Posts in Beach House
Maintaining Your Things

This past week our car broke down, our front door handle broke and our faucet started leaking. Everything was repairable but it did feel like a flurry of failures that needed our attention beyond normal life responsibilities. All of these repairs took time and money. And all I could think is how do I simplify my life so I’m not spending time maintaining and repairing things?! But maybe the more constructive thought is, how do I fill my life with fewer things that I don’t mind maintaining and repairing?

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Laundry confession

So there are many things I write here that others may roll their eyes at and I still stand behind 95% of it. I remember another site featuring my home once and kept repeating over and over, “I could never put my wall bed away everyday, could you!?” but for me I know that I can put my wall bed away everyday and so can you, if your space depends on it. But when I look back on my old laundry post even I roll my eyes at me.

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