I Love My Green Planet

If your family is anything like mine,

I’m sure you can relate to trying to leave your shoes by the door so as not to track dirt through the house. Rob works construction by day and our two-and-a-half-year old son loves to jump in water/muddy puddles, play in sand and dirt, and the fact that we leave in a coastal area doesn’t help with the sand factor either. Not to mention, we also live in New York where we’re bound to get at least a foot or so of snow every year, and Rob snowplows when we get hit with it, so I’m constantly having to keep beach towels laid out much like a red carpet at the front door so he doesn’t track in snow. Needless to say, we needed a solution by our door to keep the Swiffering, sweeping and mopping at a minimum. Rob came up with (what I think is) a cute design to hold all different size boots so whether it’s a rainy or snowy day, they have a place to dry and mama doesn’t have to clean the floors a zillion times in a day.
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With just cheap lumber, stain, screws, and some paint . . .

ta da! An exterior makeover can happen in just one day! This used to be my parents’ house and they downsized, moving 10 minutes away to a small house with a much smaller yard. My family & I happily moved into this gem! The “before” was cute, of course, because my mom styled it and she is good at this stuff. (Yup, I got my talents from my mom.) However, the style wasn’t my own personal taste and I really wanted to make this house “my own”.

I couldn’t do a full makeover for my bedroom this time…

I honestly didn’t have the energy to pull out all the stops like I wanted to. But I did give it a little refresh. Here’s the before:

And here’s the after:

Have you ever seen how teeny tiny and

dark apartments in NYC can be? Here’s how I transformed my daughter’s tiny dark apartment bedroom into a light and pretty space to call home.

I was tired of fighting the weeds around my pool.

I dug and dug every spring just to do it again and again. So I decided to win this fight with some weed barrier and rock. I believe it looks so much better and maintenance is almost at zero. This makes me very happy!