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Fave Dollarwise Home Products & Tips

I like my home to run efficiently and I also like it to be cozy, comfy, and attractive. Did I mention that I like to do all that on a...

How to Spruce Up Your Bedroom on a Budget

We all need a safe place to land in life. For me, that's our cozy bedroom, and I like to change it out fairly often. When it was...

Easy Fall Home Decluttering, Decorating, & Fun Foods Tips

Is there anything better in the fall than warm homemade apple dessert?! All that rich coziness, paired with ice cream and your favorite...

Easy & Affordable Ways to Add Cozy Cottage-Style Charm to a Ho-Hum Kitchen

I hope you and yours are having a fun summer filled with cozy pretty things. It's been HOT in the Phoenix, AZ area, where we live. +119F...

Adding Dollarwise Curb Appeal to Your Home + Indoor Spruce-Ups + Patio Makeover Paradise

The view out our kitchen window has been glorious this spring. I love the simple majesty of palm trees! My husband Steve tells me that...

Wine & Roses or Whine & Toilets?!

I have been offline for awhile as we have been busy doing super exciting things like fixing our Master Bedroom toilet that broke in the...

Home Fix-its: Don't Let Your House Hurt You

Do you have something(s) in your home that could hurt you? Not good, and time to do something about it! In our home, it was doors. ...

Exciting Small Space Book News!

My book publisher has recently retitled my Small Space Organizing book/eBook as Maximizing Your Small Space and they also gave it this...

New Home Products + How to Measure for a New TV

Whether you live in a small home or a large one, the basic reason that some homes look and feel peaceful, calm, cozy, and orderly is...

Quick Tips for Decluttering & Relocating

Steve and I have been streamlining our little cottage home since January 1 or so. We do this on a regular basis, but once a year we...

Our Secret Garden Carport Patio Makeover Reveal

I promised to share with you how we transformed our blah utilitarian carport into a pleasant Secret Garden at-home-vacation-getaway, so...

Downsizing Tips: What Should You Move to Hawaii?

Welcome to both my long time readers and my new readers/subscribers. January and February have found me and my husband Steve streamlining...

Good Little Things Lately

I've come upon some more Good Little Things Lately from all over the world to share with you, and I hope you enjoy them and find them...

Good Little Thanksgiving Things

Soon we'll be celebrating the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday so I thought I'd round up some dollarwise Good Little Things to help us all...

Adding Skinny Storage to Your Kitchen

If you're a foodie who loves nothing more than trying new recipes and spices, you might consider that really fun, but as for me and...

Baskets & Bins for Pantry Organizing

I told you in my recent pantry upgrade post that I'd share with you why I used the particular bins and baskets I did here rather than buy...

Pandemic Pantry Panache

How has Covid changed the way you and your family dine? For us, like most people, it's been zero restaurant outings and instead...

My Favorite Things Lately

I have decided to start a new series here on my new blog called My Favorite Things Lately, with links, so that you can check them out for...

Kathryn Bechen