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The Lost Art of Homemaking (A Spring-Cleaning Primer)

March 22, 2019

The Lost Art of Homemaking: Image of a crocus in foreground, a house in the background.

by Kathleen Guire I love cleaning. I know. Not everyone does. I love order, organizing, and making things beautiful. Homemaking is an art that many in our culture have discarded. Perhaps we back down from beautifying our space because we don’t think it’s “beautiful enough.” The barrage of HGTV picture-perfect homes and Instagram design accounts […]

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Filed Under: Home Tagged: home improvement, homemaking, spring cleaning

On the Homefront: Catching Up Is Hard to Do

June 30, 2017

Basement Repair Guy: Why did you wait so long to call? Me: Because I thought our foundation might be cracked and it would cost $30,000 to fix. Basement Repair Guy: “So your husband Shop-Vac’d 90 gallons of water off your basement floor every time there was a hard rain? For 20 years?” Me: (hanging head) […]

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Filed Under: Home Tagged: annual list of house maintainence tasks, basement waterproofing, home improvement, home maintainence tips, home maintenance, home renovation, how to keep up with home maintenance

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