Struggle with laundry? Here are some laundry tips for washing, drying, and everything in between! For today’s post, Contributor Lana and I teamed up to share some things we’ve attempted to make our laundry-life easier. Fingers-crossed, someone will create an affordable robot to handle the whole clothes-washing process in our lifetime. Until then, I’ll always be looking for ways to…
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10 Quick Ways to Make Overnight Guests More Comfortable
As we get closer to the holidays, I’m thinking ahead to the little things I can do to make our guest room more comfortable. I always feel the pull to do a full makeover to our guest room, but priority-wise, it hasn’t made sense to allocate budget there until we have the rest of the downstairs finished. I recently had…
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Decorating IKEA EKBY Shelves – A High-End Look for Less
Tamara is here to show us how she transformed a blank wall in her kitchen with affordable open shelves. She blended function and style to create two chic looks. The first set up works year-round, and then with a few swaps she has a great look for fall! My family and I try to spend as much time as we…
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A Pink Rug For Every Style – from Modern Blush to Vintage Hot Pink
This pink rug post contains affiliate links, but we purchased both rugs shown at the regular affordable prices. 🙂 I was terrified when I clicked the purchase button to order the pink rug for my office. It seemed nutso to order a large rug, site-unseen, in pink. The risk was totally worth it, and that rug gets more positive comments…
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HIGH vs. LOW Modern Glam Living Room {Anthropologie-Inspired}
Hi Polished Habitat friends! I’m so happy to be back today talking about two things near and dear to my heart – Anthropologie and budget-friendly. I realize that is an oxymoron in itself BUT I’m here to show you yet again that you can get the glam Anthro look for a fraction of the cost…and in this case almost 90%…
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Organizing the Kitchen Sink Area
I put off organizing the area around our kitchen sink for years, but that was a mistake! Now this vital area of our kitchen is organized, and it only took a few minutes. The state of our kitchen island is the biggest indicator of how well we will keep our house tidy on any given day. When dishes and mail…
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Fall Home Tour {Functional & Modern}
With temps in the upper 90’s this week, it doesn’t feel 100% like fall in Oklahoma, but today is officially the first day of fall! I thought MAYBE if I got the house ready for the season, the weather would cooperate and cooler days would follow. It might have worked, because the forecast for next week is looking much better….
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