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How to Label Storage Bins On a Dollar Tree Budget

Organizing

One of the most important, but often overlooked, parts of my home organization process is labeling your storage containers, bins, or totes. I talk about this step in every organizing project I do because it’s the key to keeping things tidy long-term. In the past, I’ve shared my favorite labeling tutorials using my Cricut Joy and Maker, but what if…
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Invisible Floating Bookshelf – Small Space Storage

DIY & Crafts

If you’re short on storage space for books or just looking for a wall to display your books in style, I’ve got a quick and affordable tutorial for you today! I fall into the camp of people that love having my own library of books at home. However, our living room floor plan doesn’t allow space for bookcases without giving…
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Cube Storage Ideas

DIY & Crafts· Organizing

Use these cube storage ideas to organize and decorate your home at the same time!

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Kitchen Deep Cleaning – Checklist & Tips

Cleaning

How to deep clean your kitchen with a step by step checklist


Decluttering Closets & Cabinets – Ebook & Bundle Sale

DIY & Crafts

It’s an exciting day around here if you’re committed to decluttering your home this year. I wrote an eBook called Decluttering Closet and Cabinets to help you tidy up everything hiding behind the closed doors in your home. Those spaces are the KEY to keeping everything else decluttered. Generally, we don’t let things pile up because we’re lazy. It’s because…
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New Year’s Letter Board Quotes

DIY & Crafts

The start of a New Year is my favorite time to reset and get inspired in both business and everyday life. This year, I’m using my message board collection to put a mix of inspirational and funny quotes around the house. They’ll help remind me to stay motivated to achieve my goals. Today, I’m sharing my best New Year’s letter…
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How to Store Candles

Organizing

Candle storage has always been a bit of a problem in our homes. They’re usually round, often breakable, and come in a wide range of sizes from tiny tealights to big tapers. Each of those characteristics presents a different storage challenge. For years, candles have been haphazardly placed all around the house wherever they would fit on a shelf or…
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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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