Who thought Carmen Shenk’s book about kitchen simplicity could change your thoughts about your own home?

I love how this book helped me see my home through the author’s lens of simplicity and how it jump-started new ideas for me about how to better organize my kitchen. Even now, weeks after I finished the book, I am still evaluating how I set up my kitchen, what’s necessary and loved, and what is just taking up space. I have a renewed energy for my de-cluttering efforts. I also loved Carmen’s approach of keeping her home a haven, and actively keeping out the negative energy that abounds in the world.

I have certainly heard of taking a news fast in the past. I actually (almost) never watched the news. Over the past two years, however, I have become addicted to it, as my husband so kindly pointed out to me last week. This creates an energy in the house that we could certainly do without. The point that Carmen makes is that this is something we can control. Making home a haven is our decision.

Tonight I am watching a Hallmark Countdown to Christmas Movie with my daughter.

Much better. 🙂

I love how, by author Carmen Shenk describing her own experience and life, which is so very different from my own, helps me see my living situation in a completely different way.

“When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.” ~Wayne Dyer

Find Carmen Shenk’s lovely book here: Kitchen Simplicity

Check out her website here: Tiny House Foodie

Find her on Facebook here: Carmen Shenk, the Tiny House Foodie