Last week we rented dumpster to get rid of all of the broken and worn out stuff in our house. We hadn't done a full scale clean out in t...

There is an old saying that Mainers are known for living out:  " Use it up ,  wear it out , make it do, or do without." M any beau...

This year (understatement) has been a doozy. The pandemic hit  and we ALL are feeling the effects on some level. It turned the world upside ...

This is an OLD post from 2011. It doesn't reflect the realities of my life now. There are far fewer choices available right now...

I've watched the show Hoarders once .  People joke a lot about being featured on that show.  Usually you sense that they might be a ho...

I was in the closet organization section at Target and thought "Aha!" Here's a closer look to a few of them. Heaven knows...

My "studio" aka painting area is a hallway at the bottom of the stairs in the cellar. A few weeks ago I posted my before picture...

One of the reasons I have postponed cleaning my painting area is that it requires making some decisions. Am I going to use the mica dust/f...

"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible." ~ St. Francis...

I finished cleaning out my Creativity Zone. Yippee! The book Where Women Create was definitely an inspiration in the final stages - i...