NewlyWoodwards

an unconventional home

How I cleaned my closet and made $400 (and growing)

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Having a functioning home is about more than beautiful things. It’s about more than just cleaning or organizing. In truth, the first step is far more basic, way more important, and probably the most difficult. And it’s almost always the thing we skip over in the shadow of baskets and labels and fluffing pillows. It’s also about purging – […]

The best decluttering tips for real people

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Decluttering can feel impossible, even with dedicated books and blogs and videos. Try a few of these realistic tips to downsize and declutter – helping you create a peaceful home. Have you ever felt like a slave to stuff? You work hard to buy all the things. Then you spend more time to care for all the things – arranging, cleaning, moving and […]

How to organize paperwork without breaking a sweat

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Paper can easily take over your home if you let it. Try this simple (and inexpensive) idea to organize paperwork so your home stays neat. As a bonus – this can also be a good place to charge your devices. Are you drowning in paper? Even though you may have a fantasy of a paperless home, you probably have a stack of paper on your countertop […]

Craft and guest space: The barn today

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Hey, remember that one time we lived in a 320-square-foot barn apartment? Me either. I feel like the time we spent living in a tiny space is sort of like having a newborn. You forget about the details over time. And sometimes, you feel like it never happened at all. It’s all a bit of a haze. […]

How to create a DIY pegboard wall for versatile kids’ storage

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Thanks to Behr for sponsoring this post. If you have been here before, you know I have been painting with Behr for years. As always, this project and opinions are all mine.  I often have ideas that no one understands. And by no one, I mean my husband. This DIY pegboard project was one of those ideas. Since moving into the house, […]

A simple IKEA Hemnes shoe cabinet hack

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This simple IKEA shoe cabinet hack was born out of necessity. The wall in the mudroom was a few inches too narrow for the shoe cabinet. And that shoe cabinet needed to be installed in the mudroom, like, yesterday. Because the shoes were already out of control. So, we hacked the top with a new barn wood top. […]