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Today we're getting into some spring homemaking! We did a little spring shopping at Ross and Walmart and found some beautiful spring home decor pieces that are both minimal and beautiful. Decorate our apartment with us and brighten up the space.
Happy Spring and enjoy!
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Hello friends, welcome to motherhood and
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homemaking where faith meets everyday
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motherhood and home is our favorite
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place to be. Spring is finally here. So,
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happy spring. It only felt right that
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today we do some spring home making and
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spring decor. And I'm so excited to do
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this video because it's been a very,
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very long winter. And I know that we
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have been in Florida for the entire
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winter, but actually while I'm filming
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this voice over and for the first day of
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spring, we are actually in Michigan. And
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so, it's actually still pretty cold. a
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little bit of rain and snow going on.
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But hopefully this spring homemaking
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video will still brighten up your day a
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little bit and just get us into the
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spring fields because if you do stay up
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north like we do part of the year, I
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know how difficult it can be sometimes
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to get into that seasonal funk when you
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kind of just feel like all you want to
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do is sleep and you are just looking
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forward to brighter days in warmer
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weather. So, my hope is that with this
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video, maybe you too can get some
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inspiration. Maybe just brighten up your
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home a little bit too with some spring
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decor. Do some spring cleaning, some
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spring decluttering, whatever it is,
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whatever you need to do because you're
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going to blink and spring is definitely
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going to be in full effect. But for
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today, we're just starting with some
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very light tidying, trying to kind of
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just set the mood with some candles. The
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candle that you guys saw me light
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earlier in this video was a Main Street
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Bakery candle from Bath & Body Works is
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from their Disney collection. We are a
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Disney loving family and we currently
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also for part of the year stay in
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Florida in the surrounding Disney areas.
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The home that you see me decorating
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right now is actually our Florida
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apartment. So if you are currently
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staying in an apartment, then this video
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will definitely resonate with you guys.
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So, the first thing that you guys see me
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putting out is a beautiful linen table
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runner that I got from Ross. I believe
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that it was about 12 or $13. I couldn't
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decide between this one and another, but
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I really loved the colors in it. I
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actually love anything that is light or
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soft green. And so, that is the one that
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was kind of speaking to me when I was
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inside of the store. Then, I also found
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this beautiful vase from Ross as well.
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and it was only $13. I absolutely love
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wicker baskets, wicker vases, and I love
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that this one has like that flower like
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tulip look to it. I don't really know
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how to best describe it, but we are
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going to be putting some fake hydrangeas
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in it. Hydrangeas are one of my favorite
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flowers, and these ones actually smell
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like the real deal. I ordered these off
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Amazon. And they were about $20 for
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three large stems. And they were really
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large because I ended up having to cut
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them down. But these are the colors that
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I decided to go with. A powder blue,
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lime green, as well as like a vanilla
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white. We actually have all of these
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color hydrangea bushes planted in our
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home garden here in Michigan. But I
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literally cannot get enough of them. If
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I could plant a hydrangea bush in
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Florida, I would as well, but obviously
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I cannot do that at our apartment. So,
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for now, we're just going to go with
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these beautiful fake ones. They look
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really good to me. I'm actually very
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happy with how they turned out. I do
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wish that maybe I ordered one more
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additional bundle, but I don't know. Let
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me know in the comments what you guys
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think. Do you think that the three looks
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okay, or should I just go ahead and just
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add one more bundle to it? let me know
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down below. But moving along to the
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kitchen, I did load the dishwasher last
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night. So, that is always huge. I am
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always grateful in the morning and
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thanking myself when I was actually able
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to do a close down the night before and
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just do a light tidy and clean up and
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put away any of the dishes that we had.
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That means that this morning when I got
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up to do the spring decor, the only
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thing that I needed to do is wipe down
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all of the surfaces. The stove on the
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other hand, I did not put as much time
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and effort into last night. So, we're
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just going to give it a little bit of
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TLC. We're not deep cleaning, but I do
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need to get up under the eyes a little
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bit because since it's not a flat top
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range, it does get a little bit more
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sticky or a little bit more dirty, much
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quicker, and it takes a little bit
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longer to clean it. This is a clean and
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decorate with me. We're pretty much just
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doing some spring home making. You guys
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are going to see little bits and pieces
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of me doing some tidging and some
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cleaning. And then I'm also going to be
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just adding in a few, you know, spring
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touches along the way that I think is
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fitting for our current space. So, these
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here are by Drew Barrymore. This is her
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beautiful collection, I think is what
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it's called. I think all of her things
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are kind of called that. I'm not exactly
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sure the proper way to say that, but
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basically Jubberrymore has some
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beautiful
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home like products. She has everything
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you can think of like crockpots and
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toasters, coffee pots, tea makers. She
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has beautiful rugs and hand towels and
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it's very much like Pioneer Woman or
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Martha Stewart collections. Um, and one
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thing that you can just truly truly
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appreciate is how beautiful it all is.
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So, I ordered these hand towels from
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Walmart. And the prices are very
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competitive. And I say that because I
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often find things I like from the
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Pioneer Woman collection, but also from
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the beautiful collection by Drew
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Barrymore. And one thing that I noticed
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is that normally the Drew Berry Mer
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collection is a little bit more
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affordable or just a little bit cheaper.
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So, very competitive. So, those are the
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ones that I ended up going with. Now,
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the kitchen rugs I actually purchased
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from Ross as well. We had some really
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great weather, you guys. So, I went and
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took the kids out and we just made a
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little day out of it. Um, we put the
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baby in her stroller and you guys, she
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screamed the whole time that we were
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inside of the store. And so, yeah, if
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you're looking for some retail therapy,
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uh, maybe wait until nap time if you're
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a mom or leave those kids at home with
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their daddies. But my husband was
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working and I was really just trying to
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get into the habit of going out and
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about, especially with the kids since
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relocating to Florida because I just
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don't drive around Florida too much
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because I have to get used to the roads.
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I am truly a passenger princess. Um, but
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in Michigan, I have been driving on
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those roads since I think I didn't get
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my license until I was like 20. So, I've
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been on the roads for about a good 12
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years, I guess, which isn't a long time.
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And then I've been married since I was
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22. And I became a passenger princess
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after that. So, while I think I'm a
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pretty good driver, I
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also think that the Lord always covers
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me when I'm on the roads, you know, but
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I don't typically love driving. So,
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yeah, I haven't really gotten out too
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much in Florida. I go to the post office
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sometimes and I took the kids to Ross
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and to the dollar store. That's pretty
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much all we have done outside of my
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husband driving us everywhere we go. So,
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I don't know. Try not to judge me there.
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But we made a day out of our Ross um
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trip and got some really beautiful rugs.
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I love Ross and Burlington. And I'll
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show you guys the ones that we came up
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with. But first, of course, we got to
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sweep this floor. I don't know what
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happened, you guys. There was so much
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stuff on the kitchen floor to sweep. I
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don't know if that happened like
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yesterday or what, but we're just going
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to go ahead and also just give it a
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quick little wipe down with this little
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microfiber spray mop. Love this thing.
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It comes in so handy when you're just
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trying to clean up some messes in
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between like an actual like deep mop.
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So, going to give it a quick little wipe
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down so that we can get the rugs put
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down. Now, I did pick up a few of them
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because I couldn't decide which one I
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wanted to go with. I only knew the color
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scheme I wanted to go with, which was
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like that green, and then like a blue as
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well. What spring colors are you guys
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going with this year? Are you going for
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like yellow, pink, a light blue, light
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green, pastels? What typically do you go
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for? This is one of them that I went
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with. It's so so soft. Also very thin.
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And then I went with the one that kind
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of looks like the vase that we have on
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the kitchenette table. Ultimately, I
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ended up going with the lighter weight,
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softer one, and I put the thicker one
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inside of our guest bathroom. inside of
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the bathroom that's off of our main
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bedroom, my husband and I bedroom, the
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master bedroom. I picked up one similar
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to the one that I have in the kitchen,
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but it has a little bit of like a pink
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or peach color to it. And I'm going to
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be putting that rug inside of here. And
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I picked up some beautiful towels as
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well. You guys are going to see it. But
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of course, first we got to do some more
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cleaning here. The toilet cleaned up. I
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did clean the shower. I did a deep clean
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in the shower. I think just the day
10:18
prior, but um I still wanted to give
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this bathroom a good refresh. When you
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make sure that you're just refreshing
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your spaces as you go, you don't have to
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worry about those long winded deep
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cleans that takes forever. So, I think
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one day I did like the shower. Today I'm
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doing the toilet. You know, just a
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little bit here and there, whatever I
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can do with the time that I have. And so
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the color scheme typically in this
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bathroom is green. So I wanted to get
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something that would stick to that color
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scheme but still add a little bit of a
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spring touch to it. So I found some
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beautiful hand towels from I think
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Target maybe. I can't honestly I can't
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remember where I got these towels from.
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I'll try to see if I can find it and
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link it below. But they have these
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beautiful roses on it. So it's like a
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rose color. It also has like the green
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leaves on it and I think it brightens it
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up a little bit. These are really thick,
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nice quality towels. I went with a hand
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towel as well as a bath towel for when I
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get out of the shower. So, you guys can
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see like on the countertops I have like
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green soap and lotion dispensers. I have
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a green toothbrush holder. So, I didn't
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want to deviate too far away from that.
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I didn't want to like redecorate my
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whole entire home. Just add a few
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different touches here. be very minimal
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with it, cost efficient with it. So,
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just adding a few little pieces. But,
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let's go ahead and just get this wiped
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down as well while we are in here. And
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that's just one less thing that we have
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to worry about. So, if you're already
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like in a space, I say just go ahead
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refresh it, tidy it. Like, if you are
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already, for instance, if you're in a
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room where you're folding and putting
12:03
away clothes, while you're in there, if
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you see like your kids threw some toys
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on the floor, just toss them in the toy
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bin. If you're in the bathroom already,
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even sometimes when I am literally
12:13
taking my shower, before I actually like
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wash up, sometimes I just take a
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microfiber towel and some completely
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natural like plant allpurpose spray and
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I spray down the shower doors and I wipe
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those down and then then I'll go ahead
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and take my shower because it's
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completely natural. It's plant derived.
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It's no chemicals in it and it's so easy
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to clean the shower when you're actually
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in it. Then you just go ahead and you do
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your shower routine. Now, that's not
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always because I love to listen to a
12:41
podcast and light a candle when I take
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my shower. I don't want to be messing
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around with no cleaning. But sometimes
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it is very helpful for me to do that.
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So, there's a little tip. If you dread
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cleaning a shower, like a walk-in
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shower, try doing it while you're in
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there. Then you don't have to worry
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about it when you're like cleaning the
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rest of the bathroom. So, just doing,
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like I said, some light touches,
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refreshing, wiping down the mirrors and
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all of that good stuff so that the next
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time I come inside this bathroom, I can
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truly and really appreciate my spring
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decor. After this, I'm also going to
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sweep and mop the floor. Just a little
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dust or spray mop. And then we're going
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to put down a beautiful rug in here as
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well. Didn't get any new soap dispensers
13:25
or anything like that. The only soap
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dispenser I purchased was from the
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kitchen, which you guys saw me put down
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earlier. And I actually put lotion in
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there. I didn't replace the dispensers
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we already had. Now, on my little swivel
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like two-tier um organizer, I have from
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the Disney collection a Tiana candle and
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Bath & Body Works set. It's like the
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lotion, the body spray, and it has like
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flowers on it. It ties right into like
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spring floral decor with that green in
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it. So, I thought it was just perfect
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for, you know, what I'm going for in
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here as well. So, of course, we laughed
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that up there. You guys, I love the
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Disney collection from Bath and Body
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Works. I don't love all the scents, but
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Tiana is definitely a favorite, as well
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as a newer one that they have called
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Life's a Fairy Tale. I know, like I
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said, don't judge me. I'm a Disney mom.
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In fact, if you love Disney 2, Disney
14:19
World, um, traveling with little kids, I
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would love for you to subscribe to our
14:23
Disney family travel channel called Our
14:26
World of Disney. It's always linked down
14:28
below in the description box. But let's
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finish up here, you guys, with a bit
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more cleaning and then we're going to
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put down that beautiful rug. And I think
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you guys are really going to like it.
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And then after that, we will sum up
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today's spring homemaking video. So
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again, I really hope that it kind of
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just brightened up your day, put you
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into like all the spring feels and
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things like that. Um, like I said, if
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you stay up north half the year, then
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maybe like me, you have been really
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looking forward to it. But then also, if
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you stay down south part of the year
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like me as well, it's probably burning
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up there like 90° at the time of me
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posting this video. And maybe this video
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has found you a little bit later in the
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season. I don't know. I got to get the
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hang of that. You know, we have only
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been Florida snowbirds for under a year.
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But here's that beautiful rug. Let me
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know what you guys think of it. And let
15:25
me know what you guys thought of this
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video. I hope that you guys enjoy it. Do
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you think that I did a good job? Is it
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way too minimal or did I do an okay job?
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Let me know. And say hello down below in
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the comments. I love to hear from you
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guys. But that's going to be all for
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today. So, I will see you guys in the
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next video. Thank you for watching. If
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