When we first moved into our home we made quite a few changes. We pulled up carpets, built a new kitchen, added another bedroom and bathroo...

It feels good to be starting a new year with a clean and well organised house. If I was still writing for a living I'd also have daily ...

August in The Simple Home “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”  William Morris ...

Hello friends. I'm almost back to normal and with the exception of a bung knee, I'm feeling pretty good. I had the exceptional gift...

There is no doubt you'll save money if you keep a clean and well organised stockpile and you don't waste the food you grow or buy. ...

While I've been writing The Simple Home series, you've probably noticed I'm not writing much about what is happening here on a...

Every so often I receive an email from a reader asking for ideas about something they're struggling with.  Here we have one such query ...

Like you, I put a fair bit of time into my home. Doing the housework here allows us to live in relative comfort and to invite our family an...

I sometimes have a quiet laugh at myself for something I've said or written. Yesterday I was reading through an old list of chores I...

Amy left this comment a few days ago: Can you do a post or point me to resources about how to love hard work? I'm finding that being a...

We all work in different ways in our homes.  Some of us have babies, children or elders to care for, some produce fresh food in the bac...

Homemaking attracts people from all walks of life, with differing wants, needs, philosophies and ambitions. I have a degree, a moderate...