As spring rolls in, your family & friends will begin looking to migrate outside and enjoy the warmer weather. After a long winter, patio & deck areas can seem bare and uninviting. Decks fade, once crisp lines between landscaping & patio surfaces become muddled, and everything gets dirty. It can be overwhelming to consider making everything [...]
Home and Garden Inexpensively
I was exited to have the chance to review The Simple Stencil because we have been working on updating our home decor with wall words for awhile now. I even hosted an Uppercase Living demonstration just for the chance to earn a few pieces—it’s dang expensive! I’ve also bought the cheap stuff in retail stores, [...]
Friday Girl TV is a new lifestyle show featuring musician, blogger & urban adventurer October Rose. Twice each month, she explores Atlanta, providing an all girl-guide to the community as well as art, business, lifestyle, culture and more. It is Friday Girl TV’s goal to encourage, educate and entertain audiences while uplifting the overall image [...]
A home garden is a fantastic way to save money on produce throughout the summer. We were not very successful last year, due to a lot of unexpected family travel. This year, however, I am determined to grow plenty of our favorites! One of the items on my 40×40 list is to grow and preserve [...]
Isn’t it nice when the rain hits at the perfect time during gardening season? You get to skip watering the lawn or garden, avoiding the added expense to your water bill. Many times, it doesn’t rain enough or at the right time and I’m left weighing the value of a nice lawn or the frugality [...]
Elyas Bakhtiari is a freelance writer currently working with long-running blog and green shopping site, Sustainablog. His guest post explores the difference between dishwashers & hand-washing and shares how going green can save you money. Image via Wikipedia If you haven’t really looked into energy efficient dishwashers, you may assume that no matter how efficient [...]
There are a variety of ways to lower the costs on utility bills you already have to pay—budget billing, comparison shopping and simple alternatives are some of the easiest. They don’t require you to reduce your consumption in anyway. You only have to work with your current provider or consider finding a new one. Real [...]
Oh, I wish I were an organized person! Peter Walsh asks in his book, “What is clutter costing you?” He thinks in terms of space, peace and relationships but after this week’s decluttering experience, I’m considering the monetary costs. Earlier today, I shared a few ways to make money off the items you are purging. [...]
Aside from the obvious benefit of being free from clutter, there are a variety of ways to sell or trade your unwanted stuff. In addition to the traditional yard sale and the ever popular document.write(‘eBay’);eBay and Craigslist, we’ve found a few new(ish) ways to unload or trade up your old items. It’s time to start [...]
We’re kicking off our New Year, New Budget series by tackling your New Year’s resolutions. The goal is to help you make progress, while sticking to your budget. Year after year, one of the biggest resolutions is to get organized. I chose to tackle this one first because I need a lot of help myself. [...]
