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Spring like weather, cleaning and adding beauty to the home...just another wonderful day of homemaking
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Spring is in the air and it is a beautiful day to do some spring homemaking
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I shared a sunrise and a sunset in another vlog and today's just was breathtaking
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I love waking up when the sun is rising and just seeing God's handiwork and all of that beauty
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So I'm starting off my day with getting my diffuser going with a beautiful scent and
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getting my coffee and my heavy cream and just getting the day rolling
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It is a day of a little bit of cleaning. I like to do my weekly cleaning of the bedrooms on this particular day
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So I already dusted and now it's time to get my floors cleaned
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If you haven't heard, I live in a 950 square foot home and so we have two bedrooms
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So cleaning the bedrooms is not too big of a feat but today I am doing a little bit more
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deep cleaning as after I'm done with my bedroom, my husband in my bedroom, and our little boys
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baby boys bedroom, then I'll move to our girls'. Also if you missed my shared closet makeover, check that out in the description box below
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It was a pretty simple mini DIY, just adding some wallpaper and decluttering and organizing
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Making even those hidden spaces beautiful is important. But moving over to my daughter's room and my floor cleaner is my same spray that I use
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for lots of different things. It's water, vinegar, and lemon essential oil
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So it's okay for the baby to be on the floor because it's all natural
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So every once in a while we need to take care of our kids' rooms, right
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Do some deep cleaning. I am getting under my oldest daughter's bed because I'm sure there's some hidden treasures
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underneath and some dust bunnies that have gone a little wild under there
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So finding some fun things, some play phone, you'll see I find a Christmas ornament
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So obviously I haven't done this since then at least. Some other little toys and wiping the walls down because I was kind of shocked at how
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dusty walls get behind beds and behind furniture that's against the wall
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So definitely don't forget to wipe your baseboards and your walls because the dust buildup goes
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on that just as much as it does on the floor
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So after that was done, pushing it back and just getting it reset, I usually let her make
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the bed so I didn't really adjust it too much because it's her job to make her bed in the
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morning and so just leaving that. And then I am putting their stuffed animals back and I'll be moving on over to my toddler's
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toddler bed. So I did the similar routine with this bed
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Wipe on the walls, wipe under the bed and just get it a lot more fresher and clean
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I do try to keep the toy amount in their room pretty minimal
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There's some in the closet, but not a whole lot in books in that box there
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But if you did miss back in August, so several months ago, I shared my whole home tour organized
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for you and just how our house is laid out. So check that out if you want to see how our house is done up to live in as a family
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of five. So finishing up making some more cleaning spray because when you use it for everything
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it goes pretty fast
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So I like to wash all my rags together at one time during the week
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So just threw that in before we headed out for a little stroll
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My little side garden beside our cement area has some green coming up and it just brings
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life back to the space. All right, so now I'm going to do a little bit more spring decorating in my living area
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I did do a spring decorating video not too long ago, but did not change the pillow covers
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So I was thinking of keeping them neutral, but I did add a little bit more pops of color
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with this floral pillow. I got it from Walmart last year and it had tassels on it
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Tassels with little kids are not the safest thing. So one got ripped off and then one of you suggested cut the other ones off
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So I did and now it's just cute as can be. Perfect for this little side chair next to our big window and add some color
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And then my other pillows are literally thrifted. They're covers or pillows
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So threw some pink in there. I have these other blue ones that you see on that love seat by the built-ins
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Not sure exactly if I'll keep those or not, but you know, just adding a little bit more
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color because spring is about life and color and new growth. Then it's time to do some kitchen cleaning and spring decorating
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So I keep my counter super minimal. I want a space to be able to work at the end that you can't really see
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I do sometimes get like papers and some like homeschool stuff on there, but right now it's
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got to be cleared off because I need to oil butcher block countertop and wipe down the
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subway tile. So our butcher block countertop has done us well for six years
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I want to say we DIY'd our kitchen after we bought the place and it's holding up pretty well
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It is a little more rough in some spots because it does not have a seal on it and I do not
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cut on it, but it is a piece that I think just adds character to the home
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It gives a little more farmhouse cottage feel and so I kind of like that anyways
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So I'm just oiling it with this Bob's oil, I guess. I think I have it in my Amazon store if you're interested
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I even use it on my wood cutting boards, so it works for that as well and it's food safe
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food grade safe. So while that dries, I am going to redecorate my accordion rack by our espresso machine
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The one staple that stays the same on this rack is my apron
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So I really like this crossbody apron and then I'm going to add some florals, faux florals
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of course. So most of these are thrifted or the tulips are one of my favorites from Amazon and I
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did it very simply last year. You can check over on my blog for some spring decorating inspiration if you want to find
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that there and this is what I've decided on for now. I'm sure it'll change probably by the time spring comes around and I don't know if I'm
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going to do a full spring tour or not. I just might share little snippets here and there in some of my other videos, but then
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I just like to use more flowers all throughout my kitchen as well in my vintage pictures
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and just make it more lively. Okay so this picture that I have of this chair and pot of flowers is adorable, but I actually
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ended up moving it from there. I'm not sure I'm a huge fan of it leaning against my counters like that, so it did not
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stay after I put it there. And then this little plate, they're like a set of four seasonal plates I have that I
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change out in my kitchen for every season. I think this they're from Currier and Ives I want to say, but of course another thrifted find
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Then I'm just putting everything else back on my counter since the oil has dried
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Of course I need to get my latte fix in that I made myself and I am still working on that
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latte art a little bit. And you'll see I kind of made a leaf of some sort, so anyways after that and after nap
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time I am digging up some of my grasses. It's too early to clean the garden because we still have frost, we still have freezing
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temperatures at night, but I'm just digging some of the decorative ornamental grasses
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up because they have taken over and it is time for me to rearrange my cottage style garden
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And that's the beauty of a cottage style garden, you can do that. You can take things out, you can transplant, you can move it around
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And I have these little stepping stones that my girls love walking on that I just wanted
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to have space for. So I am taking that out and just making it hopefully a new creation of a cottage garden
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Tonight's supper is sourdough, not sourdough, pizza, but it is just pizza
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And this pizza crust is one I go to if I don't use my sourdough starter
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So it's just a fun little change to have and husband's home from work and just getting
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the meal prepped and started and enjoying the conversation. My husband likes to help in the kitchen, but he also likes to snitch some of the food as
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I put it together, but who doesn't, right? So after it was baked, we enjoy a beautiful supper of just some pizza and I was out of
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lettuce, so we just had some cooked vegetables from the freezer. They're always a staple in my house as well, but I had to make sure to plate it up and
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show you. It's just, the kids really love this pizza. So anyways, had to light the candles for our meal as well and enjoy the sunset as it streams
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in through the kitchen window, share some zivias with my husband and my kids and just
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enjoy sitting down at a meal together
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