Beginner’s Guide to Home Ever After
If you’re new to Home Ever After, we want to welcome you! You’ve found your way to the most comprehensive home and how to magazine website, filled with tons of free resources on organizing, frugal living, parenting and more.
Even if you’ve been to Home Ever After before, it might be hard to know where to start, since we cover so many different topics. That’s why we’ve put together a tour to show you around some of our main areas.
There’s a lot of information here, which will take some time to read through. Bookmark this page so you can come back to read a few articles at a time.
Learn how to run your home:
Organizing and house cleaning can make or break how you feel about your home. If you have good systems in place, taking care of your house can be a breeze.
- How Do I Set Up a Housekeeping Plan?
- Printable Housekeeping Checklists: Bathroom and Kitchen Checklist
- The Donation Station and The Return Station
- Organize a First Aid Box
- Safeguard Your Menu Plan System When Life Happens
- 13 Cleaning Tasks That Take Less Than 1 Minute
Get clutter under control:
- Clutter Busting: The One in, One Out Rule
- Declutter Your Closet: Why is it So Hard to Let Go of Clothes?
- Simple Decluttering Criteria for Clothes – Part 1 and Part 2
Get started with frugal living:
Frugal living is about saving money in areas that aren’t important so you can leave more money for the things that are a priority for your family. Getting free things, managing the family budget, reusing, sale shopping, using coupons, and being creative are all important aspects of frugal living. Try these articles:
5 Things You Can Do Right Now to Live a Frugal Life
Top 13 Free Things to Stop Paying For Now!
Learn the difference between needs and wants
Learn more about saving money in important areas:
Fuel: 13 Tips to Save You Money on Fuel and Save Money on Heating Fuel Overnight
Groceries: 13 Easy Ways to Save on Groceries and Frugalize Your Pantry with Bulk Storage
Laundry: 13 Ways to Save on Laundry Costs
Cooking: Top 8 Frugal Cooking Ingredients and Stretch Ground Meat with Frugal Fillers
Utilities: 13 Ways to Save Energy and Cut Utility Bills and Are Energy Vampire Taps Costing You Money?
Parenting and family:
How to Get Things Done When You Have a Baby: The Practical Parent’s Guide
11 Free Family Bonding Activities to Do in 30 Minutes or Less
Teaching Our Kids that Being Happy Comes From Inside
17 Back to School Things to Use From Last Year
8 Ways to Turn a Family Walk into an Adventure Walk
Just for moms:
We have some articles that will help you moms out there remember to make yourself and your marriage priorities, too:
- Don’t Look Like a Tired Mom: 13 Quick Mini Makeovers
- Make Room for Quick Dates!
- 8 Quick Rules to Grow Up Your Wardrobe
Some of our most popular articles from miscellaneous topics:
- 22 Unexpected Things to Wash in the Dishwasher
- 13 Best Baby Shower Gifts on a Budget
- 40 Uses for Plastic Milk Jugs
Who’s behind this site?
If you’re wondering about who is behind this website’s content: Home Ever After was created by Danelle Ice.
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