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Home Look Nicer on Budget

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We all scroll through the beautiful Insta feeds filled with these gorgeous homes, perfect decorating and immaculate style – how do people actually live in places like that!? (and afford it!?)

A lot of the time those photos are perfectly curated specifically for a photoshoot – sometimes they really are just sets and not lived in homes. And sometimes people are just loaded enough to have that nice of a home (kudos to them!)

But the rest of us over here (ahem us twenty-somethings) can’t quite afford those lavish homes, uber expensive furniture and the ability to actually paint the walls (hello renter probs). After all, many of us are just now getting out on our own for the first time!

Being young and still working on rising up to a solid income, I totally get not being able to afford all the gorgeous home decor items your heart desires. And not being able to afford a 4 bedroom brand new house – it’s just not realistic coming right out of college or high school.

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How To Purge & Have The Most Organized Home Ever

Purge and Organize

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The new year always sparks a cleaning frenzy in everyone to start your year off with a clean slate. 

With the new Netflix series Tidying Up With Marie Kondo being all the rage right now as well, everyone is all hands on deck when it comes to cleaning their homes – and I’m no different!

I’m naturally a pretty tidy person and enjoy staying organized, but I love jumping on the bandwagon this time of year to really organize my home. And the way I’ve learned to see it as that there’s no use in organizing and cleaning old crap that you don’t even want. Know what that means!?

Time to purge. 

purge: to make free of something unwanted

I’m sure you can find a TON of stuff in your home that’s now unwanted. Trying to fold or make closet space for clothes you don’t even want is a waste of time and space. Old expired soup in the pantry? Yeah, you’re never using that. All of that stuff just causes clutter.

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