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Budget-Friendly Ways to Spruce Up Your Front Porch

DIY & Crafts· Polished Habitat Team

Hello Polished Habitat readers and friends! Last month we talked about How to Style A Couch Three Ways and that was such a fun post. I loved hearing all the different combinations you would put together yourselves. We’ve got some very style savvy friends here! Since the sun is shining and the temperatures are above 60 degrees (most of the…
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Glam Farmhouse Bathroom - Click to see the whole space and how is it organized.

Bathroom Organization in Minutes {Fast Fix Friday #4}

Fast Fix Friday· Organizing

All the quick bathroom organization projects I’ve done over the years have added up to a huge difference in the functionality of our spaces. Most of them only took a few minutes, so they are a great topic for today’s Fast Fix Friday! Here’s a quick video of my favorites and all the details are below that! Fix #1: Add a…
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How To Keep the House Clean All Year Round {Lana’s House Cleaning Routinue}

Polished Habitat Team· Uncategorized

“If only I’d cleaned up this morning; I didn’t know we’d have visitors.” “Maybe she won’t notice my underwear on the top of that laundry pile.” “I hope she doesn’t think this is how it normally looks around here.” “Well, at least there’s a little square of couch to sit on and maybe she won’t have to use the bathroom.”…
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Small File Cabinet Organization

File Cabinet Organization {Organizing in Style}

Polished Habitat Team

Today we’ll be chatting about how to functionally organize an important part of any office – your file cabinet! If your desk doesn’t have any (or enough) drawer space, I’d recommend looking for a three drawer file cabinet. You’ll still get a good amount of hanging file space, along with two drawers of storage for office supplies. It keeps the…
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Building a Raised Garden Bed {Backyard Project #1 is COMPLETE!}

DIY & Crafts

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Miracle-Gro. All opinions are 100% mine. Last week, I showed you the sad state of our backyard, along with the direction we are headed in the big endeavor we’re calling Project Take Back the Backyard. As I mentioned, the very first project was building a raised garden bed so…
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From Coat Closet to Cleaning Closet {Organizing in Style}

Cleaning· DIY & Crafts· Organizing

We have a small coat closet in our entry that I’ve been itching to transform for years. It’s been a combo coat & front hall closet, with the catch-all part getting more out of control by the day. Seriously, look at this mess! With the addition of the coat rack in the main entry last fall and some coat hooks…
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Tiered Fruit Basket

$2 Kitchen Decor, in under 2 Minutes {Fast Fix Friday #3}

DIY & Crafts

I’m way overdue in sharing this ‘project’ with you because it’s my MOST asked about piece of decor. It gives me great joy that something you can still buy for $2 (as of May 2017) always steals the show! While I love a white kitchen, the area above our stove used to feel naked. Here’s an old picture from right after…
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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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