October vibes come home to a warm welcome, seasonal updates, creature comforts, and hearth and home enchantment.
Friday officially brings October to the table, a perfect time and a perfect month as can be, autumnally speaking.
Chilly sweater weather days and crisp fall evenings will eventually make it down to Louisiana.
Fleeting as it was, we did get a fall preview last week. Colors on parade outside our dining room windows grabbed my attention inspiring me to grab the camera and snap the above photo.
Two days later the color treat was completely gone.
Nature not only showed up and showed out, it showed me the importance of enjoying every facet of the season I love while it’s here.
Cozy, comfortable, cool, and crisp amplifies the fall at home quotient.
Fall autumn days into evenings mark a prime time for a bit of personal downtime spent enjoying the creature comforts of the season we wait for all year long.
If you find the time.
When time affords.
Give yourself permission to give yourself the gift of me time. Most of us realize it’s a labor of love to nurture, comfort and cozy hearth and home, family and friends.
But what about you?
What better way to recharge the battery we run down during our busy and hectic week than with a good book, a hot beverage and a few creatures of cozy comfort.
Comfort and cozy lives on through the generations.
Although the linen closet is packed with a slew of throws and blankets to choose from, invariably I go for the crocheted afghan my grandmother had made for my mother Christmas circa 1974.
It’s a familiar and familial source of comfort; a tactile touchstone accessory perfect for a fall settle in.
Remember hot spiced tea from Tang?
Talk about bringing back precious and tasty memories.
Both my maternal and paternal grandmothers mixed up gallons of this fall into winter spiced tea, serving it up on chilly afternoons to warm the bones and set the tone.
Hot Spiced Tea
Ingredients
1 1/3 cups TANG
½ cup sugar
½ cup instant tea*
1 teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon cloves
*Or use lemon-flavored unsweetened or sugar-sweetened instant tea
Directions
Combine ingredients and store in tightly covered jar. Makes approximately 24 servings.
For 1 individual serving, place 1 teaspoon of spice tea mix in a cup, fill with boiling water and stir until dissolved.
Scents of the season floating throughout the house.
Enjoying the comfortable and warm styles of the season.
Fall is an extraordinary time of the year where we seem to embrace the places and spaces in the home a bit more than usual.
I came to realize the silver lining of time at home during the lockdown phase of virus life.
At home times seasoned, shared, and experienced in a haven of warmth and comfort, reassuring and familiar in the very best and coziest of ways, is time well spent.
Women 55 and older can switch to a mammogram every other year, or they can choose to continue yearly mammograms. Screening should continue as long as a woman is in good health and is expected to live at least 10 more years.
Early detection through a routine mammogram is one of the attributing factors in my mother’s breast cancer being caught in the early stages which contributed to her survival.
It made a believer out of me, so every October a mammogram it is.
Happy first day of fall, fellow fall loving friends! Along with the elation over fall’s arrival, the inspiration it offers, and the seasonal colors on parade fascination associated with the third season, homey seasonal decor finds in rich hues and flavorful tastes frame this picture perfect season.
The excitement surrounding the first day of fall compares to Christmas day in my book.
I’m selecting songs for a fall into autumn playlist, and the big blue gumbo pot is ready for the c’est si bon celebration of the season and its cornucopia of seasonings.
Y’all know my affinity for taking a photo and replicating it with in the style finds. Well let me just say how taken I am with this bountifully beautiful display created by event designer Keith Robinson as featured in Flower Magazine.
Cozy is easily achieved when the emphasis is placed on inviting- the main ingredient in the recipe for putting together a fall fête for a party of two or intimate gathering for friends and family.
Crisp notes in the late afternoon air, tole serving trays, cake domes, and fall themed loaf pans stirs up all the fall feels, finds, and flavors.
Apple nut cake is set for the cake stand come Wednesday, but first, whipped maple pie.
Maple is among the taste of fall favorites, and is the featured flavor in this super easy to make dessert.
Whipped Maple Pie
Ingredients
1 deep dish pie crust
1 pkg. (3.4 oz.) vanilla instant pudding
1½ cup cold milk
½ cup pure maple syrup
1 tsp. maple flavoring
1 container (8 oz.) thawed whipped topping
nutmeg for dusting
Directions
Preheat oven to 375°F. Remove frozen pie crust from package and allow to thaw for 20 minutes.
Using a fork, prick the bottom and sides of the pie crust with to help reduce shrinkage and bubbling. To ensure the crust bakes off properly, place an empty pie pan the same size inside the crust.
Place pie crust on baking sheet and bake on lower oven rack for 12-15 minutes, allowing to cool once removed from oven.
In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together instant pudding and milk until firm. Add maple syrup and maple flavoring; mix well. Fold in whipped topping; mix until incorporated.
Spoon mixture into cooled pie crust. Dust top of pie with nutmeg and top with nuts.
Grab a jar, tumbler, or goblet and working in layers begin with crushed cookies (vanilla wafers, gingersnaps, graham crackers- all delicious choices).
Next, add a generous tablespoon of the maple pudding mixture.
Repeat with another layer of crushed cookies and complete the dish with a final addition of the maple pudding mixture.
Top with a dollop of whipped topping, a drizzle of pure maple syrup, and walnuts or fresh Louisiana pecans.
The delicious proof is in the pudding.
Gorgeously anticipating fall’s color rich-seasonally tasty arrival on this blog post writing afternoon makes for perfect blog post writing conditions.
That and streaming The French Chef with Julia Child featuring three French favorites:
Tarte aux Pommes Classique
Tarte des Demoiselles
Tarte Tartin starring apples, cinnamon, and butter- the fall baking trinity.
Julia Child is a classic, her personality endearing, and her recipes favorites in the Places In The Home test kitchen.
Between the show, recipes, and hint of crisp in the air I’m inspired to add her Tarte aux Pommes to my must make for fall recipe file.
Tarte aux Pommes
Ingredients
10-inch partially cooked pastry shell
4 pounds cooking apples
1 teaspoon lemon juice
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
1/3 cup apricot jam/preserves
1/3 cup Calvados, rum or cognac (or 1 tablespoon vanilla)
2/3 cup granulated sugar for topping
3 tablespoons butter
½ teaspoon cinnamon
Directions
Preheat oven to 375F. Quarter, core, and peel the apples. Cut enough to make 3 cups into 1/8-inch lengthwise slices and toss them in a bowl with the lemon juice and sugar. Reserve them for the top of the tart.
Cut the rest of the apples into rough slices. You should have about 8 cups. Place in a pan and cook over low heat for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until tender.
Beat in apricot jam, Calvados, sugar, butter, and cinnamon. Raise heat and boil, stirring, until applesauce is thick enough to hold in a mass in the spoon.
Spread the applesauce in the pastry shell. Cover with a neat, closely overlapping layer of sliced apples arranged in concentric circles.
Bake in upper third of preheated oven for about 30 minutes, or until the apples have browned lightly and are tender. Slide the tart onto a serving dish and paint over it with a light coating of apricot glaze. Serve warm or cold with whipping cream or a scoop of ice cream.
Apricot Glaze
½ cup apricot preserves, forced through a sieve
2 tablespoons granulated sugar
Stir the strained apricot preserves and sugar over moderately high heat until thick enough to coat the spoon with a light film, and the last drops are sticky as they fall from the spoon (225-228 degrees on a candy thermometer). Do not boil past this point or the glaze will become brittle as it cools.
Apply the glaze while it is still warm. Unused glaze will keep indefinitely in a screw-top jar.
Crisp air, nature’s bounty, and a hot glue gun is all the inspiration needed to get the DIY fall decor project ideas flowing.
The little apple candle wreath that could is falls into my PhD (Project half Done) studies.
Believe me, the faux apples are not as red as they appear in the images.
They’re red alright, but not quite as bright red as seen in some of the images.
If I could get the lighting right on both space and camera, I’d be dangerous.
DIY wreath projects need not be a complicated endeavor.
Where’s the fun in that?
For this particular project I chose a Styrofoam wreath form.
Remnants leftover from the umpteen burlap bags used for everything from placemats to gift bags came together to base wrap the wreath in order to cover the Styrofoam.
Hot glue gun used for this step.
Striving for a more polished look than that of the rustic burlap bags, I wrapped the entire form with burlap ribbon purchased from Dollar Tree, pinning the ribbon with a few straight pins to secure into place.
Grab a paper or download a Michaels coupon and let the DIY fall decor project ideas savings begin.
Simple elegance comes to a door or chair frame near you by way of a bag or two of potpourri, a grapevine wreath, your favorite color, texture, and pattern ribbon, and the usual wreath making tools and glue gun to hold fall fabulous all together.
Simple instructions of hot gluing potpourri pieces to wreath and topping off the look with a bow in your choice of ribbon.
Laura of Garden Answer posted another wonderful fall wreath how-to video giving us five different options to choose from.
How fall flipping cute is the owl wreath?
Grapevine wreath.
Hydrangea.
Pine cones.
An assortment of fall leaves.
Feathers.
Small craft gourds.
Dried and/or fresh floral stems.
Seasonal blooms.
Decorative owl figure.
Laura uses echinacea, rose hips, hydrangea, clematis, sedum, vines, pine cones, autumn leaves, and a most darling owl.
Placement is ruled by where the bulk of the clippings and stems fit best without much effort in securing to wreath.
Why make things difficult?
Undone paper clips help to secure stems to the wreath.
I hot glued the pinecones and hanging pinecone acorn to the wreath with ease and great success.
Professional bow maker will never find its way onto my resume, but I can fake it till I make it with the best of them.
A trusty loop and twist method works, and pipe cleaners-stems looped around the center and twisted several times holds everything in place.
Once you decide where on the wreath the bow will go, feed the “ends” of the pipe cleaners-stems in an over and under method through a couple of the wreath twigs in that section.
Gentle pull up on the pipe cleaner-stem ends to pull the bow close to the wreath.
Secure the bow in place, twist the ends together, tuck the stems into the wreath twigs to hide, and fluff the bow.
Gold feathers tucked in visually strategic spots
As time marches on the nandina is turning a stunning golden crimson.
So fall fabulous!
DIY wreaths naturally mirror the beauty of the season.
Implementing decorative ways to house firewood, fire starters, fatwood, pine cones, newspapers, and safety matches at the ready is a sure fire way of marrying seasonal style with seasonal convenience.
Crisp fall days into chilly fall evenings into winter holidays frame a cozy and warm fireside narrative.
Settling in and warming up in front of a crackling fire sparks a fireside chat of comfort and joy.
Hit the play button to hear the sounds of crackling things to come.
The Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young classic “Our House” frames a lovely fall scene and heard.
I’ll light the fire🔥 You put the flowers in the vase that you bought today Staring at the fire for hours and hours while I listen to you Play your love songs all night long for me, only for me Come to me now and rest your head for just five minutes, everything is good Such a cozy room, the windows are illuminated by the Sunshine through them, fiery gems for you, only for you Our house is a very, very, very fine house with two cats in the yard Life used to be so hard Now everything is easy ’cause of you And our la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la
Blog posts, like the spaces and places in the home, benefit from seasonal updating. If you’re like me, all things fall home decor and recipes is a conversation worth having and a blog post worth reading.
We’ve had a subtle preview of fall between hurricanes thanks to cooler mornings and noticeably shorter days here in the deep South.
I makes no excuses or apologies for my gush for what I’m convinced is the absolute best time of the year on all points weather, decorating, entertaining, baking, cooking and tailgating.
That’s the great thing about favorite things- they compel us to share the excitement.
Many of the new seasonal activities we normally take part in will be a celebration of fall fun and feast at home.
A great serving piece, serving tray, compote, set of table linens, throw pillows, lamp, wall accent, rug- it doesn’t take a complete space overhaul or remodel to introduce texture, color, or pattern of the season to your interior or exterior home decor.
Oh, and don’t forget the menu.
Talk about one of the most delicious ways to welcome fall home decor and recipes to a new season!
Let’s take a look at this season’s Gotta Have It list.
Designing a cozy setting is not an exercise in difficulty.
Warm colors mingled among textured accents, collected finds, and antique pieces, set against the backdrop of soft and comfy candlelight or a crackling fire in the fireplace, invite cozy to settle in and stay awhile.
Cozy is a delightful guest- one who never wears out its welcome.
I’m considering ordering two of these pillows to pair with the faux fur throw pillows currently adorning the accents chairs I use as captain’s chairs in the dining room.
Notice the shadow on the lower part of the pillow.
A late summer into early fall sun casts shadows full of nuance ready to shadow dance with rich colors, patterns and textures that highlight the very best of the season.
If I didn’t know better, I would think wooden dough bowls strictly exist for housing a natural bounty of fall’s most gorgeous finds.
She is of the belief it is in poor taste and the epitome of bad entertaining manners to have an empty cake stand or cake plate set out on the buffet or sideboard when having guests over.
Far be it from me to argue with that particular entertaining principle, so allow me to play the fall baking fairy furnishing y’all with my apple nut cake recipe complete with sprinkles of cinnadust.
This classic recipe is a c’est si bon fall favorite, and is cake stand or plate worthy.
Apple Nut Cake
Ingredients
1 cup vegetable oil
2 cups granulated sugar
½ cup brown sugar
2 eggs
½ teaspoon nutmeg
½ teaspoon cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground cloves
½ teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
1 cup chopped pecans
½ cup applesauce
3 cups fresh apples, peeled and sliced
Icing
½ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
¼ cup butter or margarine
3 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup powdered sugar
½ cup chopped pecans
Directions
Peel and slice apples. Add brown sugar, nutmeg, cinnamon, ground cloves and lemon juice to apples coating well; set aside. Mix together sugar and oil. Add the eggs and beat until creamy. Add vanilla. Combine salt, baking powder, baking soda and flour together.
Introduce dry ingredients in small amounts to sugar and oil mixture. Next, add apples, applesauce and chopped pecans and mix by hand.
Bake in greased and floured Bundt pan in 350 degree oven for approximately 1 hour or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
For the icing:
In a medium saucepan bring brown sugar, butter, and milk to a boil over medium heat, stirring or whisking constantly. Boil for one minute continuing to stir or whisk constantly.
Remove from heat and add vanilla. Add powdered sugar and stir or whisk until smooth and continue until it begins to thicken slightly. Immediately drizzle over cooled cake. Top with walnuts or pecans.
As a tasty bonus, I’m adding my recipe for Great Northern Bean and Chicken Soup as a culinary accompaniment to the antique white pumpkin soup tureen on my Gotta Have It list.
Great Northern Bean and Chicken Soup
Ingredients
2 tablespoons butter
1 medium onion, chopped
1 cup carrots, peeled and sliced
3 stalks celery, diced
1 bay leaf
1 teaspoon Kosher salt
½ teaspoon black pepper
½ teaspoon paprika
½ teaspoon minced garlic
2 cans Great Northern beans
1½ cups cooked chicken, shredded
1 32 ounce box chicken broth
1 chicken bouillon cube
2 cups water
Directions
Melt the butter in dutch oven (or just toss the butter in with the veggies like I do). Add the sliced carrots, chopped celery and chopped onion. Sauté until onions become translucent.
Add shredded chicken, beans, bay leaf, garlic, paprika, salt and pepper. Stir to incorporate all the flavor goodness together. Add water, bouillon cube and chicken broth bringing to a boil.
Once a good bubbling boil is reached, reduce heat to low and allow soup to simmer for 45-60 minutes.
Remove the bay leaf and serve with crackers or cheesy cornbread.
Spicy sea salt and black pepper crackers add a touch of the all important c’est si bon.
While we’re on the subject of crackers, fall, cozy, snacks, and seasonal goodness, let’s pumpkin cheese ball this fall recipes thing up.
Combine cream cheese, 1¼ cups cheddar cheese, the pumpkin, butter, sage, paprika, garlic powder, and ¼ tsp. each salt and black pepper. Beat with a mixer on medium until fluffy.
Chill, covered, 4 to 24 hours.
Wrap in plastic wrap and shape into a ball. Unwrap; roll ball in remaining ¾ cup cheddar. Serve with crackers.
Serves 24.
To shape into a pumpkin:
After rolling the cheese ball in the remaining cheddar cheese, rewrap the ball in plastic wrap. Place a few rubber bands vertically around the cheese ball to form ridges. Chill 30 minutes.
The intention of this touches and hints of fall at home preview is to bring about that cozy-colorful-bountiful-nature inspired-pumpkin spiced-apple appealing feeling of fall at home.
Those of us who absolutely love the fall-autumn season revel in the fall at home preview planning and prepping.
Actual signs of fall may not be obvious in your neck of the woods (or skipped you all together i.e. 101°F in Denver one day, 33°F the next), but the excitement of a fall-autumn arrival is building.
Fall at home preview posts on the pages of food and shelter magazines, recipe and home decor blogs, and the social media platforms of choice confirm the anticipation.
“Fall has always been my favorite season.
The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale.”
—Lauren DeStefano
They say good things come to those who wait.
On that logic I liken fall’s tease and eventual arrival to the pot of harvest gold at the end of summer’s scorching rainbow.
A sure sign the beauty of fall is upon us.
Ella Claire & Co. gifts this lovely free printable vintage landscape for fall framing and decorating.
Sending a big thank you to creative friends and blogs bearing gifts.
I have a bronze gold frame picked out to frame the print in, and am leaning toward placing it on a small decorative easel.
Click on the link to visit this wonderful blog and print your copy- Ella Clair & Co.
Natural touches such as seasonal foliage picked from your yard or garden and housed in rustic crocks, vintage silver pieces, or basic glass jars bring the beauty of fall to a tabletop or vignette near you.
As one who always includes setting and staying within budget when selecting, suggesting, and sourcing home decor accents and accessories for clients as well as myself, I love the endless possibilities afforded by decorating with items found at home, in nature (the best arts & crafts store going!), farmers markets, and the flower and produce departments of local grocery stores.
It’s a fact of life in Louisiana when the temps fall below 70°F you can hear the collective clang of gumbo pots making their way from cupboard to stove top in true c’est si bon fashion.
I was in my element decorating for the teachers appreciation gala, fall festival and Halloween carnival extravaganza.
Included in my bag of decorating tricks was the idea of using faux fall flower bouquets for everything from tabletop decorations to gift favors.
Wrapping each bouquet in inexpensive craft or tissue paper tied with ribbon and raffia in assorted seasonal colors and textures took the presentation from faux to fabulous.
I saw this idea of draping faux fur throws over the back of dining chairs in a fall decorating feature in Elle Decor, and quickly filed it under F for faux fur for fall at home preview.
A seasonal accent here and a seasonal accessory there layers house and home with touches and hints of the season.
Add a decorative throw or pillow to an existing piece and you instantly create a seasonal update though color, texture, and/or pattern.
‘Tis the season for feathering one’s nest with touches and hints of the season through decor additions and updates inspired by the best features of the season.
A stroll around your lawn and garden, local produce market, hobby store, or drive out to areas of the local countryside flush with the season’s natural elements provides the fresh and/or faux items needed to create a foliage focal point or spot arrangement.
There is something so refined about a simple arrangement of fresh magnolia leaves.
Hammmade Furniture on Instagram
In certain decorating circumstances and flower arrangements, a more the merrier approach fits the creative situation, however, it’s quite easy to muddy the waters with over complicated details.
Practice and patience has taught me to never shy from taking the less is more route.
I don’t know if pewter, silver, or porcelain pitchers, sugar bowls, creamers, trays, and bowls have a season, but they certainly complement and add warmth to naturally striking fall arrangements.
Clear cylinder vases filled with branch bouquets in their natural state or painted in tones of gold, silver, bronze, or copper become a simple yet elegant addition to your fall decor.
Seasonal fruits, vegetables, foliage and nuts make wonderful ingredients for fall recipes, but boy, do they shine in fall arrangements and centerpieces.
Pumpkins and apples make their debut in the beginning of fall, and these seasonal decorating essentials become quite the exquisite floral accompaniment to fresh seasonal flowers and cuttings.
Today’s just a friendly October reminder post inspiration comes from the beloved L. M. Montgomery Anne of Green Gables quote “I’m so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers.”
Most of you know the role music plays in my daily as it is constant company while I write, cook, source, develop- you get the idea.
I posted the following image into the post, being sure to take thoughtful note of the weight and meaning of the words.
Although in a degree of deep thought, the public service announcement caught my ear.
Turning my full attention to the PSA, the subject of the spot made me think of yet another famous quote and how its meaning serves to further the message.
“An Ounce of Prevention Is Worth A Pound of Cure.”
– Ben Franklin
October is National Fire Prevention Month, and the week of October 9 is Fire Prevention Week.
Take the time this month to put safety measures into place to help prevent a fire in your home as well as carbon monoxide poisoning.
Discuss and devise a fire escape plan with all members of your household.
Around the house tips for preventing a house fire include:
Changing furnace filters regularly will cut down on a buildup of dust and lint that can catch fire.
Inspect space heaters before and after each use, making sure to place heaters a minimum of three feet away from anything combustible.
Never place items close to the heating element or pilot light of a water heater.
Clean out the dryer lint filter after each drying cycle.
Give the area behind and around the dryer a quick check for lint build up or laundry items that have fallen under or behind the dryer.
Kitchens are hot spots for a house fires to originate in. Never leave anything flammable near the stove or oven or on stovetop.
Be mindful of kitchen towels and oven mitts when using around heating elements.
Never leave the kitchen area with pots and pans in use on the stovetop.
It’s so easy to become distracted by something else.
I know how easy it is because I did just that a couple of weeks ago and burned up a saucepan.
UPS knocked on the front door, I got into a conversation with the delivery guy, and totally forgot about the brown sugar onions cooking away on the stovetop burner.
Crisp autumn nights tap the shoulder with an October reminder.
When using a fireplace, give the ashes ample time to cool down before disposing of them.
Always place fireplace ash in a metal container used only for this purpose.
Creosote buildup is the lead cause of chimney fires.
Hiring a professional chimney sweep to clean your chimney at least once a year is the way to go.
Our chimney sweep even wears the traditional outfit and top hat.
According to the National Fire Protection Association, three out of every five home fire deaths result from fires in homes without smoke alarms or with non-working smoke alarms.
Carbon monoxide, better known as the silent killer, is:
Invisible
Odorless
Tasteless
Flammable
Deadly
Common household sources of carbon monoxide (CO) include fuel-burning appliances such as:
Carbon monoxide alarms/detectors is the only way to detect carbon monoxide.
Combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarms equipped with a 10-year battery cover the spectrum of both smoke and carbon monoxide detection.
The Kidde Worry Free 10-Year Sealed battery smoke and carbon monoxide combination detector with voice alarm is a battery-operated (no hardwire required) smoke detector that comes with a 10-year lithium battery lasting the life of the alarm.
Smart safety and smart home protection is found in the Nest Protect Battery Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Detector.
It has an industrial-grade smoke sensor, detects both fast and slow burning fires, can be silenced from your phone, detects carbon monoxide, and lasts for up to 10 years.
A working fire extinguisher is as vital a piece of kitchen equipment as a stove or cookware.
Places In The Home is equipped with both two recreational fire extinguishers for the washroom and bedroom area and one kitchen fire extinguisher for the kitchen/breakfast room area.
Remember the acronym PASS when using a fire extinguisher.
Pull the pin on the extinguisher.
Aim the nozzle low toward the base of the fire.
Squeeze trigger.
Sweep nozzle from side-to-side.
Make time this October to install smoke and carbon monoxide detectors throughout your home, and if your home is already equipped with them now is a good time to replace the batteries.
Just a friendly October reminder to roll up your sleeve and get your flu shot.
Getting a flu shot helps to reduce the risk of getting the flu and the complications that come with it.
The one and only time I had the flu it liked to have killed me. I was down for almost eight weeks, with one week of that spent in the hospital.
No, thank you.
October is breast cancer awareness month.
Annual mammograms can detect cancer early when it is most treatable. The American Cancer Society recommends that women at average risk of breast cancer begin having a yearly mammogram at age 45, and a mammogram every other year beginning at age 55.
Getting your mammogram is a pressing matter in terms of procedure and prevention.
Mammography is a fast procedure (about 20 minutes).
Discomfort is minimal for most women.
The procedure is safe.
Early detection through a routine mammogram is one of the attributing factors in my mother’s breast cancer being caught in the early stages which contributed to her survival.
It made a believer out of me, so every October a mammogram it is.
Housekeeping goes beyond the everyday of all things house that make a home.
Prevention and wellness drives this well-oiled machine we call home and family.
Just a friendly October reminder to embrace the beauty of the season, and to do what it takes to keep you, your family, and your home safe and healthy.
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