UPDATE: This post is so good it was time to highlight it again for new followers! enjoy and please share your creative ideas below! I own a preschool. A preschool that believes in creative expression, collaborative project work, natural and loose parts exploration…we send home a lot of art. The children in our program are free to explore materials and create. We celebrate all pieces. Even the ones with just a single brush stroke across the page. Why? Because each piece is a s

February Numbers are in! So much information to share with you this month and I don’t even know where to begin. Maybe with Stefano’s mega meltdown? He attended a birthday party where he was given a balloon. Said balloon popped and he was devastated. He proceeded to have a meltdown over the fact that we can’t go buy or replace the new balloon because we are on a no spend year. It was the loudest, longest tantrum I’ve had to endure in a long time. I may have cried with him, no

No spend year is here. This post has finally come together! So here it is, our 2019 no spend challenge rules. You have been wanting to hear all about it. It’s been the hardest post I’ve had to write because as soon as I hit publish I am going to be accountable to so many people. No pressure! I am also disclosing a lot of personal and financial information and as much as that is uncomfortable, I think it helps some people to better understand our reasons and maybe get you thin

Welcome to our minimalist home house tour. Pretty much all that you see is all that we own. We like to live simple. I would like to clarify, that being a minimalist doesn’t mean you are cheap or don’t like nice things. On the contrary, I appreciate beautiful things. I value them. I buy quality items but I don’t need a ton of things to find happiness. I am content with the few amazing things I do own. Also, I like to know that everything has a place. I like to have the things

I often get asked a lot of questions about our fireplace renovation. For me, the fireplace and living room was really important to get right because it’s the focal point of our home. As soon as you walk through the front door you are greeted by the 18-foot vaults, Stunning windows, and the now gorgeous fireplace. Our overall design for the house was simple, modern and functional.  We wanted to add elements of Scandinavian style as it really seemed to fit overall with our desi