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madison Cates

Mom, Wife, Minimalist.

Join me in my journey to declutter my life and live a simply beautiful life.

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A close-up of a maker's mark stamped into sterling silver, reading Dueber Sterling 925 (Unsplash photo by Anne Nygård).
An unfinished basement with exposed beams, a concrete floor and a white door (Unsplash photo by Real Twin Photos).
A worn cast iron surface with stamped lettering and numbers (Unsplash photo by Davide Buttani).
Two moments from an Instagram reel: a woman fluffing pillows on a newly made black metal bed, then her unrolling a new mattress on a black rug in the same bedroom.
A dim, cluttered garage packed with tools, shelves and stored household items (Unsplash photo by Stephen Pontes).
Several vintage plates in amber, pastel blue, pink and floral patterns on a dark surface (Unsplash photo by Karolina Kołodziejczak).
A vintage toy tram, a red typewriter and ceramic cat figurines on a shelf (Unsplash photo by MChe Lee).
Left: TikTok still from kyratitus of a woman in glasses and a green tank top holding a cloth by a window, with the text "Remember I told you to stop putting your fingerprints on the windows". Right: a streaky window pane (Unsplash photo by Sebastian Schuster).
An attic under a sloped wooden roof with an old trunk, furniture and a cupboard of stored rolls (Unsplash photo by Peter Herrmann).