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Find the very best Father's Day gift ideas in our Father's Day Gift Guide, and get dad the present he really wants this year! Donnie has always had this uncanny ability to predict what is going to be popular waaaaayyyyyy before it actually ORGANIZED BASEMENT HOME GYM IDEAS Don't miss all of our organized home gym ideas in our basement gym tour! Get in shape and enjoy beautiful and functional gym storage at

the same time!

50+ IDEAS FOR ORGANIZING AND DECORATING A SMALL HOUSE Get ideas for organizing and decorating a small house, townhouse, or condo in this helpful post that shows simple and practical DIY and organization projects that can help you maximize your space! Today I thought we'd take a little walk down memory lane. :) If you're new-ish around here, you may or may not know that for seven years, we lived in a tiny little townhouse. OUR ORGANIZING PLAN FOR 2021! We have big organizing plans for 2021 but they might be a little different than you'd expect! ;) At the beginning of each year, I set some organizing goals for our home. Sometimes I complete all of them. Most of the time I don't. But putting my goals out there for the whole world to see helps to hold me accountable and set some direction for

the upcoming year.

5 SIMPLE AND INEXPENSIVE WAYS TO UPDATE A BUILDER GRADE I found the new mirrors at Hobby Lobby for 50% off, making them $45 a piece, so it was less than $100 for the pair of them! Woot! We were even able to give the old mirror away to a friend who was planning on using it in their workout room, so it was a win for everybody. HOW TO ADD CUSTOM TRIM TO A KITCHEN ISLAND Friends! Thank you all so much for your sweet words about our kitchen reveal last week! I was so excited to share our space with you that I went ahead and did the reveal first and then wanted to come back and touch on some of the DIY projects we did along the way. One of the most noticeable changes was the upgraded trim on the kitchen island. When we moved in, the island trim was minimal BEST INTERIOR PAINT COLORS & WHOLE HOUSE COLOR SCHEME I am definitely not the "handy" one in our house. Donnie is the one who is skilled with tools, building, and fixing things, and therefore, many of the DIY projects around here fall to him. DIY DRESSER TO SIDEBOARD BUFFET MAKEOVER We turned an old dresser into the perfect sideboard buffet for our dining room in this simple painted furniture makeover! Ever since we moved into our house over a year ago, I have been on the hunt for a sideboard / buffet for our dining room. The space under the canvases on the far wall always looked so bare to me, and I just knew that it needed a little something. The problem was, the space 30+ ORGANIZATIONAL GIFTS FOR YOUR FAVORITE NEAT FREAK Simply Clean by Becky Rapinchuk of Clean Mama- Becky is the queen of clean and the absolute first person I go to anytime I need to know how to clean anything! Her book is full of practical advice and makes keeping a tidy home manageable, rather than feeling overwhelming. The Complete Book of Home Organization by Toni Hammersley of A Bowl Full of Lemons- Toni is one of my WHAT HAVING SURGERY TAUGHT ME ABOUT MY MARRIAGE Surgery? Marriage? 'Abby, have you lost your mind?' you're thinking. I haven't. (I hope! ;) ) But I've had this post brewing in my head since I was recovering from surgery in July, and it was time to write it all out on paper type it all out on my computer. If you're new here and have no idea what surgery I'm talking about, I had a preventative mastectomy and reconstruction just over three

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Find the very best Father's Day gift ideas in our Father's Day Gift Guide, and get dad the present he really wants this year! Donnie has always had this uncanny ability to predict what is going to be popular waaaaayyyyyy before it actually ORGANIZED BASEMENT HOME GYM IDEAS Don't miss all of our organized home gym ideas in our basement gym tour! Get in shape and enjoy beautiful and functional gym storage at

the same time!

50+ IDEAS FOR ORGANIZING AND DECORATING A SMALL HOUSE Get ideas for organizing and decorating a small house, townhouse, or condo in this helpful post that shows simple and practical DIY and organization projects that can help you maximize your space! Today I thought we'd take a little walk down memory lane. :) If you're new-ish around here, you may or may not know that for seven years, we lived in a tiny little townhouse. OUR ORGANIZING PLAN FOR 2021! We have big organizing plans for 2021 but they might be a little different than you'd expect! ;) At the beginning of each year, I set some organizing goals for our home. Sometimes I complete all of them. Most of the time I don't. But putting my goals out there for the whole world to see helps to hold me accountable and set some direction for

the upcoming year.

5 SIMPLE AND INEXPENSIVE WAYS TO UPDATE A BUILDER GRADE I found the new mirrors at Hobby Lobby for 50% off, making them $45 a piece, so it was less than $100 for the pair of them! Woot! We were even able to give the old mirror away to a friend who was planning on using it in their workout room, so it was a win for everybody. HOW TO ADD CUSTOM TRIM TO A KITCHEN ISLAND Friends! Thank you all so much for your sweet words about our kitchen reveal last week! I was so excited to share our space with you that I went ahead and did the reveal first and then wanted to come back and touch on some of the DIY projects we did along the way. One of the most noticeable changes was the upgraded trim on the kitchen island. When we moved in, the island trim was minimal BEST INTERIOR PAINT COLORS & WHOLE HOUSE COLOR SCHEME I am definitely not the "handy" one in our house. Donnie is the one who is skilled with tools, building, and fixing things, and therefore, many of the DIY projects around here fall to him. DIY DRESSER TO SIDEBOARD BUFFET MAKEOVER We turned an old dresser into the perfect sideboard buffet for our dining room in this simple painted furniture makeover! Ever since we moved into our house over a year ago, I have been on the hunt for a sideboard / buffet for our dining room. The space under the canvases on the far wall always looked so bare to me, and I just knew that it needed a little something. The problem was, the space 30+ ORGANIZATIONAL GIFTS FOR YOUR FAVORITE NEAT FREAK Simply Clean by Becky Rapinchuk of Clean Mama- Becky is the queen of clean and the absolute first person I go to anytime I need to know how to clean anything! Her book is full of practical advice and makes keeping a tidy home manageable, rather than feeling overwhelming. The Complete Book of Home Organization by Toni Hammersley of A Bowl Full of Lemons- Toni is one of my WHAT HAVING SURGERY TAUGHT ME ABOUT MY MARRIAGE Surgery? Marriage? 'Abby, have you lost your mind?' you're thinking. I haven't. (I hope! ;) ) But I've had this post brewing in my head since I was recovering from surgery in July, and it was time to write it all out on paper type it all out on my computer. If you're new here and have no idea what surgery I'm talking about, I had a preventative mastectomy and reconstruction just over three THE EASIEST WAY TO INSTALL LOW VOLTAGE LANDSCAPE LIGHTING A few months ago Abby came to me with the idea of installing landscape lighting in the front of our house. I love the finished and classy look of landscape lighting, but I assumed it was a difficult and

expensive project.

HOW TO ORGANIZE LEGO INSTRUCTION MANUALS If you're wondering how to organize LEGO instruction manuals, this post is full of helpful tips to keep the instruction books neat and

tidy!

OUR ORGANIZING PLAN FOR 2021! We have big organizing plans for 2021 but they might be a little different than you'd expect! ;) At the beginning of each year, I set some organizing goals for our home. Sometimes I complete all of them. Most of the time I don't. But putting my goals out there for the whole world to see helps to hold me accountable and set some direction for

the upcoming year.

BEST INTERIOR PAINT COLORS & WHOLE HOUSE COLOR SCHEME I am definitely not the "handy" one in our house. Donnie is the one who is skilled with tools, building, and fixing things, and therefore, many of the DIY projects around here fall to him.

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In 2016 we decided that it was finally time to move out of our little townhouse into a single family home. After looking at the listings for every single house available in our school district and realizing that I would want to do major renovations to each and every one of them, we decided to build a house instead so that we could choose the major features that we wanted from the get go. HOW TO HIDE WIRE SHELVING If your shelving is a non-traditional shape, Liz's tutorial has a great hack for figuring out what size to make your wire shelf covers. Step 3- Cut your plywood and 1x2s to the correct dimensions. After getting accurate measurements, we went to Home Depot to find lumber

for our project.

TOP 10 AQUA PAINT COLORS FOR YOUR HOME I plan to pair Sea Salt with some light grays, lots of white, and gold accents in our room. 3. Behr Clear Pond PPU13-15. If you are looking for an aqua paint color that is closer to blue than green, Behr Clear Pond is a gorgeous option! I've never used Clear Pond for an entire room, but I've loved it as an accent color in several spaces. HOW TO ORGANIZE A SMALL REFRIGERATOR Is it weird that I am nervous to show you guys inside my refrigerator? You all are an intimidating bunch. ;) I almost scrapped this post altogether because I was thinking, 'What if they think we eat all of the wrong foods? What if they think I have everything in the wrong place? What if they just think I'm strange?' (Which I am, but that's a story for another day 350+ CATEGORIES YOU CAN DECLUTTER IN 15 MINUTES OR LESS Grab your free printable checklist of 350+ categories in your home that you can declutter in 15 minutes or less, and make the most of

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HOW TO PHOTOGRAPH PRINTABLES Hi, sweet friends! I realize that a photography post is a little different than what I typically share here on Just a Girl and Her Blog, so bear with me today. :) I posted a photo of my process for photographing printables both in the Building a Framework Facebook group and on Instagram last week and received a lot of questions, so I thought I would take the time to explain the process I use

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Medicine Cabinet Organization and Organized First Aid Supplies. These smart medicine cabinet organization ideas will help store first aid supplies and medications in a safe and tidy way! One of the categories that has been on my list to organize for a ORGANIZED BASEMENT HOME GYM IDEAS Don't miss all of our organized home gym ideas in our basement gym tour! Get in shape and enjoy beautiful and functional gym storage at

the same time!

OUR ORGANIZING PLAN FOR 2021! We have big organizing plans for 2021 but they might be a little different than you'd expect! ;) At the beginning of each year, I set some organizing goals for our home. Sometimes I complete all of them. Most of the time I don't. But putting my goals out there for the whole world to see helps to hold me accountable and set some direction for

the upcoming year.

50+ IDEAS FOR ORGANIZING AND DECORATING A SMALL HOUSE Get ideas for organizing and decorating a small house, townhouse, or condo in this helpful post that shows simple and practical DIY and organization projects that can help you maximize your space! Today I thought we'd take a little walk down memory lane. :) If you're new-ish around here, you may or may not know that for seven years, we lived in a tiny little townhouse. BEST INTERIOR PAINT COLORS & WHOLE HOUSE COLOR SCHEME 4. Check on the potential paint colors throughout the day. I tend to leave my paint samples up for a few days to that I can check and see what they look like as the light changes in the room throughout the day, as well as how they look in different parts of HOW TO ADD CUSTOM TRIM TO A KITCHEN ISLAND Friends! Thank you all so much for your sweet words about our kitchen reveal last week! I was so excited to share our space with you that I went ahead and did the reveal first and then wanted to come back and touch on some of the DIY projects we did along the way. One of the most noticeable changes was the upgraded trim on the kitchen island. When we moved in, the island trim was minimal 30+ ORGANIZATIONAL GIFTS FOR YOUR FAVORITE NEAT FREAK These 30+ organizational gifts are perfect for anyone who loves to be neat and tidy! Get tons of gift ideas for your favorite organization enthusiast! Organizers can be some of the most challenging people to buy for. They literally thrive off of a lack of "stuff," so the last thing we want to do gift them some extra clutter!

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Medicine Cabinet Organization and Organized First Aid Supplies. These smart medicine cabinet organization ideas will help store first aid supplies and medications in a safe and tidy way! One of the categories that has been on my list to organize for a ORGANIZED BASEMENT HOME GYM IDEAS Don't miss all of our organized home gym ideas in our basement gym tour! Get in shape and enjoy beautiful and functional gym storage at

the same time!

OUR ORGANIZING PLAN FOR 2021! We have big organizing plans for 2021 but they might be a little different than you'd expect! ;) At the beginning of each year, I set some organizing goals for our home. Sometimes I complete all of them. Most of the time I don't. But putting my goals out there for the whole world to see helps to hold me accountable and set some direction for

the upcoming year.

50+ IDEAS FOR ORGANIZING AND DECORATING A SMALL HOUSE Get ideas for organizing and decorating a small house, townhouse, or condo in this helpful post that shows simple and practical DIY and organization projects that can help you maximize your space! Today I thought we'd take a little walk down memory lane. :) If you're new-ish around here, you may or may not know that for seven years, we lived in a tiny little townhouse. BEST INTERIOR PAINT COLORS & WHOLE HOUSE COLOR SCHEME 4. Check on the potential paint colors throughout the day. I tend to leave my paint samples up for a few days to that I can check and see what they look like as the light changes in the room throughout the day, as well as how they look in different parts of HOW TO ADD CUSTOM TRIM TO A KITCHEN ISLAND Friends! Thank you all so much for your sweet words about our kitchen reveal last week! I was so excited to share our space with you that I went ahead and did the reveal first and then wanted to come back and touch on some of the DIY projects we did along the way. One of the most noticeable changes was the upgraded trim on the kitchen island. When we moved in, the island trim was minimal 30+ ORGANIZATIONAL GIFTS FOR YOUR FAVORITE NEAT FREAK These 30+ organizational gifts are perfect for anyone who loves to be neat and tidy! Get tons of gift ideas for your favorite organization enthusiast! Organizers can be some of the most challenging people to buy for. They literally thrive off of a lack of "stuff," so the last thing we want to do gift them some extra clutter! BEST INTERIOR PAINT COLORS & WHOLE HOUSE COLOR SCHEME 4. Check on the potential paint colors throughout the day. I tend to leave my paint samples up for a few days to that I can check and see what they look like as the light changes in the room throughout the day, as well as how they look in different parts of OUR ORGANIZING PLAN FOR 2021! We have big organizing plans for 2021 but they might be a little different than you'd expect! ;) At the beginning of each year, I set some organizing goals for our home. Sometimes I complete all of them. Most of the time I don't. But putting my goals out there for the whole world to see helps to hold me accountable and set some direction for

the upcoming year.

THE EASIEST WAY TO INSTALL LOW VOLTAGE LANDSCAPE LIGHTING 5. Attach the lights to the long wire using connectors. This is where we used our handy landscape lighting wire connectors! I stripped roughly 1/2” of wire casing on the two strands attached to our lights to expose the bare copper wire. Then I twisted the copper wire slightly to keep all of the tiny strands together. HOW TO ORGANIZE LEGO INSTRUCTION MANUALS Here are the supplies I used to organize our LEGO manuals: Large file box. Hanging folders. Label maker (I used my older one for this project, but I also have this newer one and love it. More on this below.) Silhouette Cameo + adhesive vinyl (optional) 2. Make Sure the Container Isn't Overstuffed. 350+ CATEGORIES YOU CAN DECLUTTER IN 15 MINUTES OR LESS 350+ Categories You Can Declutter in 15 Minutes or Less. Grab your free printable checklist of 350+ categories in your home that you can declutter in 15 minutes or less, and start making the very most of the margins in your day! HOW TO ORGANIZE PAPER WITH THE KONMARI METHOD + FREE CHECKLIST Organize paper and eliminate paper clutter once and for all with Marie Kondo's KonMari Method of decluttering paperwork! Paper organization was actually one of the main reasons I found Marie Kondo in the first place! Donnie had written a post on the blog about the system we (okay, mostly he) use to keep our family pretty much paperless, and we had several people say, 'You should read The HOW TO INSTALL A VERTICAL SHIPLAP WALL Step 5- Patch and caulk the vertical shiplap. Using our nail gun to adhere the shiplap to the wall left our boards with several holes that needed to be filled. We used wood filler and a painter's tool to fill the holes and scrape away any excess.

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We ultimately decided to go with a community builder, Ryan Homes, rather than building a completely custom home because it was an affordable way to have a "blank slate" that we could work to customize ourselves over the years. (With this type of build, they had a certain number of cabinet styles we could choose from, a certain number of HOW TO ORGANIZE A SMALL REFRIGERATOR 5. I put like items together. This is a good organization rule in general, but I find that in a small refrigerator especially, it is really important to put like items together so you can find things easily. I have a container for frozen veggies, I stack the meat all together {and put the ice cream in front because it is the most

important

TOP 10 AQUA PAINT COLORS FOR YOUR HOME 6. Behr Marina Isle 480E-3. Behr Marina Isle is a slightly less saturated aqua paint color than Swan Sea, and I've used it on some smaller accent pieces as well. One Christmas I created non-traditional door decor using a board painted in Marina Isle + a vinyl

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Medicine Cabinet Organization and Organized First Aid Supplies. These smart medicine cabinet organization ideas will help store first aid supplies and medications in a safe and tidy way! One of the categories that has been on my list to organize for a FREE PRINTABLE LIBRARY Miscellaneous Organizing Printables. Food, travel, fitness, chores, projects-- organize them all with these pretty organizing printables! Free Printable Grocery List. Free Printable Recipe Cards. Free Printable Packing List. Travel Plans Free Printable. Free BEST INTERIOR PAINT COLORS & WHOLE HOUSE COLOR SCHEME 4. Check on the potential paint colors throughout the day. I tend to leave my paint samples up for a few days to that I can check and see what they look like as the light changes in the room throughout the day, as well as how they look in different parts of FURNITURE MAKEOVERS ARCHIVES What a difference a little bit of paint can make! These furniture makeovers are easy enough for anyone to tackle-- dressers, sideboards,

desks, and more!

50+ IDEAS FOR ORGANIZING AND DECORATING A SMALL HOUSE Get ideas for organizing and decorating a small house, townhouse, or condo in this helpful post that shows simple and practical DIY and organization projects that can help you maximize your space! Today I thought we'd take a little walk down memory lane. :) If you're new-ish around here, you may or may not know that for seven years, we lived in a tiny little townhouse. HOW TO ORGANIZE LEGO INSTRUCTION MANUALS Here are the supplies I used to organize our LEGO manuals: Large file box. Hanging folders. Label maker (I used my older one for this project, but I also have this newer one and love it. More on this below.) Silhouette Cameo + adhesive vinyl (optional) 2. Make Sure the Container Isn't Overstuffed. HOW TO ORGANIZE PAPER WITH THE KONMARI METHOD + FREE CHECKLIST Organize paper and eliminate paper clutter once and for all with Marie Kondo's KonMari Method of decluttering paperwork! Paper organization was actually one of the main reasons I found Marie Kondo in the first place! Donnie had written a post on the blog about the system we (okay, mostly he) use to keep our family pretty much paperless, and we had several people say, 'You should read The A CREATIVE AND ORGANIZED HOME OFFICE + CRAFT ROOM TOP 10 AQUA PAINT COLORS FOR YOUR HOME 6. Behr Marina Isle 480E-3. Behr Marina Isle is a slightly less saturated aqua paint color than Swan Sea, and I've used it on some smaller accent pieces as well. One Christmas I created non-traditional door decor using a board painted in Marina Isle + a vinyl WHAT HAVING SURGERY TAUGHT ME ABOUT MY MARRIAGE Most of the time, marriage is anything but 50/50. In fact during that time of my recovery, it was more like Donnie- 200, Abby- 0. Sometimes, even with things that are much smaller than surgery, one spouse is called on to give more, to be more, to help the other one more. Seasons of life change, needs change, circumstances change, and if

through

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Medicine Cabinet Organization and Organized First Aid Supplies. These smart medicine cabinet organization ideas will help store first aid supplies and medications in a safe and tidy way! One of the categories that has been on my list to organize for a FREE PRINTABLE LIBRARY Miscellaneous Organizing Printables. Food, travel, fitness, chores, projects-- organize them all with these pretty organizing printables! Free Printable Grocery List. Free Printable Recipe Cards. Free Printable Packing List. Travel Plans Free Printable. Free BEST INTERIOR PAINT COLORS & WHOLE HOUSE COLOR SCHEME 4. Check on the potential paint colors throughout the day. I tend to leave my paint samples up for a few days to that I can check and see what they look like as the light changes in the room throughout the day, as well as how they look in different parts of FURNITURE MAKEOVERS ARCHIVES What a difference a little bit of paint can make! These furniture makeovers are easy enough for anyone to tackle-- dressers, sideboards,

desks, and more!

50+ IDEAS FOR ORGANIZING AND DECORATING A SMALL HOUSE Get ideas for organizing and decorating a small house, townhouse, or condo in this helpful post that shows simple and practical DIY and organization projects that can help you maximize your space! Today I thought we'd take a little walk down memory lane. :) If you're new-ish around here, you may or may not know that for seven years, we lived in a tiny little townhouse. HOW TO ORGANIZE LEGO INSTRUCTION MANUALS Here are the supplies I used to organize our LEGO manuals: Large file box. Hanging folders. Label maker (I used my older one for this project, but I also have this newer one and love it. More on this below.) Silhouette Cameo + adhesive vinyl (optional) 2. Make Sure the Container Isn't Overstuffed. HOW TO ORGANIZE PAPER WITH THE KONMARI METHOD + FREE CHECKLIST Organize paper and eliminate paper clutter once and for all with Marie Kondo's KonMari Method of decluttering paperwork! Paper organization was actually one of the main reasons I found Marie Kondo in the first place! Donnie had written a post on the blog about the system we (okay, mostly he) use to keep our family pretty much paperless, and we had several people say, 'You should read The A CREATIVE AND ORGANIZED HOME OFFICE + CRAFT ROOM TOP 10 AQUA PAINT COLORS FOR YOUR HOME 6. Behr Marina Isle 480E-3. Behr Marina Isle is a slightly less saturated aqua paint color than Swan Sea, and I've used it on some smaller accent pieces as well. One Christmas I created non-traditional door decor using a board painted in Marina Isle + a vinyl WHAT HAVING SURGERY TAUGHT ME ABOUT MY MARRIAGE Most of the time, marriage is anything but 50/50. In fact during that time of my recovery, it was more like Donnie- 200, Abby- 0. Sometimes, even with things that are much smaller than surgery, one spouse is called on to give more, to be more, to help the other one more. Seasons of life change, needs change, circumstances change, and if

through

ORGANIZED BASEMENT HOME GYM IDEAS Click here to subscribe to the Abby Organizes YouTube channel so you don't miss a video! If you're looking for links to any of the items we used in our home gym, there is 50+ IDEAS FOR ORGANIZING AND DECORATING A SMALL HOUSE Get ideas for organizing and decorating a small house, townhouse, or condo in this helpful post that shows simple and practical DIY and organization projects that can help you maximize your space! Today I thought we'd take a little walk down memory lane. :) If you're new-ish around here, you may or may not know that for seven years, we lived in a tiny little townhouse. HOME BINDER WITH FREE PRINTABLES! Before we jump into the Home Binder tour, here are a few of the items I use to put together my binder: Printer (I currently use this one and love it.) Paper (I like to use at least 24# and sometimes even go up to 32# .) A 3-Ring Binder (I like this one and this one .) Dividers (I like these ones with pockets and these ones without .) 30+ ORGANIZATIONAL GIFTS FOR YOUR FAVORITE NEAT FREAK These 30+ organizational gifts are perfect for anyone who loves to be neat and tidy! Get tons of gift ideas for your favorite organization enthusiast! Organizers can be some of the most challenging people to buy for. They literally thrive off of a lack of "stuff," so the last thing we want to do gift them some extra clutter!

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We ultimately decided to go with a community builder, Ryan Homes, rather than building a completely custom home because it was an affordable way to have a "blank slate" that we could work to customize ourselves over the years. (With this type of build, they had a certain number of cabinet styles we could choose from, a certain number of HOW TO INSTALL BOARD AND BATTEN IN A SMALL SPACE {MASTER On the diagram below, you can see which widths of boards we used where: The bottom board is a 3/4" x 3 1/2" piece of MDF. Each of the battens is 3/4" x 2 1/4" MDF, and the board above the battens is the same as the board below, 3/4" x 3 1/2". Finally, we created a small ledge with a 1" x 2," which Donnie first adhered with liquid nails for HOW TO IMPROVE INTERNET SPEED IN YOUR HOME WITH SMART WIFI Using the Google Nest WiFi system will allow us to manage and control the various WiFi settings from within the Google Home app, which we already use on a daily basis. Google Nest WiFi is designed to work within that same smart home ecosystem. The system is also scaleable. We started with just the router and a single point. HOW TO ADD CUSTOM TRIM TO A KITCHEN ISLAND Friends! Thank you all so much for your sweet words about our kitchen reveal last week! I was so excited to share our space with you that I went ahead and did the reveal first and then wanted to come back and touch on some of the DIY projects we did along the way. One of the most noticeable changes was the upgraded trim on the kitchen island. CREATING AN ORGANIZED OFFICE WITH THE IKEA PAX SYSTEM Create an organized office with the IKEA PAX system! Learn how to design and install IKEA's PAX system to maximize your storage space! A huge thanks to IKEA for sponsoring this post! My favorable opinion of beautiful, high-quality products that help me stay organized is 100% my own. :) For more information, see my disclosures here. It's no secret that I love organizing at any time of year, but HOW TO DECORATE SHELVES It can be a challenge to know how to decorate shelves, but this foolproof formula will teach you how to style shelves beautifully in no time! I am so thrilled to be joining some of my favorite bloggers for a fun mantel/shelf decorating extravaganza today! My friend Krista from The Happy Housie was so kind to get us all together to share a bunch of ideas for creating summer vignettes all in one * Skip to primary navigation

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Organizing, Decorating, Blogging March 31, 2020 Leave a Comment 100-DAY GOAL CHALLENGE (WITH FREE PRINTABLES!) It's amazing what you can accomplish in 100 days with a little bit of consistency! Take the 100-day goal challenge and get ready to make big positive changes! I can honestly say I have never imagined a scenario quite like the one we've found ...

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March 24, 2020 2 Comments PRETTY (AND FREE!) APRIL PRINTABLE CALENDARS April calendar pages can help you organize your month, make the most of your time, plan upcoming events, and more! Grab these free April printable calendars and get planning! I really, really love monthly calendars. Like, a LOT! They are the ...

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March 19, 2020 9 Comments FREE PRINTABLE STAY-AT-HOME BINDER This free printable Stay-at-Home Binder helps people be more organized and intentional with their time at home! How are you holding up, friend? It has been quite a week, right?! If you are reading this at a later date, this post was ...

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March 16, 2020 6 Comments TWO-WEEK ORGANIZING PLAN (FREE PRINTABLE!) This free printable two-week organizing plan can help you tidy up your house quickly and easily! Whew! What a crazy few weeks this has been! The events that have been happening around the world feel like they should be taking place in a movie ...

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March 12, 2020 2 Comments QUICK AND SIMPLE VINYL ROLL STORAGE AND ORGANIZATION This quick and simple (and pretty!) vinyl roll storage idea will help you organize your craft vinyl in no time! I started crafting with a Silhouette Cameo cutting machine years ago. I love to make labels for organizing our home, personalized ...

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March 4, 2020 Leave a Comment HOW TO MAKE CUSTOM CANVAS TOTE BAGS WITH A CRICUT MACHINE Learn how to make custom canvas tote bags with a Cricut machine! These easy personalized bags not only look cute, but they'll help keep you organized too! My boys recently started taking jujitsu, and they are loving it! I mean, just look at ...

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March 1, 2020 36 Comments MY HONEST REVIEW OF ELITE BLOG ACADEMY I'm sharing my honest review of Elite Blog Academy, a course by Ruth Soukup that teaches bloggers how to turn their blog into a successful business. After retiring our course for new bloggers, Building a ...

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February 28, 2020 Leave a Comment EASY PAINTED DIY STAR WALL This DIY star wall is a quick an easy way to create a fun and impactful accent wall in any space! Sometimes there are things that we need (or want) to have in our homes that aren't necessarily pretty. Trash cans. Kids' toys. Laundry hampers. ...

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February 25, 2020 Leave a Comment PRETTY (AND FREE!) MARCH PRINTABLE CALENDARS March calendar pages can help you organize your month, make the most of your time, plan upcoming events, and more! Grab these free March printable calendars and get planning! I kind of have a thing for printable monthly calendars. They are the ...

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February 20, 2020 Leave a Comment HOW TO MAKE VINYL LABELS WITH A CRICUT CUTTING MACHINE This is a sponsored conversation written by me on behalf of Cricut. The opinions and text are all mine. Learn how to make vinyl labels with a Cricut cutting machine and get ready to have the prettiest organized spaces! My very favorite ...

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February 18, 2020 4 Comments HOW TO MAKE A DIY WOOD SIGN WITH A CRICUT MACHINE Learn how to make a DIY wood sign with a Cricut Explore Air 2 cutting machine! It's easier than you think! Every time I go to decorate a room, I always seem to get stuck on wall art. I don't know if I'm exceptionally picky or if I'm just not ...

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February 13, 2020 2 Comments DIY IKEA LEGO TABLE WITH STORAGE Create this easy DIY IKEA LEGO table with storage for your kids to enjoy building with bricks and keep them organized at the same time! I recently shared our boys' newly organized and decorated tween hangout room on the blog! I was so excited ...

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February 10, 2020 30 Comments AN AWESOME AND ORGANIZED TWEEN HANGOUT ROOM! This organized tween hangout room is full of brilliant storage solutions to keep it neat, tidy, and FUN all at the same time! Come take the grand tour! Today I am SO excited to share our boys' newly organized and decorated "tween hangout room" ...

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February 5, 2020 4 Comments PLANNING AN AWESOME AND ORGANIZED TWEEN HANGOUT ROOM See the plan for our boys' awesome and organized tween hangout room! Their playroom is getting a major overhaul! Okay, so you probably saw the title of this post and thought, "Abby, did you just use the words 'organized' and 'tween hangout' in the ...

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January 28, 2020 8 Comments WHY IS ORGANIZING SO IMPORTANT ANYWAY? Why is organizing so important? This post explains how getting organized can create a positive ripple effect on the rest of your life. I spend an awful lot of time talking about how to organize around here, but today I wanted to talk a little ...

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