Give everything a good hose down to start to remove the bulk of the mud, dirt and dust.

Honestly, I absolutely love it!There’s something about the chance to try to do just a little bit better, be a little bit more clever, and move myself just a little bit closer to my goals that’s always so exciting and refreshing to me.. A lot of us look to our homes when we’re planning out our New Year’s goals and, specifically, how clean and tidy our homes are and how well they will work for our families this year.

2015 was a pretty great year for cleaning and organizing around here, so I thought it might be fun to look back on a few of my most popular posts from that category from the last year and maybe gain a little inspiration and a little extra motivation for the year ahead!If you missed any of these posts last year, now’s your chance to check them out and maybe add some of these tips to your housekeeping bag of tricks for 2016!.How to clean your microwave naturally with no scrubbing!.

The right way to mop your floors.How to actually use all of those vacuum cleaner attachments!.

DIY mercury glass mason jar air freshener.

The simplest and most straightforward closet organization ideas.So if you see a color that you think would work perfectly in your home, don’t worry about tracking down that paint chip!

Just pop on over to Google and you’ll be all set!.So those are the paint colors that we have in our home right now.

It’s a pretty small list and that definitely helps when it comes to doing touch ups or trying to decide what color to paint the next room that we’re renovating.. For more recent updates to our home’s paint colors, see this post here:.Traditional Farmhouse Paint Colors and Finishes.