American Farmhouse Style – June 2019

Impor tan t Dat es: Mother’s Day: May 12; Memorial Day: May 27; Father’s Day: June 16; Summer Solstice: June 21

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Get ready for summer with these seasonal activities and DIYs.

BY VICTORIA VAN VLEAR

Mother’s Day started as an organic grassroots

movement to unite the mothers of soldiers who

had fought on opposite sides of the Civil War.

It became an offi cial U.S. holiday in 1905, and

Father’s Day followed soon after in 1908.

Dust corners of the ceiling and vacuum cobwebs;

dust above cabinets and along open shelves.

Wipe down all surfaces, including walls, backsplash,

cabinet doors and appliance fronts.

Garbage Disposal: Pour down baking soda and

lemon juice; let it sit for 15 minutes; then turn on the

faucet and run the disposal.

Oven: Turn on the oven self-cleaner; take off and

wash knobs and burners; take out and soak racks;

mix a paste of baking soda and water to smear on the

inside walls; then scrub it off.

Refrigerator: Take everything out; wash drawers,

shelves and inside walls.

Dishwasher: Add vinegar and run the dishwasher

empty of dishes; clean out the food trap in the bottom.

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6 Clean Your Kit chen

Enjoy your luxurious farmhouse bathroom with a

soak in these bath salts.

Fill a Mason jar or another container with equal parts Epsom salt and

Himalayan sea salt or Kosher salt. Add 2 tablespoons dried lavender and

10 to 12 drops lavender essential oil. Optionally add purple food dye if

desired. Mix together and enjoy.

DIY

Lavender

Bath Salts

5 Activity

Gifts for

Mother’s

Day and

Father’s Day

1. Buy Mom, Dad and other honorees
   tickets to their favorite event, whether
   that’s a football game, symphony concert
   or a musical.


2. Treat them to a homemade picnic,
   complete with a bouquet of fl owers or a
   game of frisbee golf—and of course, a lunch
   they don’t have to prepare themselves.


3. Take young children out for breakfast
   and to play in the park so Mom, Dad or
   other special people get the morning
   to themselves.


4. Join them in their pet activity,
   whether that’s yoga, line dancing,
   gardening or golfi ng.


5. Give your time. Either take over their
   usual chores for a week, or give them one of
   your afternoons to help them work on the
   car or declutter a closet.

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