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Floating Bookshelf Tutorial

When I was decorating Malea’s room I knew I wanted to add a reading area because the girl loves to read! I was searching around on Pinterest and found this pin for a floating bookshelf tutorial. I didn’t have a whole wall for shelves, like they did, but I thought the corner next to her bed would be perfect. Want to know what the best part about this whole project was? It was FREE!!! Yep, that’s right! Remember earlier in the summer when we took down the cabinet in our kitchen to put in the open shelves? Well we hadn’t… Read More

How to get Bath Crayons off the Tub

I don’t know about your kids but my daughter LOVES to take baths. If we let her she would probably stay in there all night. Awhile back I found some multicolored tub crayons that I thought she’d love, and I was right! She loved being able to express her artistic ability all over the shower/tub. When I walked in and saw this I just started laughing. I was glad that she’d loved the crayons but I’d never expected she’d cover the entire surface with them! 🙂 It’s moments like these that make me glad I have this blog and I… Read More

Girl’s Room Makeover

I am so excited to show you my little girl’s room makeover!!! And there’s a giveaway at the end of the post so don’t miss it! When we moved into our house, until last week, Malea’s room was ugly mauve, yes, UGLY, picture the early 90’s. It’s hard to capture it’s true ugliness in a picture, but I tried. The ceiling and fan were even mauve! She also got our old dresser because when we moved we had to leave her custom closet at our other house. The dresser took up a ton of space in her room and it… Read More

Makeover – Garage turned into a Photo Studio

I have a treat for you today! One of our local photographers, Jamie Solorio, emailed me awhile back and told me she was going to be turning her garage into a photography studio, and asked if I’d like to blog about it. Always in search of fun, new ideas for the blog I said, “why not!” I’m sure glad I did because you will not believe how beautiful this garage turned into a photo studio turned out, I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves. And just a warning there are a lot of pictures, because it’s a fabulous space! Before… Read More

How to Create a Kid’s Rainy Day Activity Kit

Hi there! Wendy here, from Pretty Well Organized. My family lives in Iowa and we have been having some really aggressive summer weather. Normally this time of year we have 90 degree heat and clear skies. Not this summer. We have been having a ton of harsh storms including days and days of rain. Did I mention I have a 3 year old? We are going a little stir crazy. I went to Target today with a mission of creating a solution to these rainy days we just can’t seem to shake. I stopped in the One Spot and picked up… Read More

How to Organize Kitchen Knives

I’m not a fan of having a knife block on the counter so I’ve always stored my knifes in a drawer on all the wall. At our old house we had a magnetic knife strip on the wall and I loved it! However in our new house we have this awful extra tall backsplash which doesn’t allow for a magnetic knife strip. So when we moved in I resorted to putting my knives in a drawer but it always drives me crazy that they move around and don’t look organized all the time. But today I’m going to show you… Read More

How to Set up a Charging Station for Multiple Electronics

Hi it’s Kim, from A Real-Life Housewife, and it’s time for another Q & A post! Each month, I help Anna out by answering one of your questions. Today’s I’m answering Cindi’s question for how to set up a charging station for multiple electronics. “Do you have any “interesting” ways to store/display/hide all the cords for cameras, iPods, phone chargers, etc. Unfortunately all of mine are NOT universal, so I have a bunch that I use throughout the weeks. I would love to hear/see what great ideas you might have. Thanks!” Most of us can probably relate to Cindy’s problem! It… Read More

How to Clean a Car Seat

It is summertime! And for some strange reason, we spend more time in our car during the summer. Whether we are going somewhere in town or going on a road trip, we seem to use our car more in the summer. So, I have road-trips on the brain lately. I am hoping to make a quick trip down to San Diego to take our girls to the beach and the zoo later this month. And to get ready for the trip, I started a series on traveling with kids on my blog Simple.Home.Blessings. There are lots of things to consider… Read More