I write Simply At Home from one house in Baton Rouge. Every routine here gets tested on my own shelves first, and I keep only the part that still works a month later.
Strip the bed completely before you go anywhere near the linen closet. I say that because for years I did the bedding changeover the other way around, standing...
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Buy the screwdrivers first. If you own nothing at all and want a place to start, a decent set of screwdrivers handles…
My nightstand went through a bad stretch last winter. It held a lamp, two books I was not reading, a water glass…
Take the curtains down and wash them before you decide anything else about the room. Half the time the seasonal change you…
Do one deep task a week and never schedule a deep cleaning day again. I gave up the seasonal marathon about four…
Empty the bench before you buy anything. That is the whole trick, and it took me three failed attempts at an entryway…
Put two mats at every door, not one. The outside mat scrapes, the inside mat absorbs, and neither one can do both…
Our hallway bathroom has no window and a fan I assumed was doing its job because it made noise. Noise is not…
Buy a second set of sheets for every bed and most of your sheet problems disappear. That is the whole trick, and…
Do this first: pull out every spice jar and group the ones you have used in the past month. Mine came to…