Let's usher in a new month by talking about a bunch of stuff I loved last month! Okay, great! 1. OXO Good Grips Deep Clean Brush Set Cleaning, I've realized, is a matter of having the right tools. If you can't get into a crevice or corner, you can't clean it. But, with a set of cleaning brushes designed to fit into those tiny spaces, there isn't much of anything to which you can't give a ...

There is no one among us who lives above the saying, "you get out what you put in." This is Simply the law of the universe. The natural pattern of things. The amount and quality of effort that you funnel in any direction dictates the result. If it were a matter of our mental and emotional capacity, there would literally be no end to the effort we might exert. Effort is energy, and energy is, ...

Recently I did a little Q & A session for my paliest, the Sarah Adler, and a group of her clients. I think I must have brought up the fact that often times when people first move into a space, they're in a rush to unpack, and so things get placed wherever they hurriedly do, and there they likely stay. For years. Decades, even! Whether or not the location of various items makes sense down ...

There are those who prefer squeaky clean, and those who like a distinct, weathered, collected, vintage aesthetic. There is a space for both styles in the Land of Live Simply, so long as one chooses with the utmost intentionality. I I tend to skew naturally to that fresh and clean, first-time-user side of things, and I thusly try to be conscious of balancing the scales by providing a dosage of inspiration in the other direction. ...

There is no doubt about it: intentional shopping is a key component of whether or not a person is able to Live Simply. What you buy is the stuff that will fill your space and compose the load you carry in life. None of us is or will ever be the perfect shopper. Most of us can't see into the future, and thus, can't guarantee how an item we're about to purchase will or will not ...