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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 cracked, patched foundation wall next to the basement hatch the inspector opened, from his own Instagram reel
A homeowner opening a sleek dark kitchen cabinet, next to the cabinet with the caption These are IKEA, from her own Instagram reel
A furniture flipper talking in front of a sofa, next to the staged gray modular sectional and its resale listing, from his own Instagram reel
A mother holding her toddler at the edge of a backyard pool, next to the toddler floating calmly on her back, from the parent's own Instagram reel
A homeowner standing beside her 10-foot-tall powder blue mudroom lockers, next to an open locker holding kids' backpacks, from her own Instagram reel
A mom holding an armful of her kids' belongings, next to her loading them into a bin, from her own Instagram reel explaining the 25-cent buy-back rule
A homeowner reacting to a yellow jacket nest, next to the wasps crawling through the compost pile, from his own Instagram reel
A home inspector pointing at a stair railing in a new construction home, next to exposed damage behind the wall, from his own Instagram reel
A woman reacting in front of a newly uncovered arched window, next to a close-up of the ornate window, from the creator's own Instagram reel