Happy December to you all. Every year, like many people, we have an advent calendar for our kids. They're a sweet way to count down the days until Christmas as a family. I've tried all kinds... little trinkets, pieces of candy, Christmas activities, and little paper doors with quotes or pictures behind them. But this…
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End of Season Summer Capsule Debrief
Hello friends! Seeing as it's only two weeks until I'm supposed to put my fall capsule into action, I thought it might be a good idea for me to run though my summer wardrobe and see what lessons can be learned from this past season. This is as much for my record as anything else,…
Summer Capsule Wardrobe
Hey guys! I wanted to give you a little peek into my capsule wardrobe life by showing you exactly what is in my day to day wardrobe this season. I started doing capsule wardrobes two years ago when I first got serious about simplifying my life and got sick of having a huge closet and…
Master Bathroom Refresh
Our most recent home project has been our comically small master bathroom. When we first moved in I was bummed about its seriously tiny size, especially since we moved from a house with a pretty large master bath. It was a kind of rough transition at first, but I've come to be so grateful for…
Hall Closet Cleanout
As you all know, I was feeling pretty good about the way our room turned out after my big declutter sesh. Next up on the list... The hall closet {insert scary, dramatic music}. Yikes... Every time I open this door I cringe at the sight of all the stuff just haphazardly shoved in there. It actually wasn't…
Here we go…
As I mentioned in my previous post, I'm embracing minimalism this year. I feel like it's what I need at this point in my life, when things can be so very crazy around me. But where to start? Surprisingly, this question wasn't very hard for me to answer. {I'm going to be grateful for that…
A Messy Attempt at Minimalism
Well hello there. It's been a while. The last time I was in this space it was 2015 and I was working on my capsule wardrobe and minimizing the amount of clutter in my closet. I'm happy to report that things in that realm are going pretty smoothly. Around that same time, I read Marie Kondo's…
Thistle + Fig 