A Day in the Life of a Blogging Mama {Perfectly Imperfect Homes Blog Hop}

Have you browsed Pinterest in the past three months? Have you drooled over the beautiful home tours of your favorite bloggers? Between the perfect burlap-wheat-mum-and-pumpkin Fall Tours and the rustic-modern-and-vintage-all-at-once Christmas Home Tours, do you ever wonder how these ladies get it all done? Do you ever wonder what the behind-the-scenes-not-so-picture-perfect homes look like? And … what do these creative bloggers do all day, exactly??

Well, I’ve teamed up with eight other bloggers to give you a behind the scenes look at our REAL homes and lives. The day-to-day happenings, and the less-than-magazine-worthy-pictures. We’re busy … far, far from perfect, and wear many hats (just like most moms). So, grab your coffee, wine, or other beverage of choice, and join us for our ‘Real Life’ home tours (and feel good about your own home at the same time).

I’ll start with mine …

Today I’m going to make my mother cringe. Again.

Because instead of showing off the beautiful spaces I create in my home I’m going to show you what it really looks like on the other side of the camera. Today’s post is all about our Perfectly Imperfect Home.

Many may be under the impression that my home always looks perfectly styled with fashionable accessories gracing every corner. Some may think it’s always this clean. *snort*

A Southern Fall Home Tour

That would be far from the reality of how our crazy busy family of five lives.

Let’s take my craft room for instance. Having a space to call my own is a blessing but holy cow it’s holy terror when I get in my crafty groove. Unfortunately behind all the pretty I create is a craft room that looks like this…

It’s a train wreck of a room with craft supplies, Christmas decorations, and half complete home decor projects scattered about. I could barely walk into the room it was such a disaster area.

My creativity is like a whirling dervish that leaves a trail of hot glue sticks and scissors wherever I go. See what I mean about the scissors?

But when Honey mentioned the crew of Hoarders showing up soon I knew there had to be something done.

So I banished the children downstairs then got busy making my way through the mess. Two days later and three 42 gallon trash bags later I was left with a perfectly imperfect home craft room.

Warning: This is not one of those amazingly coordinated, cleverly designed craft room reveals.

This was all about decluttering, sorting, and putting supplies back where they were meant to live. The end result is still cluttered. But now I have a better idea of what supplies I have and (more importantly) where they are.

One thing I discovered is that there were many rolls of ribbon scattered throughout the craft room. Like 25-30 rolls of ribbon!

I also found lots of materials for future projects under all the clutter. Like the shell light fixture I got for a steal. Honey’s got some work to do!

Then there’s also Cinderella’s glass slipper. My children follow me everywhere.

My family is placing bets on how long the craft room stays this tidy. I wouldn’t hold your breath if I were you.

If you’re dying for more behind-the-scenes … pop on over to visit these ladies and see what kind of chaos (or lack there of) is happening around their homes:

Crumbs and Chaos … A Real Life Home Tour from View From The Fridge

Please Excuse the Mess, We’re Making Memories from Crafts By Courtney

Silhouette School’s Messy Office…Reveal from Silhouette School

Behind The Scenes Of A Creative Blogger from My Creative Days

Perfectly Imperfect Home Tour from The Blue Eyed Dove

The Many Hats of a Craft Blogging Mom from Delineate Your Dwelling

A Day in the Life of a Blogging Mama from 3 Little Greenwoods

A Real Life Page Out of the Dolen Diaries from Dolen Diaries

Our {Perfect}ly Imperfect Home Tour from One Krieger Chick

 

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