Reducing your rubbish
I’ve written a before about how we have been working on reducing our household waste (here). We have made quite a few changes to our routine and shopping list in order to reduce the amount of rubbish we produce. Although we recycle, we consider this to be rubbish and we want to reduce the amount […]
Decluttering on the go
I thought I’d write about how I plan to declutter and how I am beginning my decluttering spree. My goal is to have more space (ie less stuff) in all our storage areas: cupboards, drawers, pantry, library, toy boxes, under beds. I am going to gradually go through each drawer, shelf, cupboard, toy box and […]
My spot
I’d love to have my own craft room. I miss the desk I once had in the hallway – but I’m really loving the big cupboard we put there instead! It holds all my stuff (I wrote about it here). Anyway, I really need a place in the house where I can set up my […]
Rubbish!
One of our goals for this year has been to reduce the amount of rubbish we produce. When I talk about rubbish, I’m also referring to the recycling bin, even though we recycle anything we can, and use our paper waste for the chickens and garden. It’s not just to help us be more environmentally […]
Outdoors
Frost and a lone toadstool in a bunch of weeds. The other day it was -5 degrees and very frosty at 8am when I left for work. It was 0 degrees at work for most of the day, although it did get to 2 at lunch time. When I left for work, a little later […]
New space
I have written about my intentions to change our study nook (here and here). Well, it’s practically finished: I decided on a cupboard instead of a study nook because (1) the study nook as it was always became a dumping ground for everything (2) the cupboard is neater (3) more storage is always awesome and […]
Study nook
This is my study nook: view from the kitchen stove In our original house plan, there was going to be an enormous linen cupboard here. It is almost 2m long. It would have been a great cupboard. However, on looking at the space at the end of the hall, I thought it was too much […]
Hello 2013
I am not going to set myself too many goals for this year. I feel like I am entering the new year quite peacefully, being gentle with myself and trying not to expect too much from myself. I am beginning this new year extremely tired. 2012 was so busy and our Christmas and our holiday […]
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