We all know that keeping an immaculate house is not my thing. One thing I fail to do is tidy up each day. (Working on it--and improving.) But I do know myself and how to keep myself motivated--or rather, how to keep myself in check. Here are some tricks I am using to … [Read more...]
How to clean stinky workout clothes
Sometimes even a horrible housewife figures out how to do something right...out of necessity! I work out hard. I leave the gym drenched in sweat. My gym laundry is down right funky. I wash most of our our clothes with homemade laundry detergent. I tweaked this recipe from … [Read more...]
How to Remove Old Wallpaper
We live in an old house with a small wallpapered office off of the kitchen. I'm pretty sure the wallpaper was put on the walls decades ago! Some of it was peeling....So I tugged on one of the corners and easily pulled away a small strip. However, the wallpaper did not come away … [Read more...]
The horrible housewife: kids pantry redo
I bet you are wondering where I am at with my fall decluttering and cleaning project. Well, here is the next installment of The Horrible Housewife! I've been stuck decluttering the kitchen for way too long now! I'm going to have to break up the kitchen into parts. … [Read more...]
No Sew DIY Reusable Cleaning Wipes
After organizing and cleaning out our linen closet, I ended up with a few towels that weren't fit for donation. But I hate to add to the growing mountain of waste in our landfills. So I decided to use pieces of old cloth to make DIY reusable cleaning wipes. Wipes have … [Read more...]