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How to Organize a Small Pantry

Polished Habitat Team

Hello friends! I am so excited to be here with you for my first organizing post for Polished Habitat. I am known by my friends and loved ones as the OCD Organizer! It’s a title that I am proud of and embrace. My motto is Pretty+Functional= Productivity. I believe that a pretty, organized and functional space is a happy space! I…
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Glam Farmhouse Bathroom

Three Habits for Maintaining a Clean Bathroom Sink & Vanity

Polished Habitat Team· Uncategorized

Our bathroom vanity top is one of the biggest problem areas we have when it comes to clutter and cleanliness. Usually because once the clutter starts, it’s harder to clean and the snowball effect happens FAST.  When Lana pitched the idea of sharing her sink area strategy as her first post, I had tunnel vision and couldn’t even tell you…
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How to Stretch Your Home Decor Budget {PH Team Tell All}

DIY & Crafts· PH Team Tells All· Polished Habitat Team

It’s easy to look at home decor blogs and assume we all have endless bank accounts.  I’ve been lucky enough to meet a wide variety of bloggers in person. No matter their style, location, or square footage, they all work within very real budgets. Each one remains serious about saving money to stretch that budget while still creating stylish, functional homes for…
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Introducing….the Polished Habitat Team

Loving Life

I’m so excited about this post that I don’t even know how to start it with the impact that it deserves. Everything I type sounds too dramatic, or not dramatic enough. On the surface, it’s just introductions to a group of talented ladies joining the Polished Habitat team. But it’s so much more than that to me. It’s fulfilling my long-time…
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Creating a beautiful bed is easier than you think! Try this simple formula for choosing bedding.

The Crazy-Simple Formula for Creating a Gorgeous Bed

DIY & Crafts

This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of ANNIE SELKE. The opinions and text are all mine. Is it just me, or do you see elaborate beds on Pinterest with 857 pillows and wonder where all those pillows go at night? Or do you dream of upgrading all your bedding, but get overwhelmed with all the gorgeous…
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Top Tips for Cleaning out your Dresser {Purge Clothes Like a Pro}

Organizing

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Glad. All opinions are 100% mine. At the end of last year, we joined a new gym. That’s a great thing overall, but it also had the unexpected side-effect of making me tackle a dresser clean out. I promise those things are more related than they sound. We’ve been…
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TESTED: A New Under Sink Organizer

Organizing

This new under sink organizer could have been a hit or flop, but I was willing to try anything to add more storage under the kitchen sink! The cabinet under our kitchen sink was one of my first organizing projects on the blog a couple years ago. Many of the ideas were still working, but as with most projects, over…
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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.

Need to reach Melissa?
Email: Melissa @ PolishedHabitat.com

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