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Messy Minimalist

A messy person with a minimalist mindset

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Do Minimalists Do Christmas? Here’s What’s Under Our Tree.

Health & Happiness

Beat winter blues before they start.

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Before & After | Boutique Motel Rooms

Minimalism

Do Minimalists Do Christmas? Here’s What’s Under Our Tree.

by Messy Minimalist December 20, 2019

As a Minimalist Family, we get asked all the time how we handle the holidays. Do minimalists have Christmas trees? Do minimalists decorate? Do minimalists exchange gifts? By now, most…

Clutter Spotlight | How many pens do you need?

October 2, 2019

Being more than digital clutter.

September 18, 2019

Unique ways to use color in a minimalist home

March 21, 2019

Maybe it’s time to ditch the television. We did.

March 14, 2019
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Health & Happiness

Beat winter blues before they start.

by Messy Minimalist November 12, 2019

Here’s how to prepare for winter to make the season less dreadful. The changing of the seasons (specifically into winter) can be pretty unpredictable in the Midwest. In fact, the…

Maybe it’s time to ditch the television. We did.

March 14, 2019

2019 The Year of YOU

January 5, 2019

My Unmedicated 4 Hour Birth Story

July 19, 2018
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Innkeeping

Before & After | Boutique Motel Rooms

by Messy Minimalist October 3, 2019

The past couple years, Dan and I have put more hours than we can count into updating the rooms in our boutique motel (on a budget, of course!). We finally…

Hello Spring

April 3, 2017

Turning Hedges into “Bonsai” Trees

November 29, 2016

New Sign | Before & After

November 15, 2016
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  • LifeMinimalism

    Do Minimalists Do Christmas? Here’s What’s Under Our Tree.

    December 20, 2019

    As a Minimalist Family, we get asked all the time how we handle the holidays. Do minimalists have Christmas trees? Do minimalists decorate? Do minimalists exchange gifts? By now, most…

  • Health & Happiness

    Beat winter blues before they start.

    November 12, 2019

    Here’s how to prepare for winter to make the season less dreadful. The changing of the seasons (specifically into winter) can be pretty unpredictable in the Midwest. In fact, the…

  • InnkeepingProjects

    Before & After | Boutique Motel Rooms

    October 3, 2019

    The past couple years, Dan and I have put more hours than we can count into updating the rooms in our boutique motel (on a budget, of course!). We finally…

  • MinimalismOrganization

    Clutter Spotlight | How many pens do you need?

    October 2, 2019

    We’ve all heard the statistics on stuff: the average household has over 3000 items floating around at any given time. Before I started decluttering, minimizing and straight up rage purging,…

  • LifeMinimalism

    Being more than digital clutter.

    September 18, 2019

    Long time no see. I realize every time I come around, I end up taking a longer and longer break away. I think it’s a fear of mine that I…

  • Minimalism

    Unique ways to use color in a minimalist home

    March 21, 2019

    Somehow the term ‘minimalist’ became synonymous with white, empty, almost cold spaces. Why this happened is an absolute shame, because there is so much more to the idea of minimalism…

  • Health & HappinessMinimalism

    Maybe it’s time to ditch the television. We did.

    March 14, 2019

    Let’s talk about televisions. It’s been 7 years since we had cable TV. That’s right, 7 YEARS! Strangely enough, we still had a television in our living room up until…

  • Minimalism

    You Decluttered, Now What? | Life after KonMari

    February 15, 2019

    3 tips to help you maintain your new, minimized and joyful wardrobe AFTER you use the KonMari Method. One thing that doesn’t get talked about in Mari Kondo’s Netflix series,…

  • Minimalism

    3 Reasons To Start Decluttering Today

    January 27, 2019

    With the topic of minimalism and decluttering at an all time high (thanks Marie Kondo!), many of us ‘messy people’ are at odds with ourselves. Do we jump on the…

  • Health & HappinessLife

    2019 The Year of YOU

    January 5, 2019

    I’ve always loved the New Year. Maybe because it feels like a breath of fresh air after a whirlwind of holidays bringing the previous year to a close: Halloween, Thanksgiving,…

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We're Rachel & Dan. We're quirky, nature-loving, highschool sweethearts with a 4 year old, a baby, and a house full of animals. We decided to ditch corporate America to live a simple life. ...So we bought an old motel on Lake Michigan. Welcome to our story.

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  • Feeling peace in quiet contemplation this morning. I wish I could share this place with you. What’s everyone’s mindset these days? Are you effected by the pandemic? Are you and your family safe? Are you exhausted? Are you simply over it? Are you hurting? Happy? Just surviving? Living in abundance? I hope whatever you’re feeling, wherever you are, that some positive is coming from your situation. ❤️☮️
  • I’ve talked about re-painting this wall for months now, but with Halloween around the corner I guess it can stay a LITTLE longer! Anyone else itching to re-paint walls, or is it just me?!
  • Imperfection As a perfectionist, it’s SUPER hard to be OK with imperfection. But I show it, because imperfection is real. It’s organic. It’s the natural order of things before we try to straighten them up. You might even say Messy Minimalism is just an “imperfect” version of minimalism. It’s why - despite all my flaws - I continue to embrace MY version of minimalism. No excess beyond what we deem necessary for sustainable contentment. This is my girls’ bedroom. No staging, no fluffing of pillows or straightening of dolls. They do their best to make their beds each day -
  • *chronic pain/illness post* Debated for days about posting this selfie. Dirty mirror. Toys in the back (can I darken those shadows enough to hide them?!) The evening I snapped this pic, I was battling 2 days with a locked jaw. (a TMJ disorder that started over 20 years ago). I was confident it would resolve itself. It’s now been over a WEEK and my jaw still won’t open more than a finger-width. I’m exhausted. Defeated. But I came back to this photo, because my past self(ie) had hope. I felt confident, in that moment, that my ailment wouldn’t control my
  • What area in your home gets the most use? For us - it’s by FAR our dining table. It’s a desk, it’s a homeschool classroom, it’s where we eat, where we draw or play games, and where we sit and gaze during our morning coffee. This ONE piece of furniture has given us so much! Anyone else have a similar space? #thankful #mindfulness #autumnvibes
  • Our days are getting shorter and colder. I think it’s time to close up our Oasis for the season.
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