Increase Your Home’s Energy Efficiency
With energy costs increasing all the time most people are looking for ways to reduce their utility bills. Technology and innovation are helping to make this simpler, but there are other things you can do to help too.
6 Ways To Make Your Home More Accessible
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As we are all settled into our individual homes, we all feel as though we have a pretty flawless environment around us. We have our own little plans and designs that were in our vision since the day the home was purchased.
The holidays are my favorite time of year because it means family baking time. We love making Christmas cookies every year. We have so much fun letting the kids pitch in and making enough to freeze for six months keeps our bellies happy.
We also love to make enough for the family, teachers, and of course our ever so hard working mailman. This is the season of giving after all. So this year I have decided to share some of our favorite recipes with you.
2 Minute Microwave Fudge
Soften 1/2 cup of butter in microwave for 1 minute. Mix butter with 2 lb. bag of powdered sugar. Add in 2 tsp. vanilla and 2/3 cup of cocoa or peanut butter. Mix thoroughly. Be sure to place plastic wrap in bottom of the pan you use before placing the fudge in pan. This will allow for easy removal of the fudge. Place in freezer or fridge to harden. Cut in 1″ squares and serve.
Snickerdoodles
Mix butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla first. Slowly mix in flour and baking soda. Then roll dough in the cinnamon/sugar mixture. Place 2″ apart on cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 7-8 minutes. Makes approx. 36 cookies with one batch.
Sugar Cookies (Double Batch)
Mix butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Mix Flour and baking soda. Divide dough into sections and wrap in plastic wrap. Place in refrigerator for 60 minutes. Use rolling pin to roll out dough about 1/4″ thick. Use flour on surface and roller to avoid dough sticking. Use cookie cutters to cut out shapes. Place 2″ apart on a cookie sheet. Cook on 350 degrees for 7-8 minutes. If the dough starts cracking upon rolling add in more fresh dough to balance it out before rolling.
Russian Teacakes
Mix butter, powdered sugar, vanilla. Stir in flour and nuts. Roll 1″ Balls and place 1″ apart on a cookie sheet. Bake at 400 degrees for 7-8 minutes. Remove from oven and cool for a couple minutes. Roll the cookies in powdered sugar while still warm.
These are just a few of our family recipes we make each year. We would love to hear in the comment section what your favorite family cookies are!
Add Value To Your Home With These Suggestions
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If you are looking to increase the value of your home, you should certainly take a look at some of the best services that are offered by quality builders. Not only will this increase the value of your property, and ensure you make more money when it comes to a sale, but it will also increase your chances of selling your home quickly too. However, this will only be the case if you choose improvement projects with care, as there are many that don’t add any value. Continue reading for some top suggestions….
5 Kitchen Remodeling Mistakes To Avoid
Thinking of remodelling your kitchen? Everyone has a vision of the type of kitchen they’d love to have in their home. Unfortunately, many people can get so caught up following this vision that they forget about some of the practical elements. Here are just a few common mistakes to avoid when remodelling your kitchen.
Backup Your Home For Winter In These 4 Intelligent Ways
Winter is coming, and by that token, you might wish to start thinking about the ‘plan B’s’ and backups of your home. It can be worthwhile to do so with a sense of true preparation, but no sense of preparation is ever actualized without the knowledge to get you started. You need to think about how the dangers of winter might manifest themselves in your home. If you live in the middle of a city environment, it might be less so that a rural community far from the main arterial roads of your region. However, backup up your home could be considered essential in some strikingly similar ways.
Why Cleaning The Home Should Never Be A Chore
So many of us sigh and subtly shake our head when we think about getting up and cleaning the home. It’s a notorious chore that’s seen this way all over the world. For some reason we think taking care of our only home, is going to be boring or perhaps a waste of time even. The truth is, if we don’t clean our homes, it’s not going to look or feel like a home pretty quickly. Sadly, many people fall prey to their own laziness and allow the hygiene of their home to become less than normal. Maybe it’s because we as a society keep looking at cleaning one’s home as one dimensional. It’s not just about being clean, so that bad smells don’t infiltrate through the home and so we don’t take on a bad odour either. The reason for taking the household cleanliness very seriously is because it could very well soon not be your home anymore. At the very least you won’t be alone, and you have no choice whether you like it not. Just by doing nothing, you invite all kinds of creepy crawlies into your carpet, walls, cupboard, floorboards, and even into your beds. After you learn about the critters that will flock to your home and the damage they can cause, you’ll never see cleaning your home from top to bottom as a chore ever again.
So I know its only August but I like to plan my holiday themes ahead of time. We all love Hobby Lobby decor year-long and this Christmas season they have really stepped up their Farmhouse Christmas decor. Here are some items I predict we will be seeing all over our favorite IG accounts this holiday season.
I know. I know. It’s only July. But it seems this year is going by so quickly and it has me dreaming of a farmhouse Christmas. I dream of Christmas all year-long. I think I get more excited than my children, when we pull out all of the decorations. I hope you all enjoyed reading Jen’s Noting Grace Christmas in July Blog Hop blog post. Thank you to King of Christmas for sponsoring this post.
So if you follow me on Instagram you will know that there are a few company’s that I love to work with and am a loyal customer to. Bits of Vintage and Decor Steals are my top two!
Decor Steals and Bits of Vintage are sister shops so to speak. Let me give you a quick rundown of each.
