Setting up an Airbnb requires checking local zoning laws, obtaining permits, ensuring insurance coverage, and maintaining good community relations for success.
Imagine offering guests a tranquil escape, a chance to experience the beauty and simplicity of homestead living. Setting up an Airbnb on your property can be a rewarding way to share your passion for sustainable living, meet interesting people, and generate additional income. The key is to create an authentic and welcoming experience that highlights the unique charm of your homestead. Think comfortable accommodations, thoughtful touches, and opportunities for guests to connect with nature and perhaps learn a little about your lifestyle. Creating the Ideal Guest Space Consider the type of accommodation that best suits your property and your desired…
To set out to declutter your pantry can feel like a HUGE daunting task! It does to me anyway… I have a fairly large pantry which means I can put all sorts of clutter in there! But getting on top of the clutter is a great way for me to feel calm, simplify my life and actually be able to find things when I need them. I’m not suggesting you do an extreme Marie Kondo, even a little bit of organising can help! Here’s my top 10 tips to help you declutter your pantry 1. Set aside a good amount…
Bulk pantry items can help to simplify your life and can mean making less trips to the shops to buy supplies or making things in large batches so that you do them less often. There are some food items which are reasonably convenient to buy or make in bulk if your family eats them regularly. Buying in bulk or producing large batches can mean buying them from a bulk supplier, bringing your own containers and refilling them each time you purchase that item or purchasing the ingredients for your batch cooking in bulk. As an added bonus, often when you…
Simplifying your life can take many forms. One of my favourites is meal planning. Whether you are a strict, ‘we don’t eat anything but what’s on the planner’ kind of person or whether you are a more relaxed, ‘take it as it comes’ type of planner, having some sort of plan for your meals will help simplify your life. I have tried a number of these approaches and while I have settled into an approach which is more on the relaxed end of the spectrum, there is always room for improvement! And sometimes one idea or small change can…
Using routines in your day-to-day life sounds like it will lock you into drudgery, but in fact having key activities scheduled and programmed into some kind of routine can simplify life. For most of us, life is busy, filled with things which bring us joy, commitments that we are passionate about, child raising, family time, time with our partner and things that inevitably pop up unexpectedly. Creating routines around some of the things that just need to be done, like washing, shopping, home maintenance tasks and so on. Stick with me here – this is not designed to enslave you…
Creating a simple life can be complex. That seems paradoxical I know. Removing the things that don’t give you joy, serve a purpose or add to your energy can certainly help you to simplify your life. Clearing the clutter, while it can be cathartic, and keep you focussed on the things that make your life happy can mean saying good bye to some old faithfuls – friends, possessions, habits. Writing yourself a simplicity manifesto which clearly sets out your intentions, motives and goals for simplifying your life can help you re-focus when things get in the way, as life does…
Getting things done isn’t just about making a to-do list. That can help, but there are other techniques and tools you can implement to keep your inner calm and get things done at the same time. One list to rule them all I used to make a lot of lists to get things done. Between running a small farm, as well as my own business, building this blog, growing a lot of my own food, pretty much running the household and managing to keep it from becoming overwhelming, I need to remember a lot of things. I used to write…
Sometimes I get to the late afternoon and feel completely exhausted - I don’t even make it to the end of the day! Some days I feel like I have run from one fun or important thing to the next without stopping for a breath! And by 4pm I’m completely wiped out. I have learnt that slowing down (which does not come naturally for my Type A personality) is actually the key to making the most of my day. I know I probably should have known this many years ago! It’s one of those lessons the Universe keeps bringing me…
Simplifying your life might sound like a pipe dream for the lucky ones. It used to be that way for me too! As my life evolved I found yourself getting involved in more and more 'things'. I was: busy workingmanaging a hometrying new hobbiesrunning my own businessinvolved in my local communitybusy establishing a food garden as well as an ornamental gardencommitted to writing on a regular basisplanning a new home buildsetting up our farm Perhaps you are also busy, with some of those things or you are: raising kidscaring for grandkidsbusy in your local sporting group or outdoor activitiescommitted to…