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Home Away From Home: Before You Leave Home Life Skills Checklist
There comes a moment before every new beginning when the boxes are packed, the calendar is filling up, and excitement begins to mingle with uncertainty. In the middle of preparing a dorm room or loading the car, it’s easy to… Continue reading
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Home Away From Home: Car Essentials Checklist for College Students & New Drivers
Learning to drive is an exciting milestone, but learning how to take care of a vehicle brings a different kind of confidence. A little preparation before you ever turn the key can make an unexpected situation feel much less overwhelming.… Continue reading
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Home Away From Home: Dorm Room Comfort Checklist for College Move-In
One of the things I have learned over the years is that feeling at home has very little to do with the size of a space. Whether it is a first apartment, a dorm room, or the house you’ve lived… Continue reading
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Organization & Living Well
Helping you create a home that is calm, functional, and welcoming. 📋 Home Resource Library Quick-reference guides and printable resources. 🏠 Organization Ideas 🎓 Home Away From Home My favorites for dorms and creating a comfortable space away from home.… Continue reading
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The Greatest Gift My Dad Didn’t Know He Was Giving Me
My dad probably thought he was simply taking us camping. He had no idea he was giving me something I’d spend the rest of my life trying to recreate. Continue reading
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The Home Upgrade I Wish I’d Tried Sooner: Why I Switched to Washable Runner Rugs
For those of us who grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, bathroom rugs looked very different than they do today. Most homes had matching fuzzy rug sets that covered nearly every available surface. There was the rug in front… Continue reading
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Currier & Ives, My Grandma, and Me: How a blue-and-white plate became a doorway back to Pigeon Creek
One of the most meaningful things in my home isn’t valuable, rare, or particularly impressive. It’s a Currier & Ives plate hanging on my wall. Ironically, it isn’t even my grandmother’s plate. I don’t know what happened to her dishes—the… Continue reading
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How to Create a Plate Wall That Feels Collected, Not Cluttered
“The story doesn’t have to exist before the collection begins. Sometimes the collection becomes the story.” Every family seems to have a cabinet of family treasures. Maybe it’s a china cabinet in the dining room that hasn’t been opened in… Continue reading
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Why Fried Green Tomatoes Still Feels Like Home
I first watched Fried Green Tomatoes back when renting a movie meant climbing into my little black Ford Probe (complete with pop-up headlights) and driving to the local video store. Except we didn’t have a Blockbuster on Pigeon Creek in Mingo… Continue reading
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Small Details That Make My House Feel Like Home
I remember a corner shelf in my grandmother’s living room filled with glass birds of various colors. Some were clear with delicate swirls of blue suspended inside the glass, while others were solid cobalt blue or deep ruby red. As… Continue reading
