Posted by Laura on February 13, 2013 · 5 Comments
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The following is a guest post from regular contributor, Shannon at AKA Design. Whether you live in an urban condo or a country farmhouse (or somewhere in between), finding a place to put all the STUFF that seems to be a part of life can be tricky. The never-ending stream of papers, the ever -present [...]
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Posted by Laura on January 22, 2013 · 14 Comments
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I have wanted to do this post for a very long time but, unlike in the US, here in Canada we are unable to track the donations we bring to a thrift store for tax purposes. As a result I really didn’t feel qualified to tell you how it’s done. So I’ve brought in the [...]
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Posted by Laura on January 5, 2013 · 6 Comments
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The following is a guest post from Angie at Easy Living Mom. If you don’t have time to clean the house, you would be surprised at how tidy your space looks if you’re able to clear the clutter. More importantly, you’ll know where everything is, and your life will be simplified. I stick to the [...]
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Posted by Laura on January 4, 2013 · 18 Comments
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Today we’re going to talk about all those wonderful presents we get for Christmas. Did you get a new sweater? Maybe a bathrobe? Or how about a CD or slippers? Candles, books, kitchenware? And the kids? I bet they got new clothes, books and of course toys. Oh the toys! The anticipation of Christmas morning [...]
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Posted by Laura on November 27, 2012 · 14 Comments
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If you live in big house and have the luxury of an entire room dedicated to gift wrapping, then this post is probably not for you. I would guess to say that the majority of us have to come up with alternative compact solutions to store all our holiday wrapping supplies. Before I get into [...]
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Posted by Laura on October 16, 2012 · 41 Comments
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I had someone ask me recently about the purge pile pictures that I often post (like here and here) as well as regularly on Instagram. They wanted to know more about how I do it. Every week I head to my local thrift store to drop items off. On Wednesday mornings I open my linen [...]
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Posted by Laura on September 27, 2012 · 16 Comments
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Do you ever find that you wake up one morning, look around and say to yourself. “Where did all this stuff come from?” More than likely it took some time to accumulate but often we don’t see what’s right under our noses until we’re bumping into it and can hear it screaming out at us [...]
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Posted by Laura on September 21, 2012 · 12 Comments
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So this year I have one child in primary school, one in middle school and I’m homeschooling my oldest who is in grade 10. The homeschooling is new to us this year. As in we’ve never done it before. She’s actually doing it through an online Christian school and she has teachers other than me [...]
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