HOMEMAKING
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10 Design & Decor Keys to the Best Small Guest Bedroom
Welcome to my guest bedroom Ladies, We moved into this rental house just months ago with zero furniture. Zero. After a career in the military and moving every few years, we were truly nomadic and living very slim. Everything you see here was collected (mostly thrifted) in a matter of weeks after moving into this house. I found solid beautiful furniture in this short amount of time, and they were exactly what I had hoped to find. However, I still have things I would change about this room. I did not find every item that I would like to use in here just yet. For now, here are the “bones”…
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Christian Homemaking: The Good, The Bad & The How to
Ladies, are you new to homemaking? I began homemaking as a newlywed full time 15 years ago, because I had always treasured this wifely role in my heart. I longed for the domestic job of my own home. But it came as a shock to me as I stepped into this realm, that it was a very difficult path for many reasons. I love creating clean and beautiful rooms, wonderful food and welcoming ambiance…but I did this work very much alone in my conviction for it. There was no Pinterest showcasing other wives doing this work, their homes, tips, or support. There was no cultural movement that encouraged us. The…
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Non-dramatic Bathroom Makeover: Making it Beautiful without the Renovation
Ladies, I love a dramatic before and after makeover. But in our world of attention-grabbing headlines and impressive home overhauls we have lost a lesson of utmost value. A makeover is not just an extreme change. Many times, transformative makeovers are the little things that you do to make a room feel clean, comfortable…and my favorite, romantic. Here is my very small rental house bathroom all made up. Decor is not just an add on. You can transform a room by styling it well. My bathroom was already very neutral colored which made it a nice palette to work with in comparison to a less than beautiful paint color. If…
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Better Homemaking & Happy Homemaker: Make the Bed
Ladies, Do you ever skip on something as simple as making the bed? The task we neglect is usually quite simple, quick even. Sometimes it’s the small task like making the bed that is easier to justify not doing because it doesn’t affect a lot of other things. Not doing the dishes affects a cascade of events in the house. But walking away from jumbled bedding can feel justifiable. But if you are new to homemaking, either as a new wife, or intentionally putting yourself to improving your home, start by forming the fortitude to make your bed. This small effort will change the look and the feel of your…
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Food Waste is Not Always Failure: Christian Homemaking
Ladies, Every time I scrape food into the trash, I cringe at the wasted food. If it’s one thing that makes me feel like a total failure as a wife running a home, it’s food waste. I am so aware of the blessing of having food. I never want to waste it. But that is it right there. It is important to manage your household well, but it is entirely a different matter to be weighed down by the expectation to never waste food. “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and…
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The Best Homemaker Outfit TIPS
Ladies, Were you ever taught that when you are homemaking, you are in fact “at work”? Work does not belong to some other location or some other person dictating it to you. It is not qualified by a paycheck. Your home is a workplace like any other workplace because it is a place that requires work. If you are working in your home, you are “at work”. Like any other job, this job has specific requirements for a wardrobe. Yes, your clothing can make this job harder or easier. Also, you need to show up to this job with dignity like you would any other workplace. Sleeve styles for homemaking…
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Housewives are Working Women
This article is written from a Biblical Christian perspective to encourage other Christian wives. Did you know that you are a “working woman” when you become a wife? Were you ever told about the job of running a home? Do you know it’s ok to earn money but that is not what qualifies you as a “working woman”? All I ever wanted was to be a wife running my own home, but I knew to never admit this was my primary ambition. No one was ever presenting this to me as an option. I was prodded toward the workforce with great intensity and never a word mentioned about being a…
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Now Hiring: Full Time Homemaker Job
Ladies, Were you trained to love your husband and children, or to work at home? We live in a culture that trains women for everything except the family and home. This part of a woman’s life is patently ignored for the workforce. We are mostly trained to make money, shake hands, build business and to feel like this is where our value lies. No wonder so many women suffer from depression at home and after having children. On top of her body adjusting, she was never given permission to be at home with her babies but sustains an expectation to jump back into a paycheck job sometimes while a newborn…
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The Lord Jesus Lives
Happy Resurrection weekend. There are no words to praise Jesus enough. There are no words. I was outside one day and looked up and saw the clouds in a cross and took this photo. We all need to look up more. “The LORD lives, and blessed be my rock, and exalted be the God of my salvation” Psalm 18:46
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5 Homemaking Tips for SCENT
Pungent cat urine. Strong dog smell. Dirty socks. Musty. Tuna fish. Overwhelming synthetic fragrance. Smells that smacked me in the face as the door swung open and jolly loving people welcomed me into their homes. As I gasped for air smiling with all of my gusto. I wish that these words did not summarize some of my experiences in other people’s homes. But the smell of people’s homes can assault. And I just have to note that these people were entirely gracious and in some cases were trying their best. Which moves me to teach more on homemaking since so many women just did not receive adequate training in this…