Scatterd and Stylish: A new mom's creative musings

  Jack and I love our 1940s, small home. We love how cute and cozy it is, and we feel very comfortable here. However, it took a while to organize and design the small rooms in a way that felt right. We are still playing around with what works; design takes time.   It’s so easy to get carried away with furniture and random nick-nacks you think you need in a room and then all the sudden it feels cramped instead of cosy. Also, the cute pieces you carefully picked go unnoticed because there is too much to look at. The space we are most happy with in our small home is our bedroom. We have a small bedroom, and I wanted to share the things we did that helped open up our space. 1)        Get rid of your dresser. I own a lot of clothes, and even more clothes when we first moved it. Hence, I always thought I needed a dresser, I couldn’t possibly hang everything. Well, getting rid of our dresser totally transformed the space. I now hang all my clothi...

I am a huge thrift store lover. One of my favourite activities is walking downtown, getting myself a yummy coffee and haunting the local thrifts. Thrifting is a great way to get quality items on a tight budget and, if you don’t know what your style is, it’s a great way to experiment and be creative (personally, my style is constantly evolving). However, any form of shopping, if done mindlessly and without some restrictions, is a form of overconsumption, encouraging capitalism and is not going to make you feel good in the long run. Full disclosure, I still purchase things I don’t need! I tried a ‘no-buy challenge’, however that seemed to make my issue worse, because after it was finished, I went shopping to congratulate myself and I did much more damage on my pocketbook than I had previously. So, now I’ve given myself a monthly budget. It’s ok to give yourself a monthly fun-money allowance that correlates with your current financial situation. Or at least, that’s what works for me. I ...