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Left: cover still from a TikTok video by @taylorodlozil. Right: Cozy child's bedroom with a bed and desk (Unsplash photo by Shoham Avisrur).

Single dad who had never…

Oct 14, 20264 min read

A single father who had never so much as picked out a…

Left: cover still from an Instagram reel by @. Right: Paint color fan deck and a paint brush on a plaid cloth (Unsplash photo by Frank Sobolewski).

Mom pulled out paint swatches…

Oct 13, 20264 min read

Every parent who has ever let a kid ride a scooter or…

Left: cover still from an Instagram reel by @. Right: Child's bedroom with a bed and wall posters (Unsplash photo by Franco Debartolo).

Mom realized her six foot…

Oct 13, 20263 min read

A mom decided it was finally time to fix something that had…

Left: cover still from a TikTok video by @moodywhimsicalforest. Right: Dark, moody room with a bookshelf and a door (Unsplash photo by Peter Herrmann).

Creator Transforms a Plain Overlooked…

Oct 13, 20264 min read

The apartment starts out exactly as forgettable as countless rentals before it,…

Left: cover still from an Instagram reel by @. Right: Warm living room with a brown leather sofa, white throw blanket and gallery wall (Unsplash photo by Spacejoy).

Creator Spends Literal Years Slowly…

Oct 13, 20264 min read

The living room didn’t start with a mood board or a design…

Left: cover still from a TikTok video by @ashleehardin. Right: Collection of colorful children's drawings displayed on a wall (Unsplash photo by Julia Taubitz).

Mom Frames Her Toddlers Scribbles…

Oct 13, 20263 min read

Most kid artwork ends up stuck to a fridge with a magnet…

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Mom Films the Butterfly Garden…

Oct 9, 20263 min read

In the last seconds of the clip, a girl in pink pajamas…

Left: cover still from a TikTok video by @camiwampus. Right: an at-home work station (Unsplash photo by Hans).

Wife Spends Three Days Redoing…

Oct 7, 20265 min read

“My husband’s gone for work for a couple of days. We’re gonna…

Two stills from an Instagram reel by @at_home_with_marisa.

DIYer Picks Up Free Bookcases…

Oct 6, 20265 min read

The video opens looking straight down into an open can of paint…

Left: cover still from a TikTok video by @candy_thrifts. Right: a glass bottle and mug on a shelf (Unsplash photo by Alexandr Popadin).

Thrifter Walks the Thrift Store…

Oct 6, 20265 min read

The clear glass shelf at a thrift store is easy to walk…

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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 person holding a black smartphone in one hand
A smiling older man with glasses sitting at a laptop computer at home
A shopper talks about kids clothing deals on the left, next to a dog in a ghost costume beside pumpkins on the right
A row of white washer and dryer units on a tiled floor
A woman stands in a kitchen filled with items to sort on the left, next to a cluttered room with bookshelves and boxes on the right
A shopper shows a Walmart haul on the left, next to a table set for a Thanksgiving dinner on the right
A mom films her family grocery trip at Aldi, beside a long supermarket aisle lined with stocked shelves.
A single mom of five talks about collecting the household electronics when nobody did chores, beside a phone, tablet and laptop on a wooden table.
Silver scissors resting on pink paper, a handmade craft scene.