I do many of these things but we’re retired, no kids around, no schedules to be tied to. i always prepare the coffee maker at night so coffee is ready when i wake up. We make the bed as soon as we get up. Kitchen is always clean and no dishes ever left in the sink or drainboard overnight. I like starting the day with a fresh and ckean house.

Two comments: 1) about 18 years ago we renovated a secondary bathroom, taking out the tub and adding a water closet. However, our two boys who were still at home would never use the bathroom while the other was in it. Kids. 2), why is there no mention of jetted tubs? Are they going away? I wouldn't live without one.

I have to say you people without the heated towel rack do not know what you are missing! If you do not have radiator heat with a towel bar hanging above your radiator, it is worth the splurge, and you only have to wire it once. Change up your hardware to a difference metallic finish? No problem you can get the heated towel racks to match. Also totally get the bidet toilets, they take up much less space and end up being cheaper than a separate bidet, and saves money on toilet paper, some will even dry you down there too.

We also love our towel warmer which also dries my fine washables and keeps the towels dry.

These are great ideas! thank you for sharing this.

I love all the pumpkins. I used a lot on my front porch last year, then put the pumpkins in the compost pile. In the spring I had about a hundred pumpkin sprouts from all the seeds. In fact, it's now October and I'm still seeing some. This year my daughter will give them to a coworker to feed to her chickens.

Another reason to not clean up the garden so much is the fallen leaves make great mulch next year. Clean and overly tidy is not the healthyest in the garden.

No drawers behind doors for me. Especially a 2 door cabinet with wide drawers behind. You need 2 hands to get to them. Too much ext fiddly stuff

To the previous 2 comments, I say ditto and Amen.

Drawers and pullouts do not work with large roasters and canning kettles. I requested 2 double wide base cabinets without center dividers. Large bowls, water-bath canning kettles, cast aluminum roaster that holds an 18# turkey, etc, all fit. Small seldom used items such as meat grinder attachments fit in the spaces left by the round corners of all the kettles.

I am an old lady who still knows how to harvest, preserve and prepare food. My children do the same and the grandchildren are learning.

Money is tight and the less we buy at the grocery store the less stress we experience. This month is tomatoes and tomato sauce from the farm markets end of season sales.