H O M E 🌿 E N V E E

People always ask me where do I find the time and energy to do all the projects I do. How I manage raising twins, a whole house renovation, working full time and going back to school for my masters (No I’m not joking!). Although I can’t credit myself for being consistent , I will say I try to be aware of the bursts of energy I do get. Those bursts of energy are where I maximize my productivity. I’ll listen to pump-up music with my ear buds in and catch myself dancing and getting fired up. Music can give me a huge  adrenaline rush. Anytime I’m just feeling good or a little more lively ,   THAT’s  my chance to accomplish something such as getting on the elliptical.  But first, you have to REMOVE the intimidation.  Remove the expectation.  Remove the commitment-factor and just tell yourself to do 5 minutes. Skip the goals, the numbers, the workout plans. Just listen to your body and become aware of any time you get that burst of energy, excitement or joy a...

You don’t have to physically lose everything to feel like you’ve lost, everything..  The 2019 pandemic of Covid-19 doesn’t even come close to what happened to us the year before it. This is the living room in my “forever home.” The ceiling raptors were exposed and a white suit coating left a film on everything in sight. The carpet sloshed beneath every footstep if it hadn’t frozen over yet. And this is the room on the other side of that fireplace wall. We were sitting right in this room pictured below when flames were already smoldering the insulation above us. You can imagine the wet, burnt insulation and drywall that spread the length of the entire room. The smell combination of stale, burnt popcorn and fried electrical wire cauterized our nostrils as we walked through the next morning. In 2019 there was a silent attic fire occurring directly above our heads.  Our twin infants were sound asleep while my husband and I were about to call it a night and go to bed as s...

  . I’m Laura Jean I’m a pusher . Hard headed & stubborn.  Gotta-make-it-work and true to what I believe works best kind of woman who is difficult to persuade.  Can you relate?  I think I get it from my grandpa; and I’m just like my mom which makes us cut from the same cloth.  I can’t stand it when somebody thinks I can’t do something so by default, I’m going to prove them wrong .  In this space of home decor and interior design I am a minority. In fact, I’m really an x-ray tech. Under the scrubs is a raw desire to design, DIY, decorate and talk about the latest house seen on Fixer Upper. I don’t even have the same prerequisites that justify this blog to be labeled as Home Design but damn it, I’m too pertinacious to let it go without using this part of my very DNA. This is in me and I’m going to help unleash yours too.  So I welcome you to this blog I’m compelled to create. To create a space for you and I who want to turn our inner talents and ...

People don’t realize how incredibly connected your home environment is to your overall mental health and well being. In other words, your home is the mirror reflection of what goes on in your  brain. Sounds scary!! Think about it. Therapists even use ink blobs to read into what goes on in your subconscious. The colors you’ve chosen, the pictures you put out, even the piles of laundry, the way things are laid out on the surface all tell a story of who you are . The good, the bad, and the ugly. Your home is your brain on display.   And after the year 2021, I think it’s safe to say we all want to feel a little better next year. Happier. Lighter. More true to ourselves. If you’re like most other people in this world, you probably have a couple New Year’s Resolutions you’re planning to “try out.” 🌿 It also reciprocates the other way; meaning I also heavily rely on my home environment to uplift my mood and keep my baseline energy above depression. Honestly. I use my home...

  I am GRUMPY today. A mean grumpy grinch. 🌵 So full of wonderful holiday spirit. Been sick with a “cold” which now sounds like “Covid” or whatever. Though I still went to work at the hospital because I can’t keep having these close-Covid-calls and what-ifs. I have to work. I’m sure it’s annoying to my coworkers.  Sure I have a cough. Oh well. Well sure I have congestion and fatigue. So do people with colds. Well my chest started hurting this morning, was it because I was bedridden for the last 14 hours or from coughing fits?  Now I’m getting nervous. Anyway I went to work because I’m tired of people thinking I just baby myself out of every little piddly germ so whatever, I went to work. It’s not very easy to get coverage for a weekend shift.  But my DayQuil hasn’t given me relief this time like it usually does.  Now I’m weak and dizzy and my feet feel disconnected from the floor. Whatever, I'm probably just dehydrated. Not like I was drinking much water i...