Raise your hand if you want to have a chemical free home? Have you heard of Norwex? I'm a newbie. My friend Amy began selling Norwex a few months ago and I've been slowly learning more and more about it. Using chemical-free cleaners and products has piqued my interest. As I learn more, I become more and more interested so I wanted to share some of the info with you guys and offer a giveaway!!First, let's hear from Amy herself. Why does she love Norwex? Norwex has been life changing for me. … [Read more...]
How to Keep Energy Costs Low This Summer
Summer tends to see an increase in energy bills as people try to stay cool due to rising temperatures. The constant use of your air conditioning is often a large contributor to this spike, but there are some easy ways put a stop to it. Keep hot air from enteringInsulation does not only keep the cold air out during the winter, it also keeps the warm air outside where it belongs during the summer. Without insulation, your home will have gaps that hot air can use to get in, forcing … [Read more...]
Got Kids? Protect Your Mattresses
Disclosure: I received free products for review purposes. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ.Having a household is expensive. Buying couches, chairs, tables, appliances, beds and more to fill your house is expensive. When you make those purchases you want them to last. There are steps you can take to help protect your big items and keep them nice and lasting longer. Use a table cloth on your nice wood dining room table. I put a fabric runner across the top of my … [Read more...]
Tips for Creating a Picture Collage Wall
Disclosure: I have teamed up with Frugaa.com to bring you this post. All opinions are my own.Creating a picture wall in your home can seem a little overwhelming. How do you arrange the pictures? What sizes should they be? How are they all going to mesh together? Do the frames have to match? Let me help you answer some of these questions from my own experience. These tips work for creating a photo collage of your family or a collage of art you want to hang.1. Choose a large or … [Read more...]
Inspiring Bedroom Design Tips Your Children Will Love
credit link Out of all the rooms in our homes, the children’s bedroom is arguably the most fun and satisfying one to decorate. Maybe it is because we love and want to provide the best for our children, that we put so much more thought into their room. There is also the fact that designing their room brings out the child in all of us. Now, we are not only talking about young children here; it may be that you have teenagers in your family. Whatever age your kids are, read on, and you may find … [Read more...]
How to Design a Bathroom Suitable for Kids
pic Children. A source of pleasure and heartache for more than half of our lives. Once they are born, they consume our every waking thought, and we lie awake at night, worrying what life has in store for them. We can’t wait to put them to bed at night and can’t wait to see them in the morning. Often, we are judged on the quality of our parenting and presentation of our children, so we need to do our best to get it right. Our home needs to be a haven where the kids feel completely safe and … [Read more...]
Home Lighting Make Over with GE Reveal
Disclosure: I received free product samples for review purposes. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. I haven't ever been one to think much about the lighting in my home. As a blogger I am taking a lot of pictures of products in my home. When I take those pictures I do get frustrated about the color that the light turns either the product or the background, but I just edit the photo as best as I can and forget my frustrations until the next time I take a … [Read more...]
Creating Space
Often children are allocated the smallest room in the house and with them being the smallest person in the house, this seems like the logical step. However, as the child grows they not only physically get bigger themselves, they accumulate a whole wealth of toys, games, books and school work that somehow needs to fit into that one small room. Frequently this simply does not happen and there is overspill in halls, on landings and in the living room which can leave your house feeling … [Read more...]
Create a Second Work Triangle When Redesigning Your Kitchen
The work triangle is a virtual framework connecting the cooktop, sink, and refrigerator. The basic unit of kitchen design, it provides efficiency for the cook while routing traffic elsewhere. So, if one work triangle is good, won’t two be better? If your space will accommodate two cooks, the answer is, quite possibly, “yes.” Keep this in mind when redesigning your kitchen.To create a second work triangle, you need a fourth vertex (if it’s been a while since your high school geometry, … [Read more...]
Perfect Blending with the Ninja Ultima Blender
Disclosure: I received a free product sample in exchange for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experience and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. We have had the same blender for almost 11 years. It is a horrible blender that doesn't really work. I'm not sure why I have even kept it around taking up space in my kitchen cupboards. I was SO EXCITED to receive the Ninja Ultima blender and throw my old blender away. This blender is pretty amazing and can do … [Read more...]
The Perfect Doorknob for Mom’s
Disclosure: I received a free product sample in exchange for review in my Holiday Gift Guide. All experiences and opinions are my own. Yours may differ. Mom's are busy! I find myself usually carrying the bulk of items to and from the car when we go on outings or even just running errands. When it comes to carrying bags of groceries or car seats, door openings have to be timed just right. I used to have to open the door to the garage and open the car door first, then I would go … [Read more...]
Take Advantage of The Summer: What to Get Done Around The House
Summertime is for vacations and work. Summer offers warm dry days for painting, hot days to help evaporate water used for washing surfaces and some cloudy cooler days for working on the lawn or fixing a roof. Every homeowner has a list of things that needs to be done, but each type of repair or maintenance is best left to summer days that provide optimal weather conditions for the job.1. Weed and Feed the LawnSpring and early summer are the active growing time of lawns. They go … [Read more...]
Soft Scrub 4-in-1 Toilet Care Review & Giveaway
Disclaimer: The Soft Scrub brand provided me with a sample of Soft Scrub 4-in-1 Toilet Care in exchange for a product review. However, all the opinions expressed here are my own.I never thought I'd be flashing my toilet on my blog, but here it is in all of it's clean glory! I have been using Soft Scrub 4-in-1 Toilet care in my toilet for over a week now. These little balls of cleaner pack quite a punch in fighting toilet bowl ring, preventing buildup and keeping the toilet fresh for up to 4 … [Read more...]
How to look after your carpet
A carpet forms the basis for decorating the flooring in most of your rooms and if you’re like me, choosing a new carpet isn’t easy – it takes time selecting the right one. All this effort then feels wasted once that ‘new carpet smell’ has gone but there are a few tips you can deploy to make your carpet last longer:Vacuum regularlyWell, not too regularly. Vacuuming can cause some of the fibres of the carpet to be pulled up with the vacuum but not vacuuming at all leads unwanted tiny … [Read more...]
