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In Case You Missed It: Most Popular Organizing & Cleaning Ideas of the Year

Organizing

It’s time for one of my favorite posts of the year! With the holidays behind us, and a fresh year right around the corner, it seems like we all have a little extra motivation to tackle organizing and cleaning projects. That makes this week the perfect time for me to go through all of my blog posts from last year…
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How to Organize & Protect Digital Photos (Plus an iPad Giveaway!)

Organizing

If you’ve ever lost photos because your hard drive failed or just because you can’t figure out what you named them, this is the post for you! It’s taken me awhile to perfect my digital photo organization, but I finally have a system that works. AND I can access them from anywhere with internet access thanks to my new cloud-based…
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Fast & Free Christmas Decor – in Two Colors!

DIY & Crafts

OHMYGOSH. Christmas is approaching like a freight train and I REALLY need to cut myself off from decorating.  Considering I don’t have one thing wrapped yet, that’s quickly moving up my priority list. And there’s 2.5 lbs of pecans waiting to be shelled for yummy cinnamon sugar pecan delicious-ness. Mmm! I’m ready to stop thinking about the house and move…
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Three Ways to Add Storage with a Bar Cart

Organizing

As much as I love using a bar cart as a little bar, that’s only the start of the potential. They are one of my favorite tools for doing one of my favorite things –  blending style with function! I might have FIVE around the house right now. Yes, you’re right. I should be in a support group. Cost Plus…
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Family Tree or Pinterest-Perfect Tree? {My Home Style – Christmas Tree Edition}

DIY & Crafts

About 10 years ago, I went through a phase of wanting our Christmas tree to be perfectly coordinated and grown-up. All the cartoon ornaments from our childhood just weren’t working for me as I dreamed of having the Pinterest-perfect tree, long before Pinterest even existed. The phase lasted a year or two before I missed the joy of unwrapping all the…
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Winter Gallery Wall with Minted art - sponsored post

Winter Gallery Wall Ideas & Minted Giveaway (THREE $100 Giftcards!)

DIY & Crafts

In Monday’s Christmas house tour, I was a bit sneaky and partially hid one of my favorite spots from you. In the kitchen, the space above the shoe cabinet has a totally new winter look!  You could see it a bit in this picture of the kitchen. I had a great reason for waiting to show the whole thing. All…
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Polished Habitat Christmas Home Tour

2016 Christmas Home Tour

Space Reveals

Did everyone have a delicious Thanksgiving? We sure did! After that, it was time to decorate for Christmas. I had picked up a few new things and placed them around the house over the last week, but the house was nowhere near photo ready. When I signed up to share the house in a tour today, I wasn’t counting on watching 6 hours…
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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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