get cooler and we spend more time indoors, I end up paying a bit more attention to an often…
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Eat in kitchen nook with aqua door, pops of orange and white modern chairs from Amazon.

Fall Home Tour – Quick and Affordable Changes

DIY & Crafts

When the temperatures finally start dropping in Oklahoma, I’m always eager to break out the fall decor. The seasons are like a built-in reminder to freshen things up around your house. We don’t go overboard for fall with loads of decor, but it’s amazing how a few swaps here and there can make the house feel warm and cozy. Most…
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Family Safety Center Design Plan {Charity Space Makeover}

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Back in July, while looking online for somewhere local to donate extra art supplies, I stumbled on the Family Safety Center in Tulsa. They help victims of abuse, assault, trafficking, elder-neglect and more. The center steps in to assist with everything from medical exams and protective orders to legal counsel. In fact, 14 different agencies work together in one location…
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How to organized when you're overwhelmed

How to Conquer Overwhelming Organizing Projects {Reader Q&A}

Organizing

After sharing the before and after pictures of my office closet recently, I received a flood of emails from readers with their own overwhelming projects. Like me, they had been putting off big projects even though the current situation is adding stress to their home. Here’s one of the specific questions that I think many of us can relate to: “We moved…
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Real Life Kitchen & Pantry Organization Update

Organizing

Part of my overall organizing philosophy is that home organization is an evolving process. Each year, I step back to reevaluate what’s working for us and what isn’t. We’ve slowly been improving the organization in our kitchen and pantry each year. I love the new changes we made this weekend! I had some goals/problem areas that I wanted to make…
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Fall Clean Up - 5 Spaces You Should Be Organizing Every Fall

Fall Clean Up: 5 Spaces to Organize Every Fall

Organizing

It’s time for round 2 in the Fall Clean Up series! Round 1 was the list of 10 spots in the house to purge every fall. Today digs deeper into organizing five areas as we start to prepare for cooler weather and busier schedules. Fall Kitchen Organization The decluttering step last week should have cleared out everything that was expired, so now…
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bedroom at night

How Lighting Effects Paint Color, Art, and Even Sleep

DIY & Crafts

  Color is a fabulous, but fickle concept when it comes to our home decor. Whether you love a soft palette of layered neutrals or bright, saturated accents, there are some important things to consider before picking up another paintbrush, adding a new piece of art, or replacing a light bulb. Even though it seems like a simple question, I…
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Welcome!

In 2013, Melissa started Polished Habitat to share her skill of mixing decor & organization to add style & function to everyday life at home.

Her work has been featured in print in Better Homes & Gardens and Room to Create Magazine, and online by HGTV, House Beautiful, Buzzfeed, & more.

In 2018 &  2019, Melissa was named as a Style Maker by Better Homes & Gardens. In 2019, she was also short-listed by the Amara Blog Awards for Interior Styling, International Division.

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Email: Melissa @ PolishedHabitat.com

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