This post is dedicated to all the people (mostly women) who have been a big part of my life and inspired me to want to create my future home a homemade home.
I’ve been looking forward to writing this post for a long time. Something I grew up with and that I love sharing with my family and friends is something homemade.
It takes time to create a homemade lifestyle and home.
I hope this post helps you and encourage you to create your own home with a homemade touch. Remember, trying to change just one of these things I’ve written is still working to make a change towards a homemade home.
Here’s how I work on creating a homemade home:
Baking
This one seems obvious and is at the top of my list. Food is a big part of everyone’s life. We literally can’t live without it.
When we first where married I baked bread all the time. Once kids came around I stopped for a while. I have my favorite recipes I bake all the time. The other day our son was disappointed we bought the store cheese buns and I didn’t make my cheese biscuits.
Our oldest even asked for home baking over store bought snacks for school.
I’ve learned when my mixing bowl starts getting filled, little feet come along with the step stool to help and watch make it all happen. My husband even admitted the other day, when he sees butter thawing on the counter he knows cookies are coming.
Cooking:
Cooking from scratch is a wonderful homemade touch. When we first moved into our current home 5 years ago I had an abundance of tomatoes in the greenhouse. We learned to make our own tomato sauce and I was hooked. The flavor over store bought is something I can’t describe over a blog post. You just gotta try it.
Since then we have ramped up learning how to make regular staple items we get from the store from scratch. This falls right in step with why I love gardening.
DIY:
There’s so much in our home that’s a DIY. I can only cover so much in this post or it’ll be very long. More to blog about! The first time I made my own wall decor, I loved every minute of it. Remember the pinterest craze with the scrap paper flowers? I made mine with 3 canvas and had it above our bed in our townhouse.
Here’s my most recent homemade home decor picture I made. I’ve made this as a FREE PRINTABLE. My way of saying Thank you. If you are someone like me that appreciates homemade, this would be great in your home too.
Click here for the FREE PRINTABLE
Homemade:
In my opinion homemade and the phrase do it yourself (DIY) fit together. Although an item that’s homemade is different when it comes to slippers, clothing or building wood projects for example.
Anything that’s made by hand that can be bought at a store where it’s made by a machine or mass produced is a win for someone who loves things homemade.
I can always appreciate the time that goes into a homemade item. Because I know it’s made with a love and passion that that person has for making the item.
I seek out anything that’s homemade or love being gifted with homemade items. Both my mom and mother-in-law gifted our family with a lovely tablecloth and cute little slippers for our youngest. I shared this on Instagram right around Christmas time.
I love finding local people who make and create stuff. If you see me out in town, I’m often seen with a homemade purse on my shoulder. I always love expanding my homemade created items.
What about sewing, cleaning products, laundry soaps and skin care?
I find managing home life with 3 kids is a lot. Currently my sewing machine is in need of an upgrade. I do want to venture into this area aside from cooking, baking, reno’s, gardening and home decor just come super easy to me and our family.
I’m curious to expand in these areas, like cleaning products and laundry soaps. Like I shared above, it’s just TIME. I’ve been discovering there’s lots of great companies that do a good job in covering this area for a LESS toxic world and life.
If you have been following my posts for a while. You probably know I’m a consultant for a skin care line. Here’s the thing, I’ve recognized this is ONE area in my life that trying to make my own skin care is just NOT my thing. It’s a science in making your own skin care. I have a HUGE appreciation for those that do. Skin care I’ve learned is very personal. Homemade skin care I have used in the past didn’t work for me.
Instead, I’ve always just stayed loyal to using what works.
Notefull Living 