Kitchen
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How to Incorporate Minimalism into a Home Renovation
As we grow, our homes grow with us, and it can be challenging to keep up with home improvements due to the natural hustle and bustle of life. Over time, rooms can become cluttered, outdated, and dingy due to daily wear and tear. So, if you’ve found yourself in need of an overhaul in your… Read more
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3 Ways meal planning improves your life
Scenario 1: You get home from work and look around in the pantry and fridge to decide on dinner. You find a box of pasta and a jar of sauce. There’s even some spinach in the fridge you decide to add to your sauce. And you know you have italian sausages in the fridge from… Read more
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Tips for a Minimalist Kitchen
I moved into a pre-lived-in house (where my partner was already living). So the kitchen was full of kitchen stuff when I got here. Existing stuff + my stuff = a LOT of stuff! I have been decluttering here and there since I moved in but I’ve also been thinking about doing an overhaul of… Read more
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Ditch it: Teflon
Just in case you didn’t know, teflon is bad news. It’s been bad news for a long time, but the booming industry is taking its time making cooking ware safer. In a 2006 article, it was announced that manufacturers had to remove “a harmful chemical” from the goods. “Although the chemical would still be used… Read more
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Welcome to my home!
I recently declared “I want to do a photo tour of my apartment, once I clean it and purge everything I haven’t used in the last six months.” Guess what? Yep. Cleaning marathon. I spent about eight hours cleaning my apartment, assembling all my to-purge items in a big “organized” pile, rearranging my living room,… Read more
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Some thoughts on food
As we minimize the clutter in our spaces and minds, shouldn’t we also minimize the clutter in our food? I’m pretty much over eating anything I can’t pronounce. I had heard about these “GMOs” that have had people up in arms in recent months and years, but only recently have I done more digging and… Read more
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Paring down the kitchen
I recently acquired a new love in my kitchen, the TofuXpress. If you’re vegetarian, vegan, or someone who enjoys tofu (but doesn’t enjoy pressing it between two plates and beneath a tower of heavy objects), go check it out. Right now. I’ll wait. Per my own minimalist rules… if it doesn’t get used regularly (once… Read more
Born Again Minimalist 