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
St. Nicholas Day
Many European traditions (and Christian households the world over) still celebrate St. Nicholas’s Day on December 6th. He is known as the patron Saint of sailors, various cities and nations, and children.
Slow Cooker Beef Goulash
I love this crockpot meal: I can “set it and forget it” for the day while I spend the free time skipping through leaves or whatever you’re supposed to do in Autumn.
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.
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…
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.