Makely

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I can never seem to keep my windows clean. Between the pollen and the rain and the kids’ dirty handprints, the glass gets dirty about 10 seconds after I clean it.

But, have you ever noticed how much brighter your home is with clean windows? It makes a world of difference!

So, with that in mind, I do try to clean my windows when I am bored enough or trying to avoid something else enough to actually do it (you feel me on that, don’t you?). I try to avoid using chemical filled cleaning supplies where possible, but it’s been difficult finding something non-toxic that works as well as Windex does on my windows.

Well, until now.

I have started using the handheld portion of my HomeRight Steam Machine Plus (Amazon affiliate link) and a clean microfiber cloth to clean my windows, and the results are amazing.

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Earlier this year, I got an email from one of my sweet readers. She told me about her love/hate relationship with color. Sara said that she has a series of different colors throughout her house and she loves them all, but she was having a difficult time focusing on pulling it all together. As she put it, “How do I focus and not make it look like [I live in] a circus?”

I have been thinking about that question ever since then. Sara isn’t the first person who’s approached me with questions about using color effectively in a room, but she is the first one who phrased the question in that particular way…and I loved it.

So, as part of the blog hop series on “How to Decorate” that is being hosted by my friend Beth from Home Stories A to Z, I am finally sharing my thoughts on putting together a colorful homr that doesn’t look like it belongs under the Big Top. And welcome if you are joining me for the first time as part of this blog hop from Rhoda’s blog, Southern Hospitality. I’m glad you are here!

I use color in a lot of big ways around my home. My creativity thrives when I am surrounded by saturated hues, so I made it a point to bring that saturation into my home. You will find a lot of bold patterns and bright colors in every room. I always sort of feel like my color combinations and styling just sort of come to me. But, as I took some time to really consider Sara’s question to me, I realized that there were some key guidelines that I subconsciously follow when putting together a room….

How to Clean Windows Without Chemicals + a HomeRight Steam Machine Plus Giveaway

How to Decorate With Color and Not Feel Like You Live Under the Big Top