Cottage Keeping
Cottage Keeping is my weekly post where I talk about my week and share my favorite DIYs, home decor, recipes and other great posts from around the web.
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Bidding Farewell To The Yellow House
Early in 2020, our family found out we would be relocating due to military orders. A month later the world as we knew it came crashing to a sudden halt! We sold our house before it ever officially hit the market the first week we were all banished to our homes. I still have lots of mixed emotions about how we sold the house and whether or not we could’ve gotten more $$ had we let it hit the MLS. The reality is we had no way of knowing what the end of March would’ve looked like! ...
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Full House Organization
Uncharged laptops in every room. Charging cords in random outlets. Scrap papers with scribbled assignments on the table, desk, and on the living room floor. Cups – all the cups – everywhere! Nope! Not the leftover evidence of a frat party. Just reality that our homes have become schools, recreation facilities, all you can eat restaurants, business offices, and the only 4 walls many of our kids have seen in over a month. With all this activity in our homes, how on earth can we ...
Finding Motivation During Quarantine
I recently participated in a Virtual Clutter Clinic with some fellow SBO Partner Program Professional Organizers. It was a quick hour and we were only able to scratch the surface on some of the topics we’d prepared. An hour isn’t very long when women are talking! As we signed off the meeting, I got to thinking about all the things we didn’t get to say; all the practical advice we weren’t able to share! So here I am! The first of our talking points was why time at ...