In honor of National Pet Month, I thought it was time to share the story of how we ended up with Maddie…and all her constantly shedding hair! Before we get to that, I wanted to share some of my favorite tools and routines for dealing with the barrage of hair created by a German Shepherd. I know I can’t be the…
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I had a Pinterest account before I started Polished Habitat, but I’m just now realizing it has serious life organizing potential that I was ignoring. For years, I’ve browsed Pinterest and repinned things, visiting any interesting sites I found along the way. I rarely DID any of the things I pinned or even went back to my boards to look at them…
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One of the organizing myths I’ve talked about in the past is that it’s too expensive to buy pretty organizing containers. No doubt that CAN be true, but some of my favorite organizing boxes are often on sale for $2 each! Have you ever seen the photo boxes at Michael’s? Other stores carry them as well, but I’ve never seen…
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Welcome to the Polished Habitat Decorating Method series! Today we’re going over the third step of decorating – finding the color scheme for our room. It’s finally time to do a bit of shopping and get to the pretty stuff after 2 sessions of brainstorming worksheets in Step 1: Feel & Function and Step 2: Style Direction. If you haven’t done those yet,…
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Each year, I prioritize the improvements I want to make to our home. At the top of the list this year was switching to smart Alexa-compatible thermostats. I also wanted to update the short downstairs hallway, which you can see toward the bottom of this post. When the house was built, it didn’t even come with programmable thermostats, so we…
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Buying multi-purpose decor is a great way to save storage space and cash. You’ll be able to move the item around your home to get fresh looks for FREE after the original purpose. I still make some purchases with specific rooms in mind, but the decision to buy is much easier when I can visualize the item in more than…
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When the kitchen is cluttered or disorganized, I never want to cook. Here’s how I fixed it! When we moved into this house five years ago, I tried to plan out the best use of each kitchen cabinet. I got a few of them right, but not all. Since I’m all about efficiency and organization, it seemed nuts that I…
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