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Menu du jour minimalism : 18 Recipes


  • Recipe Less Shoes
    Less Shoes
    Jessica Alba's Shoe Collection Via In Style Shoes have been given a lot of power in modern society.  They signal success, prosperity, a sense of style and femininity.  Celebrities proudly show off their shoe[...]
  • Recipe Linens and Things
    Linens and Things
    In the corner of our bedroom there is an old steamer trunk.  It's where we keep all our linens; sheets, towels, air mattress, quilts, rag rugs and more stuff I can't remember.   It's big and it is won't shut. [...]
  • Recipe Less Stuff More Action
    Less Stuff More Action
    Hi my name is Foy. I write this blog. I?ve been writing this blog for five years. It?s been many things: A wedding journal A place to explore stepping out of the rat race The story of two years in Peace Corps Panama A food manifesto[...]
  • Recipe One Third Less Clothing
    One Third Less Clothing
    The limiting factor in my closet was how many hangers I had. I knew I had too many clothes when after doing laundry I had a hanger deficit. Then I would force myself to reduce what I owned to fit the number of hangers (I have a lot of[...]
  • Recipe Final Thoughts on Stuff
    Final Thoughts on Stuff
    This is a good chunk of the items that are no longer in my possession. Did I do it? Did I meet my goal? Yes! Over the last 46 days I have confronted the belief that stuff makes me happy by: Identifying the purpose of the things I[...]
  • Recipe Saving Sentimenal Things
    Saving Sentimenal Things
    I have been getting many comments from people who are concerned about getting rid of things.  The two arguements being sentimental value and possible future use.  In this post I'm going to examine the sentimal value[...]
  • Recipe The Tender Subject of Books
    The Tender Subject of Books
    These are my books before I went through them. Do you really need your books? I realize this blog post is going to hit close to home for a lot of people, my own mother included. I?m going to examine books. Why do we keep them? Do you[...]
  • Recipe Minimal Wardrobe - Project 333
    Minimal Wardrobe - Project 333
    Welcome to the New Year!  Today's my birthday and it felt fitting to start a new challenge.  In my last challenge to reduce what I owned by one third I found some new blogs and people with great ideas about how to live with less.  Here[...]
  • Recipe Beauty in Less - Arranging the Cubes
    Beauty in Less - Arranging the Cubes
    Before My dad made me these wooden cubes.  The fit perfectly on this wall.  At first they were just a catch-all of stuff.  After an afternoon of work they are now a practical pretty.  In my new found minimalism, I[...]
  • Recipe Why I am Getting Rid of 1/3 of My Stuff
    Why I am Getting Rid of 1/3 of My Stuff
    I realize many of you think I have jumped off the deep end.  Most of you know me as a food blogger.  You'd never know that lurking underneath is a minimalist.  Minimalist...  no, not like the art, like the[...]