The Ask Anna Blog

Organizing Kids Clothes

I had so much fun making these tags for my daughter’s closet and I love how they just add a little unexpected bling, we all love a little bling right? :)Here is how I organize my daughter’s clothes for the upcoming seasons & sizes. As you all know kids have a lot of clothes and they grow in and out of them so quickly! I am seriously so jealous of my daughter’s wardrobe, I wish that every season I could get a whole new set of cute clothes, don’t you? When my daughter was younger I used to get… Read More

How to Clean the Kitchen Sink

Source Question: I always hear about how your kitchen sink is dirtier than the kitchen floor, your dog’s mouth, the toilet, and all kinds of gross places. I don’t have a dishwasher, so I was wondering what the best way to disinfect my stainless steel sink is so when I move my dishes from the soapy water to the empty “rinse” side of the sink, they’re not just picking up a million germs? I hate to clean it with bleach or cleaner because I don’t really want that on my dishes and silverware! Answer: It’s funny you asked… Read More

How to get Oven Racks to Slide Easily

This is an easy tip, using common household items, to clean oven racks and get them to slide easily, after a self-cleaning cycle. Question After using the self cleaning cycle on my oven, the racks never glide smooth and the finish inside the oven isn’t shiny any more, it’s kind of dull. Mostly the oven racks sticking really bothers me. Is there anything I can do to fix them and make the oven look new again? Answer It’s funny because I’ve never really thought about it but this totally bothers me too! I actually laughed when I got this question… Read More

Black Front Door Makeover

Ever since we moved in to this house {1year & 3months ago} my front porch has been a total snooze-fest. To be honest it has made me crazy but I haven’t put any time or real effort into making it fabulous. B-O-R-I-N-G! About a month ago I decided that I needed to paint the front door to get really inspired. The previous owners installed slate on the front porch so I wanted to pull a color from that, I debated between Eggplant purple, dark blue and slate gray, but none of those were really getting me inspired. That’s when I… Read More

Makeover Updates {Kitchen and Bathroom}

So I’ve been telling you that I’ve been doing a lot of painting but I haven’t actually “revealed” anything to you yet. The reason is that I’m not quite done with either project. When I get back from vacation I need to make a trip down to IKEA to buy some light fixtures and I also want to save up so that I can paint our counter tops. However even though the kitchen and our bathroom are not quite finished I am dying to share them with you. So I decided to do a Projects in Progress post today. I… Read More

Mason Jar Brownies with Caramel Icing

Friday night my friends and I got together for a slumber party! I know that seams silly since all of us are around 30 but it was so much fun, in fact I think we should do it more often. The best party: all of the amazing food {Pinterest inspired recipes}! I’m going to share with you the most amazing dessert I made, and let me tell you it was amazing!!! I’m not going to lie, I think the icing on these Mason Jar brownies was one of the most delicious things I’ve ever eaten! Mason Jar Dark Chocolate… Read More