The Art of Effortless Living

A dark-sided home on a sloping lawn in fall, with lit windows, a furnished deck, and orange and gold trees behind it.

The First Year in the House

A house shows you what it is one season at a time. The first fall, winter, thaw, and summer in a new Minnesota home, and what each one teaches.

The First Year in the House

A house shows you what it is one season at a time. The first fall, winter, thaw, and summer in a new Minnesota home, and what each one teaches.

How Much Help Does a House Like Yours Need?

How Much Help Does a House Like Yours Need?

Most people guess low when they size the help their house needs. Here is what actually drives the hours, and roughly what a house like yours takes.

How Much Help Does a House Like Yours Need?

Most people guess low when they size the help their house needs. Here is what actually drives the hours, and roughly what a house like yours takes.

An entryway with a wooden front door, a sweater on the coat hooks, and a pair of boots on the floor.

What Doesn’t Make the Move

Downsizing is not a smaller version of moving. It is a season of decisions, and most of them are about what a life needs and what it only had room...

What Doesn’t Make the Move

Downsizing is not a smaller version of moving. It is a season of decisions, and most of them are about what a life needs and what it only had room...

A kitchen in morning light, with a bowl of fruit on the wooden table and coffee set out on the counter.

Settling In Is Not the Same as Moving In

There is a box in almost every new home that nobody opens for a month. Moving in ends the day the truck leaves. Settling in is what comes after, and...

Settling In Is Not the Same as Moving In

There is a box in almost every new home that nobody opens for a month. Moving in ends the day the truck leaves. Settling in is what comes after, and...

What is Home Watch?

What is Home Watch?

Home watch is the scheduled, in-person care of a home that stands empty. What a visit actually includes, why a camera cannot protect a house, and how it works around...

What is Home Watch?

Home watch is the scheduled, in-person care of a home that stands empty. What a visit actually includes, why a camera cannot protect a house, and how it works around...

The Cost of Not Asking

The Cost of Not Asking

Let's break the shame cycle in asking for help when you need it. There is power in the ask and Finn & Lola celebrates the women who build villages.

The Cost of Not Asking

Let's break the shame cycle in asking for help when you need it. There is power in the ask and Finn & Lola celebrates the women who build villages.