It’s time for one of my favorite posts of the year! With the holidays behind us, and a fresh year right around the corner, it seems like we all have a little extra motivation to tackle organizing and cleaning projects. That makes this week the perfect time for me to go through all of my blog posts from last year…
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Latest from Polished Habitat
How to Organize & Protect Digital Photos (Plus an iPad Giveaway!)
If you’ve ever lost photos because your hard drive failed or just because you can’t figure out what you named them, this is the post for you! It’s taken me awhile to perfect my digital photo organization, but I finally have a system that works. AND I can access them from anywhere with internet access thanks to my new cloud-based…
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Fast & Free Christmas Decor – in Two Colors!
OHMYGOSH. Christmas is approaching like a freight train and I REALLY need to cut myself off from decorating. Considering I don’t have one thing wrapped yet, that’s quickly moving up my priority list. And there’s 2.5 lbs of pecans waiting to be shelled for yummy cinnamon sugar pecan delicious-ness. Mmm! I’m ready to stop thinking about the house and move…
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Three Ways to Add Storage with a Bar Cart
As much as I love using a bar cart as a little bar, that’s only the start of the potential. They are one of my favorite tools for doing one of my favorite things – blending style with function! I might have FIVE around the house right now. Yes, you’re right. I should be in a support group. Cost Plus…
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Family Tree or Pinterest-Perfect Tree? {My Home Style – Christmas Tree Edition}
About 10 years ago, I went through a phase of wanting our Christmas tree to be perfectly coordinated and grown-up. All the cartoon ornaments from our childhood just weren’t working for me as I dreamed of having the Pinterest-perfect tree, long before Pinterest even existed. The phase lasted a year or two before I missed the joy of unwrapping all the…
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Winter Gallery Wall Ideas & Minted Giveaway (THREE $100 Giftcards!)
In Monday’s Christmas house tour, I was a bit sneaky and partially hid one of my favorite spots from you. In the kitchen, the space above the shoe cabinet has a totally new winter look! You could see it a bit in this picture of the kitchen. I had a great reason for waiting to show the whole thing. All…
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2016 Christmas Home Tour
Did everyone have a delicious Thanksgiving? We sure did! After that, it was time to decorate for Christmas. I had picked up a few new things and placed them around the house over the last week, but the house was nowhere near photo ready. When I signed up to share the house in a tour today, I wasn’t counting on watching 6 hours…
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