If we could build the perfect room from scratch, what would it look like? What features would it contain? Let’s have ourselves a little daydream… Today's post topic is so, just barely tangentially related to Live Simply that I almost shouldn't be allowed to blog about it. However, it is--in my opinion--cool enough that you'll forgive me. If you hate it, I'll give you your money back. JK; this shit's free! (I'm sorry.) (You expect ...

There's a strange power that trophies, awards, achievement plaques, ribbons, certificates, and other such things hold over people. Having been assigned great honor and significance by the presenting party, be that a sports league, a committee, or an organization, these tokens of recognition can feel like mandatory possessions. It would be an abomination to even consider letting go of something that so many people competed over or vied for...wouldn't it?   Image credit: Heather Nette King ...

April came and went like a passing sun shower. Here's the download on what rocked my month, in a tidy bundle just for you. 1. Bag hangers These are the most brilliant solution for hanging up your handbags. Often times, people lack shelf space and/or wall space, and all they have to work with is a closet hanging rod. (Such was the case with one of my clients this past month.) The question of where and ...

What if the negative labeling we apply with reckless abandon to every sort of situation was a perversion of the truth? The truth--a thought that empowers, rather than oppresses, that frees rather than ensnares, that pries back open our tacky-paint-can-lid hearts, once again. Maybe you didn't get that job you were hoping you'd get, or maybe you were spared. Maybe the relationship you wanted to succeed failed, or maybe its failure was its success. Maybe your ...

Children, in all their infinite wisdom, seem to know that things work best when divisions are obvious. If you buy a plate for a small human, it features at least three distinct sections, lest various components of a meal join and meld together. I can handle the carrots and the apple slices and the taco, but only if I can clearly recognize each for its own. But should the peas become jumbled with the scrambled ...