Do you have any rooms in your house that just don’t fit with the others? As we’ve SLOWLY updated and decorated the downstairs of our home, the laundry room has felt more and more out of place and dysfunctional. It’s time to kick off a laundry room makeover! Instead of just showing you my plans and calling it a day,…
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While it’s not as fun to talk about the functional part of decorating, without knowing how to do things like hanging heavy pictures, we’re all left with blank walls! Before we start, the tip today is focused on hanging art in drywall, so if you have an older home with plaster walls or shiplap, know that I’m jealous of the…
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A few weeks ago, I confessed that I mix decorating with real house plants and fake indoor plants…and I think you should too! In that post, I outlined the spaces around the house where it makes sense to opt for faux. Today, let’s chat about the flip side and share some tips for indoor plants! Don’t worry if you feel…
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This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Cricut. The opinions and text are all mine. For years, I didn’t fully understand why people were obsessed with their Cricut machines like the Explore Air 2 and the Maker. I thought they were mainly for scrapbookers and people with a lot of free time. I didn’t…
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Over the past 5 years, we’ve slowly become experts at making our home function in a way that makes life easier. It’s really been an evolution of small changes that have added up to a big difference in our day to day routines. Time management is a struggle for many households, so what if you had a little of your…
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Last month, we talked about how to decorate with books. Specifically, how to store them in around the house so they are easy to find, beautiful, and a reflection of your own personality. Like books, house plants are perfect home decor accents. Unlike books, they can feel a bit intimidating to care for. In fact, in some cases, they’re downright…
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Before I started Polished Habitat, my job was in quality improvement for a hospital. I now use some of the same proven process improvement methods from my former career to help declutter our home. In particular, one method has helped us transform our house from hot mess to organized bliss…at least in most areas. We’re still working through others just…
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