5 minute read Hi Reader! The two upstairs closets in our current home were vacuous, awkward, and hard to use in their original configuration. So I made a few (easy) upgrades that turned all the open space into serious storage for games, toys, books, and costumes. If you have under-utilized closets in your home, click to learn the three (actionable!) strategies that can help you use up every last inch too! Read It: How to Max Out the Storage In Your Closets More Like This My Top Tips for an...
7 days ago • 1 min read
4 minute read Hi Reader! Years ago, I remember sharing a room reveal and one of the first comments I received was along the lines of: “The room reveal is great, but where are you storing your kids’ shoes and backpacks?” I was a bit flabbergasted that THAT was the question after sharing so many creative solutions in the post. But all these years later, that comment has stuck with me because it hits on what we all really want to know: How do you store all the “nuisance but necessary” items of...
14 days ago • 1 min read
2 minute read Hi Reader! Every first week of the month, I like to hit pause on home/DIY/organization projects and dive into the personal side of things... ...Mom life, Blogger life, Military life…and all the other life in between! When I returned to the blog last month after a (practically) year-long hiatus, I looked a bit different. Not only did I chop my hair off, but I also lost about 20 pounds in my time away. Many readers have reached out, curious to know more. So in this month’s Coffee...
21 days ago • 1 min read
5 minute read Hi Reader! One of the trickiest things when moving from one home to another, is getting items (that you really, truly love) to fit AND fit well. We’ve become pros at shuffling furniture up, down, and all around in order to find the “just right” spot for every item. But sometimes, there are things that won’t fit, no matter what. On this most recent move…it was our rugs. Our large house in North Carolina had all hardwood floors; and as a result, we ended up buying several (very...
28 days ago • 4 min read
5 minute read Hi Reader! If you look back through my blog archive, there is one thing you will see on (almost) all of my windows: curtains. I learned early in our (now 20+ year long!) renter lifestyle that almost nothing makes a space feel more like a real home (and less temporary!) than curtains. The hardware, the fabric, the light-filtering…all together, they go such a long way in helping a space feel personal, stylish…complete. I’ve hung curtains so many times, that somewhere along the...
about 1 month ago • 4 min read
5 minute read Hi Reader! These days, everything and anything seems to come with its own charging cord. The bulbs to our wireless sconces. My son’s new RC car. Even our new electric toothbrushes! If your household is anything like mine, you’re going crazy trying to figure out what cord belongs to what gadget, and how to store them all so that you can actually find the right one at charging time. Enter my two favorite new finds that are seriously saving my sanity: Writable Cord Labels | Elastic...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
4 minute read Hi Reader! Fun fact: across our 11 different homes, I’ve installed about 30 different wallpapers. (Yep – I have a thing for wallpaper!) But I just hung some (seriously gorgeous) wallpaper in our latest rental kitchen, and it’s easily the BEST wallpaper for kitchen projects I’ve ever ever used. Ever. (In fact, once I finished this project, I immediately texted my sisters and said “THIS is the project that will bring me back to the blog, because I HAVE to share this!”) Today, I’m...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
4 minute read Well, hey there Reader! It’s me, Megan…from The Homes I Have Made. 👋 I know…it’s been a while. 🫣 Over a year, in fact, since I sent my last newsletter. If you’re one of my many readers who have been wondering where I went, what I’ve been doing, and what’s going on… Hi again! Sorry for my absence. All is well, and you can catch up on everything going on in my life HERE! But if you’re instead receiving this newsletter for the first time and wondering who I am and why you’re...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Hi Reader! Last week on the blog, I spent some time chatting about plants, particularly how to move them. And since my solution is usually not to move them, I get lots and lots of opportunities to try new plants each time we settle into a new place. In recent years, I've found myself buying the same few plants over and over because they are the perfect combination of 1) easy to care for, and 2) they look really good! Read on to see the three plants I always have in my home! Pathos. Pathos...
about 1 year ago • 2 min read