A Blog For Your Seasonal Home
Bringing you homemaking tips, festive food, and seasonal stories. Coming to you from the DC Metro area, by way of Pennsylvania Dutch Country. Welcome! Stay and get cozy.
Recent Posts
Lint, Dust, and Dander— Oh My!
Tips for cleaner air in your home!
Spring is a great time to take care of your home’s interior air. Depending on where you live, you may be battling pollen and allergens outside, and need a clean sanctuary inside. It’s a good idea to make sure the air you’re breathing is as clean as a whistle, or at least not swarming with particulates.
10 Things to Spring Clean This Season
For Spring cleaning, I think about my plan of action well before the first pollen spores start poking their sleepy, villainous little heads up.
The more items I can get taken care of before the season is in full swing, the less likely I am to surrender to laziness in the face of crippling allergies and bulk tissue buying…
Moisture in the Home
Today we’re broaching a topic I both love and hate:
Moisture in the home.
I love this topic because it’s so important, and I hate it because I know exactly what happens when it isn’t addressed: mold. Some people will call it mildew and therefore believe its always harmless, but that’s just another description for mold.
What’s In My Cleaning Caddy?
Today’s post explores two of my favorite cleaning supplies: Bon Ami powder cleanser, and vinegar.
These powerhouse products are my favorite for cleaning. While they work in different areas on different jobs, they can each go a long way in helping to tackle trouble spots in the home.
Cakes and Clergymen: A Surprising Combination
…This booklet has a variety of Irish baked treat recipes with artistic scenes from Ye Olde Petticoat Days. The dishes range from the famous boxty which is still popular today, to fruit cakes and spice cakes for the holiday season….
…One of my favorite recipes from this booklet is the Vicarage cake. According to the book, this egg-less cake is traditionally made when the hens are not laying eggs, due to its ingredients (or lack thereof)…
Winter Laundry Tips and Hacks
Now that we’ve warmed up from the frigid outdoors and are cozied up inside, let’s get started on an indoor activity we all need to do: Laundry. It’s never going to end anyway, so we might as well get it done while we’re housebound. So put on your favorite wintery movie in the background and let's get to it!
Winter Cleaning List
Starting around New Year’s is a perfect time for cleaning! Why wait for spring, when you will want to be outdoors taking advantage of nice weather? (If it is nice weather where you live!)
Now you have time on your hands. Perhaps you’ve overdone it with the Christmas movies and need a break. Maybe the cookies are all gone and it’s time to start moving again.
Baking the “Perfect” Apple Bread: Don’t Trust the ‘Gram
While this post is out of season, it had to be posted. Needed to be posted. Our experience with the reality of social media is at stake and it’s time to be brave.…
Wassail, Pigs, and a Fresh Start:
When I think of New Year’s Day, I think of the song Here We Come A-Wassailing. If you’ve ever had the joy of watching the 1994 movie production of Little Women, you know the song I mean — the tune the girls sing as they come merrily down the lane before intersecting with the wealthy Lawrence gentlemen.
It’s a joyful sounding song amidst the typical minor-keyed Christmas tunes of the Dickensian era. A bright light in the darkness, if you will. And it makes me think that perhaps I need to pull out my cooking pot and brew up some wassail of my own.
Twelve Days of Lingering Leftovers
When does Christmas end for you, if you celebrate it? Do the decorations come down the day after? Or is New Year’s the cut off for your holiday? Or, like our household, do you stretch it through the traditional twelve days of Christmas to January 6 (the Christian holy day of Epiphany, also known as Twelfth Night and Three Kings Day)? …
10 Easy Ways to Decorate a Small Space for Christmas
… Large ornaments also pack more of a visual punch, tricking the eye into thinking the tree is larger. And most importantly, big baubles add a “wow” factor to your Yule decor…
Hello Homemakers!
Welcome to Home For The Year!
Yearly Homemaking Checklist
Give yourself the tools to tackle your home this year! This checklist offers maintenance, housekeeping, and tips for a well-managed home.