Category Simplify

Vintage dolls in knit outfits with mouse-ear hats lined up together

Before You Donate Your Kids’…

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Warehouse shelving stacked with cardboard boxes and stored goods

12 Items In Your Garage…

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The garage is where we park the things we might need someday.…

Clean white plates standing in a metal dish rack by a sunny window

7 Things You Should Never…

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The dishwasher feels like a miracle machine. You load it, press a…

Folded white towels and glass carafes on neat shelves

These 10 Things In Your…

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The linen closet is where good intentions go to pile up. Towels…

A stainless steel French press beside a plate of toast on a granite kitchen counter

Nearly Six Million Bodum French…

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Millions of kitchens have one, and the stirring habit that goes with…

Gloved hand holding a yellow spray bottle against a mint green background

11 Cleaning Products You Should…

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Most of us grew up believing that if one cleaner is good,…

A smartphone lying on a dark textured surface with a white charging cable plugged in

Eleven Thousand HAIARA Power Banks…

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The little battery brick in your purse, glove box or nightstand is…

Glass-front kitchen cabinet displaying white dishes and glasses

9 Things Professional Organizers Recommend…

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Open any kitchen cabinet in America and you will probably find at…

Cardboard boxes filled with assorted household items and dishes

Before You Throw Away These…

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Most of us know the feeling of standing over a trash can…

Yellow and green kitchen sponges on a white surface

10 Things You Should Never…

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Dish soap has a reputation as the one bottle that fixes everything.…

About Me
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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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An aerial view of a busy outdoor market with rows of stalls.
A stack of cardboard boxes of different sizes waiting to be unpacked.
A pair of sneakers inside an open shoe box.
Toothbrushes standing in a glass jar, the kind of item that can be reused for cleaning.
The front of an old car parked on a brick street.
Two folded white cloths resting on a freshly made bed.
Stainless steel pots and pans hang in a kitchen like those sold at restaurant supply stores.
A white and brown wooden house stands near trees in daylight.
A small model house sits beside stacks of coins on a table.