Posts by Rachel Jones
Easy! 6 Steps to Become a Minimalist When You Have a Family
The more people you have in your home, the more challenging it is to embrace a minimalist lifestyle: unless you can get everyone on board. This is going to vary significantly from family to family, with different preferences, personalities and ages there is no one-size-fits-all way of approaching minimalism or getting the rest of the…
Read Full PostHow to Experience Minimalism Before Going All-In
Has minimalism been appealing to you, but you’re just not sure if you can get rid of enough to live as a minimalist? Testing the ropes before going all in can be helpful for the family too. A couple years ago, I conducted an experiment with my littlest children by packing up most of the…
Read Full PostInspiring Minimalist Family RV Tour
It is my pleasure to introduce you to Merissa, who has kindly offered to share some images of her home with us: What square footage do you have and how many people live in your home? We have roughly 350 square feet and there are 5 of us in our family. We live full time in…
Read Full PostHow to Keep a Clean House
Keeping a clean house is a two-part task: Regular cleaning Eliminating the excess You can’t have one without the other, or you’ll find yourself exhausted, frustrated and overwhelmed. Regular cleaning is basic maintenance – do the dishes, wipe the counters, etc. The daily portion of regular house maintaining doesn’t need to be detailed or take…
Read Full PostHow I Ditched Perfection and Set Homemakerish Goals
The following is a guest post from Kendra Hennessy 💗 As a young mom, I wasn’t always a fan of the word homemaking. I had bought into the idea that homemaking needed to be difficult and feel like servitude. The word itself felt antiquated and, when mixed with the “do it all and have it…
Read Full PostThe Secret to a Perfect Minimalist Style Home is Easier Than You Think
Think of a hotel room, it has what you need, it’s normally decorated enough to make the space feel comfortable and homey. It has enough furniture to meet your needs, but not so much that the space feels crowded. Though your home is going to feel more home-like than a hotel room, the hotel industry has…
Read Full Post3 Tricks to Keeping the Counters Decluttered and Clean
Clutter-free and sparkling clean counters in the kitchen are so inviting. It means you can jump right into whatever project you have in mind, easily begin cooking a meal or feel free to invite your neighbor in to share a cup of coffee. Keeping the counters clear isn’t simply a once-and-done task, it’s three-fold: changing habits,…
Read Full PostCharming 90-Year-Old Farmhouse Minimalist Home Tour
It is my pleasure to introduce you to Elisabeth, who has kindly offered to share some images of her home with us: What square footage do you have and how many people live in your home? Currently, we have 1100 square feet for two adults and our three living children. We plan to expand a…
Read Full PostHow to Minimize Your Lifestyle and Reduce Stress
I can recall the feeling so clearly: We had decided to remodel the kitchen, and since we didn’t know how to do any of the work, a friend, Phil, was helping us out. Now, I want you to keep in mind what Phil was like: Around 60 years old, his wife kept an immaculate house,…
Read Full PostMinimalist Home Tour: More Purpose and Joy – Less Busyness
It is my pleasure to introduce you to Olivia, who has kindly offered to share some images of her home with us: My name is Olivia and I live in Australia with my husband and two children. I am a qualified Naturopath and Nutritionist and stay at home mum. I am the blogger behind Every…
Read Full Post7 Steps to Creating a Minimalist Home
The appeal to minimalism is most often in the way it makes one’s home feel: open, spacious and free of clutter. Here are seven steps you can take to create a home that you love being in: 1. Get rid of most of your stuff. And when you feel like you’re done- go through it…
Read Full PostThe Art of Less: How Minimal Living Inspires Creativity
But out of limitations comes creativity. ~ Debbie Allen I love to draw and paint. And practice makes perfect, right? I know it’s true, the more I paint, the better I am. But the most interesting thing I found is, that the more I limited myself in specific ways, the better I became. I found this…
Read Full Post3 Products to Declutter From Your Home Right Now
Note: This is a guest post from Morgan Statt. Morgan is a health & safety investigator who spends her time researching and writing on a variety of topics for ConsumerSafety.org Her focus is on product safety, public health issues, and trending consumer news. In her free time, she can be found discovering new music and planning her…
Read Full PostEverything You Ever Wanted to Know About Minimalism
What exactly is minimalism? Minimalism is intentionally getting rid of the excess in your life, so you can devote time and energy to the things that are truly important to you. It’s a lifestyle choice, but it’s not merely decluttering and limiting what you own, it’s looking very intently at what you have, what you need…
Read Full PostHow to Practice Daily Minimalism
Other than culling your possessions and creating a capsule wardrobe, what does it even look like to live as a minimalist through the day? Here are seven areas that are important to think through: 1. Be selective about what you put on the calendar. After ridding your home of unnecessary junk, you’ll want to look carefully at…
Read Full PostDiscover 8 New Ways to be More Mindful with Your Shopping
Note: This is a guest post from Elysha Lenkin at elyshalenkin.com. After spending years working on commercial shoots, she has expanded her business to include personal styling so she can help women create a wardrobe filled only with items they love and want to wear. My name is Elysha, and I’ve been a wardrobe stylist…
Read Full PostPractical Minimalism for Real-Life Families
People often ask how I can be a minimalist with so many children. Because children = mountains of stuff, right?! Well, yes, every person you have in your home means all the stuff they need to live has to be in the house as well, so with more people comes more stuff. But it doesn’t…
Read Full PostI Can’t Keep my House Clean, What’s Wrong with Me?!
Ten years ago, this was a common phrase out of my mouth. I didn’t notice anyone in my peer group with a home in the same shape as mine. I didn’t really understand how to maintain a clean house and after failing at it for the last ten years I felt like a complete idiot.…
Read Full PostDecluttering 101
Step 1: Start with daily tasks Let me just tell you this now: Setting up a morning and evening habit of doing a quick tidy in the kitchen and washing the dishes makes all the difference in the world. And if you don’t believe me, I challenge you to try it for a month and…
Read Full Post3 Steps to Take as a Beginning Minimalist Mom
Get up earlier than the kids Minimalism is shifting your mindset from a negative-focus, me-focus or reward-focus approach to life. Those are things that every human struggles with, we are a very self-oriented group, so shifting the way our mind works takes intentional effort. But, one of the easiest ways to combat that me-focused thinking is…
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