I read this article about the downside of microfibre cloths a few months ago and started looking for a new set of dish cloths that I feel ...

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 ...

Quite a few of you commented on how nice our blue quilt is (see previous post). I've blogged about this before but we must have a lot o...

You can save quite a bit of money if you learn how to do some basic sewing. Sewing on buttons, mending a torn sleeve, taking up a hem, repl...

It's calm in our home, even with four people here. Yesterday we had Jamie for the day and my sister Tricia is staying with us for a cou...

During the week as I was ironing I came across a pillow case that was frayed and very thin in a few places. It came in a set of a fitted sh...

I used to wear my hair longer when I was younger. I think I was in my late fifties when I had it cut short. Through all my young years I bo...

I love hand sewing much more than machine sewing. Next month, I'm taking a trip to the Blue Mountains to visit my sister. I have no d...

There was a time when, in my dim and distant past, I would throw out clothes that had a hole, a missing button or a broken zip. I feel real...