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My Top 5 Free Apps

Loving Life

The following apps are recommended based on my experiences with them on the android platform, but they are also available for iphone. Don’t tell the developers because freebies are the best, but I would actually pay for the first four apps on the list. I hope you love them as much as I do!   1.  Trello My obsession with Trello…
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Improved Finances Week 2: Insurance Check-Up

House & Home

We started week 1 with a tough, but HUGELY important topic – retirement. Hopefully you’ve all gone through the steps to increase your retirement contributions by one percent. Don’t be surprised if we revisit this topic before the end of the series. Week 2: Price check your home & auto insurance Our task for week 2 brings us to back to everyday…
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Improved Finances Week 1: Retirement

Loving Life

Are you ready to be in control of your financial life? Our personal finances should be treated like a small business. We have income and expenses, and to be successful, we HAVE got to have a plan. There are often things we know we need to do, but they don’t always make it to the top of the ever going…
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Freebie: Craftsy.com classes

DIY & Crafts

The cooler weather always draws me to a ball of cozy yarn and a couple of knitting needles. Unfortunately, my knitting super skills exist only in my head and don’t make it down to my hands. Several years ago, I taught myself to cast on, knit, and purl with the help of a book. But if anything goes wrong, I’m…
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Lil’ Monkey Baby Shower

Loving Life

I finally have some pictures to share from my sister-in-law’s baby shower! She picked out some super cute monkey bedding on her Target registry, and that was all my mom and I needed to be off and planning. It was so fun to check out all the ideas on Pinterest and then merge them  into our own vision. Here we go! This is…
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Retirement – Fun with Math

Loving Life

This posting really should be sponsored by Nike, because there is ONE key – JUST DO IT! For those of you who need a little more rationalization, lets look at a couple of examples of the magical mathematical wonder – compound interest. Market returns greatly vary year to year, but according to a Ibbotson Associates study, from 1926-1999, the average…
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Snapshots of Fall

House & Home

Football, foliage, and fall decorations – I love this time of year! Double duty – snacks & decor! Even the bedroom got a hint of fall foliage! Mr. Scarecrow on the media cabinet reminds us to enjoy the great weather outdoors instead of the television. Speaking of the outdoors, we’ve got a scarecrow there too! Coasters fit right inside this…
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Welcome!

In 2013, Melissa started Polished Habitat to share her skill of mixing decor & organization to add style & function to everyday life at home.

Her work has been featured in print in Better Homes & Gardens and Room to Create Magazine, and online by HGTV, House Beautiful, Buzzfeed, & more.

In 2018 &  2019, Melissa was named as a Style Maker by Better Homes & Gardens. In 2019, she was also short-listed by the Amara Blog Awards for Interior Styling, International Division.

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Email: Melissa @ PolishedHabitat.com

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