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Are you overlooking the small things that could completely transform your space? In today’s video, I’m sharing 6 small home changes that make a big difference — simple updates that instantly improve how your home looks and feels without a major renovation or big budget.
These easy tweaks are practical, affordable, and perfect if you want your home to feel more polished, cozy, and thoughtfully styled. Sometimes it’s not about buying more — it’s about adjusting what you already have in smarter ways.
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00:00 INTRO
00:36 RUGS & RUNNERS
02:28 SHOE RACKS & CABINETS
03:55 BEHIND THE SOFA TABLE
06:14 VACUUMING WITH ESSENTIAL OILS
08:30 COZY READING NOOK
09:34 FOLDABLE STACKABLE BASKETS
11:51 OUTRO
If you love practical decorating tips that actually make a difference, this one’s for you.
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Hi, it's Lindsay Diane from dandor.com.
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In this video, let's talk about six
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small home changes that make a big
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difference. Making your home feel more
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comfortable, organized, and welcoming
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doesn't require major renovations or a
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big budget. Often, it's the small
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changes that really impact the way your
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space looks and functions from day to
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day. So, let's jump into six small home
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changes that will make a big big
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difference in your home. Let's get
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started. Number one is runners and
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indoor mats. One of the easiest changes
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you can make is to add runners and
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indoor mats to your hightra areas. These
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items work overtime to catch dirt and
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debris before it starts to spread
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throughout your home. Kitchen runners
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are especially helpful if you spend long
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periods of time standing at the sink or
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the stove. Not only are they great for
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adding additional comfort underfoot, but
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they protect your kitchen floor from
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spills and splashes and stains. Inside
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door mats or small area rugs placed just
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inside your front door or back door
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provide an extra layer of protection,
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especially in areas where wet or dirty
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shoes are common. A lot of the times
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when we come in and out of the house,
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especially when it's wet during the
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rainy season or if it's snowing, the
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dirt that also comes in with us on our
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wet shoes, then starts to adhere itself
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to your floor. And that's why your
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entryways tend to be the dirtiest when
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you are mopping your floor. You see that
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really dirty water there. And that's
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because a lot of the times we're
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bringing in that sort of moisture with
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the dirt and it's really adhering and
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sticking itself to your floors. Now, if
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you have an indoor mat, that's a great
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way. Not only are you going to wipe your
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feet on the outdoor mat, but when you're
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inside and you're trying to take your
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shoes off or something like that, you
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have a landing space for that so that
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you aren't tracking them through the
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house, getting to a shoe rack or
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bringing them to your room or wherever
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you're going to leave your shoes. These
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are really budget friendly home decor
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items. Indoor mats may range you
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anywhere between like $15 and $30.
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Kitchen runners usually between like $30
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and $80 depending upon how fancy you
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want to get with them. But they are
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really affordable pieces that make a
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huge difference in your space. Number
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two are shoe racks and cabinets. Now,
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walking into your home that is filled
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with shoes scattered all over the place
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just makes everything look messy from
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the start, but having a designated place
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to put your shoes away makes a huge
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difference. Again, not only with the
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dirt that's being kicked off of the
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shoes, but also just the maneuverability
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and the organization of your entryway
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spaces when you're coming and going just
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makes it easier for you to get out the
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door in the morning, for you to find the
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items that you need. Lots of people even
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have baskets just for socks, especially
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if you have little kids. Having a basket
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with just socks by the shoes makes a lot
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of sense so they're not running back and
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forth to rooms trying to find socks to
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wear with their shoes. Reducing that
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visual clutter and clearing the pathways
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makes a huge difference on the way you
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experience your home on a day-to-day
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basis. If you can splurge on a closed
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shoe cabinet, that's even better because
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it keeps everything out of sight. It
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just looks like you have a beautiful
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sort of piece of furniture right there
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by your entryway. You It gives you an
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opportunity to decorate above it. It
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really makes everything look clean and
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streamlined, and it's a fantastic way to
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make a huge change without spending a
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lot of money. A basic shoe rack will run
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you anywhere between $25 and $60. Shoe
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cabinets run between $80 and $180.
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Number three, behind the sofa tables.
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This is one of the most overlooked
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pieces of furniture that you can add to
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your space affordably. Behind the sofa
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tables not only give you an opportunity
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for extra storage, a place to place
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maybe some lamps, but many of them come
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with charging stations built in that
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will give you that extra functionality
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if you are hanging out on the couch and
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you want to charge your phone or you
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want to plug in your laptop or a tablet
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and still be in that living room space
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or that den area. These are really,
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really great. They are slimline. They're
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usually much narrower than any than a
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console table. And they're really just
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kind of a ledge that you end up building
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out behind your sofa by placing it right
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there between the wall and the sofa. Or
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it's a great way to cover the back of
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your sofa. If you have like an open
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floor plan and the back of a sofa or a
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love seat is just exposed, adding a
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little sofa table there is a great way
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to decorate to uh create a nice boundary
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for that space and also add some
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function. Many of them have shelves on a
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lower level where you can store baskets
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that will help you organize your space
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or you can add some decorative elements
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like maybe a vase or a potted plant or a
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figurine. And it's just a really simple
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solution to add extra storage and extra
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function into some of your common areas.
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These are especially great if you have a
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smaller space and you don't want all of
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your walking area to be eaten up by a
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coffee table or an oversized ottoman.
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This is often the case again if you have
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small kids that need like an area to
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kind of be on the floor and play with. A
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lot of the times we push our coffee
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table out of the way. And frankly, if I
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could do it again in the early years, we
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probably wouldn't have one at all. We
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would just use the sofa table. You can
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put a, you know, a drink on the ledge
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back there. It's out of the way. No
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one's going to bump into it. It's just a
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really fantastic solution and it's a
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small change that makes a big
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difference. Basic behind the sofa
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console tables are going to run you
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anywhere between like $50 and $150. The
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console tables with the outlets are a
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little bit higher. Expect to spend
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around $100 or more for those. Number
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four is adding cotton balls with
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essential oils on them to your vacuum
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canister to help fragrance your home.
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Now, this is one of my favorite ways to
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use essential oils. It will distribute
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the scent so beautifully throughout your
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home while you're cleaning. You don't
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have to worry about having aerosol
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sprays and what chemicals might be in
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them. You don't have to worry about
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keeping track of candles burning or
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anything like that. You just add a few
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drops of essential oils to a couple of
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cotton balls, drop them into the
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canister where the dirt collects in your
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vacuum, and then just go about vacuuming
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as normal. As the air exchanges through
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the canister, it's going to push that
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scent back out into your room as you
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vacuum. So, if you're vacuuming multiple
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places, expect that that fragrance is
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going to spread through all of those
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areas. It's a really great way to add a
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non-toxic fragrance to your home while
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you're also cleaning. Essential oils can
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run anywhere between like5 and $15 per
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bottle. It really depends on the size of
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the bottle that you are going for. The
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little 1 oz bottles are fine. They last
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a very long time. You're only using one
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or two drops at a time. If you want to
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go like the therapeutic grade oils,
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those are going to be a little bit more
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expensive. Alternatively, you can also
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use just fragrance oil blends if you're
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not um super keen on sticking to only
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the essential oil fragrance selection or
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having to mix uh you know drops to get
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the right fragrance. You can buy blends
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that are already made. They have both
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synthetic fragrance oil blends and
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essential oil blends available at a lot
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of places. Amazon is a really great spot
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for that. Etsy, Walmart, you may find
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some as well. But this is a great way to
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fragrance your home. It's an easy change
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that you can make. This is really one of
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the simplest ways to help get a nice,
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fresh, beautiful fragrance that you love
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throughout your home. You don't have to
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change these out every single time you
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vacuum. They will stay smelling nice
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when your canister is full or when you
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normally empty it. Just trash them with
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everything else. Put a couple more in
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and you're ready to go for next time.
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Number five is to create a cozy reading
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nook. Adding a simple reading nook is
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one of those small home changes that
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adds instant charm and functionality.
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All it takes is an extra chair and a
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small side table tucked into an empty
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corner. This cozy setup creates a
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dedicated space to read, enjoy a cup of
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coffee, or take a quiet phone call. You
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can add a small table lamp to a side
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table or you can add a floor lamp for
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extra illumination so that you don't
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have to have maybe the big light on
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early in the morning or late in the
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evening. You can just have your little
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space kind of lightly illuminated. It's
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a great way to add extra function into
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your space and it makes a big change. It
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sort of adds a new zone to your home
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that you can experience. And it's
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something very, very simple that you can
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do. If you have an extra chair hanging
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around or you just want to do a little
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bit of rearranging in the new year,
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think about making a cozy little reading
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nook for yourself in a room. This is
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going to be a fantastic change for your
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home. Number six is foldable and
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stackable closet baskets. Now, there are
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a lot of ways to organize your closets,
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but the foldable and stackable baskets
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really have an edge on just about
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everything else because you are able to
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stack up different types of items or
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even the same item one on top of the
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other, but it also allows you to sort of
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pull things from the middle if you need
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to without disturbing the whole pile.
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So, for instance, a big problem that I
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have in my home is that our stack of
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towels in the bathroom, the kids can't
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reach the top towel, right? So, my son
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will literally pull out the one from the
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bottom and have the stack all falling
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over and it getting, you know, unfolded
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and it be a mess. And so the solution
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that I found is to get those foldable
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stackable bins so that you may be able
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to keep like two towels in each one of
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those bins or baskets and he can grab
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one from a lower basket without
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disrupting all of the other ones. You
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can do this for shirts, for towels, for
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sheets. That's another thing that people
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usually stack up. And if you're trying
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to figure out, okay, where's the
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queensiz sheets and where's the
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king-size sheets? If you have them all
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separated, it's a great way to organize
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and be able to get to one without
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disturbing the whole pile. This is a
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really simple change that makes a big
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big difference. It keeps things neat and
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orderly and greatly improves the
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function of your home. The stackable
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baskets run anywhere between like $15
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and $30. You can buy them on Amazon.
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IKEA, Target, the Container Store. There
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are a lot of places to purchase these.
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Consider next time you have an
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organizing project and you have things
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that you know are going to need to be
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stacked, but you don't want to have to
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disrupt or reach into maybe like the
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wicker baskets, right? The fabric
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baskets that you get from like Dollar
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Tree and Walmart. You really have to
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look and reach down in there. Having
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those stackable ones, not only do you
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have the visibility to see what you're
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looking at, but you can again pull
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things from the middle without
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disturbing the entire stack. So, that's
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it for this video. Those are six small
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home changes that make a big difference.
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