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Giveaway Winner… and Entry Hall Reveal!

written by Lauren

apply, wall art decal

When Lot 26 Studio gave me the chance to try out one of their wall decals and offer a giveaway and 20% off coupon to Mom Home Guide's readers, I jumped at the chance. I love wall art and have already used wall decals in several rooms in my home. Last week, Mom Home Guide ran a Rafflecopter giveaway for Mom Home Guide's readers to give away $50 to use toward a Lot 26 Studio product, and a winner has been selected ... Sherry A. An email has been sent to the winner -- hope to hear from you soon, Sherry! a Rafflecopter giveaway But for those of you who didn't win, don't sweat it! You can Continue reading...

Filed Under: Decor, DIY, giveaway, Organize Tagged With: decor, giveaway, mudroom, organize

Mom Home Guide House Tour

written by Lauren

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I just love looking at online house tours of other mom bloggers' homes. One house tour I recently saw was that of blogger Jenna from SAS Interiors. I just love how beautiful her home looks, from her tidy and clutter-free foyer, to her modern kitchen with beautiful wood floors to the serene master bedroom. I wish my home was so masterfully designed! To me, my home is a work in progress. Over the past few months, I've completed a few home improvements, like making our home's mudroom/foyer area more functional, creating a fun study/media/play space for the kids and adding Continue reading...

Filed Under: basement, Decor, DIY, furniture, home improvement, how to, MomHomeGuide.com, Yard & Garden Tagged With: backyard, basement, decor, DIY, furniture, garden, kids, kitchen, landscaping, living room, mudroom, playroom

Best of 2012: Garage Organization

written by Lauren

garage, pegboard, organize

Hello! Here at Mom Home Guide, I've been busy reviewing some of my posts from 2012. It's a good reminder of all the projects I've completed the past year, but most importantly, it's a BIG reminder of all the projects that I HAVE YET TO COMPLETE! A really big project that I need to finish is the garage. For years, I've wanted to install a garage opener in the garage. (I want to make entry into the garage during the cold winter much quicker!) But, before I can complete that project, I need to finish painting the garage -- I only have about 1.5 of the walls painted and I have to Continue reading...

Filed Under: DIY, garage, home improvement, Organize Tagged With: DIY, garage, mudroom, organize

Picture Frame Dry Erase Board

written by Lauren

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I like to browse Pinterest for craft ideas, and I’ve seen a lot of easy DIY picture frame dry erase boards, so I decided to make one of my own! I recently created a mini mudroom by my home’s front door that’s pretty functional. My home’s mudroom area has a coat rack, a mirror (for quick checks before heading out the door), a clock (to keep us on schedule on school mornings) and a rack with bins for hiding most of our shoes.     I have a calendar that I made (on Vistaprint) that contains all our important school dates and holidays, but I really needed a place Continue reading...

Filed Under: Crafts, DIY, Organize Tagged With: craft, DIY, mudroom, organize

Readers’ Favorite MomHomeGuide Posts

written by Lauren

MomHomeGuide.com has been up and running for a few months now, so I thought I'd share with you some of readers' favorite posts! As a mom, I've been obsessed with how to turn my home's unfinished basement into a useable space for my kids to play in, and it seems that a lot of moms and parents have the same concern, because the posts I've written about how to fix up a basement on the cheap are the website's most popular stories! Mudrooms are also a favorite topic with moms -- we need an organized space to stash our family's shoes and coats without cramping our home's style! I'm still working Continue reading...

Filed Under: basement, DIY, home improvement, Kids, MomHomeGuide.com, Organize, Yard & Garden Tagged With: backyard, basement, clutter, DIY, kids, landscaping, mudroom, organize

Organizing the Garage

written by Lauren

Yesterday, with Hurricane Sandy approaching New Jersey, my husband and I managed to clean out the garage enough so we were actually able to park both of our cars in our two-car garage. Getting the cars in our garage is a major accomplishment, since this is the first time we’ve parked both cars in the garage since we moved in more than nine years ago. In the garage is so much stuff – boxes of stuff for storage, bikes, ladders, a lawn mower and plenty of recreational items like beach umbrellas, folding chairs and athletic equipment. We were able to make space in the garage by stuffing lots Continue reading...

Filed Under: DIY, garage, home improvement, Organize Tagged With: clean, clutter, DIY, garage, mudroom, organize

Organization Spree: The Kitchen

written by Lauren

pantry, organize, cloth bins, storage

I've been on an organizing kick lately. This year, I've blogged frequently about how I'd like to create a fun, but clean basement playroom for my kids. (Check out my posts on my plans for fixing up our unfinished basement on the cheap). My kids currently have a play space in our unfinished basement, but the toys are stored in open storage, which makes the basement playroom space look messy. Plus, since the basement is unfinished, the only color in the space (besides the toys) is the drab gray of the basement floors and walls. I like what the folks at mom blog, My Blessed Home, did for Continue reading...

Filed Under: basement, clean, Decor, DIY, Food, home improvement, Kids, Organize Tagged With: basement, clean, clutter, decor, DIY, kids, kitchen, mudroom, organize, playroom, refrigerator

Updated Entry Hall

written by Lauren

foyer, organize, shoe, rack

I should be working on a freelance story I have this week, but the mess in my home’s itsy-bitsy entry hall has just been irking me! My home is almost entirely filled with carpeting. (I would LOVE wood floors, but I know I will never have those, unless I won a home makeover contest or something.) Wood floors are just so beautiful and are much easier to clean! I hate vacuuming and tend to destroy my vacuum cleaners! So in my house, we take our shoes off before coming into the house to keep the carpets clean. I wasn’t used to it at first, but now I like taking my shoes off when entering a Continue reading...

Filed Under: home improvement, Organize Tagged With: clutter, DIY, mudroom, organize, small spaces

Organization for a Small Entryway

written by Lauren

small foyer with a coat and a shoe rack

My home has an open floor plan, and the front door enters directly into the living room and a small foyer. Most of the first floor of my house is carpeted (to my chagrin), with only a 6-foot by 4-foot patch of linoleum by the front door foyer to protect the beige carpeting from dirty shoes and boots. Which means that when my family of four enters the home together, we all try to fit ourselves onto that small 24-square-foot patch of foyer space to take off our shoes before the mud, dirt, etc., finds its way to the carpeting. The area by our front door serves as a "mudroom" of Continue reading...

Filed Under: Organize, Uncategorized Tagged With: mudroom, organize

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