Hi everyone! I had a relaxing and productive week at home.
Bedroom: I removed a cabinet out of our bedroom closet and replaced it with a full-length mirror that we already had. After a year of thinking it over, I decided to replace the plastic hangers on my side of the closet with wooden ones. Over the past year I've kept an eye out for used wooden hangers, and they cost about $1.00 each. Since Amazon sells a set of matching wooden hangers for $1.00 a piece, I decided to go that route rather than thrifting the hangers. Was it thrifty to spend $20.00 on hangers? I'm not sure, but they sure make my thrifted clothes look more appealing! I love the "boutique" feeling they give my closet. I also purchased a duvet and duvet cover for our bed (each cost about $30.00 from Amazon). This is another change I've been contemplating for some time, now. Over the past two years, I've had a hard time with sheets. Five years ago we bought a nice set at Kohls, which lasted a long time, but it got to be pretty ragged. I replaced it with a Walmart Black Friday special, which I struggled to keep from popping off of the mattress. I even used those little sheet clips to keep the corners on, but it would still pop off. Recently, I realized that the set wasn't even 100% cotton, but 50/50 cotton and polyester. It was all this trouble that brought me to the point of switching from a traditional quilt/sheet set to a duvet cover and single fitted sheet. For the fitted sheet, I decided to take a chance on a rather expensive Boll and Branch sheet ($110.00). The upside: it fits over our mattress! Yay! That being said, I don't think it feels all that much better than the free used (100% cotton) sheet I got from my sister. We're at a point financially where the splurge isn't a big deal, but in the future I will look for more affordable 100% cotton sheets that are made for tall mattresses. Bathroom: I installed a bidet that we had in our old house. We don't use the bidet all that much (the water here is COLD!), but it will at least get some use if it's attached. LOL! I've discovered that apart from cleaning body parts, it is also useful for cleaning #2 out of our toddler's potty. In addition to the bidet install, I also set up a separate compost can in addition to the bathroom trash can. You can actually compost a lot of bathroom refuse; drain hair, toilet paper tubes, toilet tissue. Last year I figured out that it costs about $2.50 for every bag of trash that we have to throw in the dumpster. Since then, I've tried to do all I can to keep things out of the trash. I started saving all paper and burnables out of the trash, for example, and tub hair is just one more thing that can actually serve a purpose rather than fill up the dumpster. Cooking: I also tried making a few new recipes this week. One was a Bajan-style pork roast, and the other was béchamel. I've made white sauce informally before, but never the "proper" way. This recipe was out of Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking. I was excited to find that béchamel it is something I can prepare, refrigerate, and then use little by little. I will add it to my list of regular food prep and batch cooking tasks. That's it for this week! Blessings, ~Prudence~
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
About PrudenceI am a Christian homemaker who lives in the Midwest. I enjoy sewing, gardening, reading and thrifting. Archives
June 2022
Categories
All
|