A resource for those seeking information on organizing and transforming spaces.
The COVID-19 pandemic forced offices around the world to shut their doors, leaving employees to work from home for the foreseeable future. While working from home eliminates certain expenses such as travel and commute costs, there are unexpected costs of working remotely that can quickly add up. Increased use of your heating and cooling systems for example! Fortunately, there are ways to cut some of the unforeseen work from home costs. Read below to learn more!
If you want to transform your current house into your dream home, money can be a limiting factor. After all, how are you going to make a big splash with a small budget? It turns out that you don’t need millions in the bank to completely revamp your space. There are plenty of ways to add high-end details to your property without creating a giant hole in your wallet. We’ve compiled some of the best ideas you can try out in your own home below.
Moving in with a significant other is a big milestone. There’s a sacrifice of personal space and independence, but you gain so much more: a domestic partner to share living expenses and domestic duties, a step up in the relationship, and a commitment that says more than words could express. Like all major life changes, moving in together comes with bumps in the road. Besides compromises and agreeing on decisions for your living space, the cost of moving can be a challenge to overcome.
Buying or leasing your first home is a milestone. Whether it’s a small apartment or a large house, it’s your residence. Yet it takes more than your signature on the paperwork to make that space feel like home. The bare walls and empty rooms of which you’ve taken ownership likely will need a lot of work before you can feel truly comfortable there.
So you want to organize your life. You see all the beautiful Instagram posts and magazine layouts of perfectly organized homes. Beautiful built-ins where kids backpacks are hung, baskets for mittens and shelves for shoes. You think to yourself how wonderful it would be to have such organization, if only you could afford to have someone come build a mudroom with cubbies and shelving. What to do? Not everyone can afford to live like the photos in House Beautiful, and sometimes the pictures are unrealistic to maintain. There are simple inexpensive tips that you can put to practice in your own home which can help with various “dumping areas.”
