Home to a Haven with Hilary Bernstein

Transform Your Home Into a Haven

What Should I Clean First?

Ever wonder what to clean first? Or where to start cleaning in your home? These quick and simple housekeeping strategies will help! Reader question: What I struggle with the most is trying to find where to start in my day.  More than anything, what do I clean first? What do I do first so that… Read more

How to Tackle Big Homemaking Jobs

Tackle big homemaking jobs by breaking them into smaller ones. (This handy step-by-step guide will help!) Reader question: Can you please help me? I’ll start a big job in my home, then have to stop part way, then have a bigger mess, then I don’t have time to get back to it, so the mess… Read more

What to Do When Toys Have Overtaken Your Home

Feel like your kids’ toys have overtaken your home? Don’t sweat it. Here are helpful tips on how to deal with the mess … and your frustration. Every parent knows that kids’ belongings have a scary way of multiplying like little else. Happy meal toys. Little plastic birthday party favors. Hand-me-downs from well-intentioned friends who… Read more

How to Create a Christ-Centered Christmas

This year, avoid a hectic holiday season and intentionally choose to create a Christ-centered Christmas. The Advent season is finally here! But have you felt the pull away from a focus on Christ? I’ve noticed it, from the wrapping paper in stores in October, to the week of Black Friday sales (Buy more! Buy more!… Read more

8 Ways to Make Christmas Special with Babies and Toddlers

Are you the mom of young children? You’ll love these 8 ways to make Christmas special with babies and toddlers! Mama of littles, everyday life is hard, isn’t it? Your sweet little children, the ones you’ve hoped, prayed, and waited for, are so … full of life. They cry. They fuss. They poop. They spit… Read more

Get to Know Your Neighbors This Year with a Simple Invitation

Do you know who lives near you? Get to know your neighbors with these fun get-together ideas. Do you know your neighbors? If you do, how well do you know them? Do you find yourself surrounded by strangers … or by people you know in name only? Or do you actually know details about your… Read more

The Best-Ever Soft and Chewy Sugar Cookies

Looking for the perfect sugar cookie recipe? Look no further than these best-ever soft and chewy sugar cookies! Wish you had a sugar cookie recipe that was SO delicious people craved them? I have just what you’re looking for! Every December, I pull out my recipe for sugar cookies – the same recipe my mom… Read more

What You Need to Know About Hygge (And How to Use It Right Now)

What is hygge? Here’s what you need to know about hygge … and why you’ll want it in your home.  What the heck is hygge? How do you pronounce it? And why on earth would you want it as part of your home? If you’ve been browsing Pinterest or bookstore shelves lately, hygge is all… Read more

4 Fantastic Ways to Welcome Fall to Your Home

Ready to welcome fall to your home? Grove Collaborative can help you get started with a free gift set! For so many people, fall is a favorite season – maybe because of the fall leaf color and cooler temperatures. Or maybe it’s because of apples, pumpkins and hayrides. Whatever the reason, one thing’s for sure,… Read more

Move With Me! (Introducing Home to a Haven)

If you’d love to start creating a haven – for yourself and your family – you are going to LOVE the brand-new blog, Home to a Haven. Three years ago, I started HilaryBernstein.com to write about the important things in life. But as it happens often with blogs, HilaryBernstein.com morphed into something distinct because of… Read more

Caring for Your Home

Woman holds a bucket of cleaning supplies
Woman stands in her kitchen, with her hands on her hips .... and cleaning supplies in her hands
Woman smiles as she cleans a countertop
Woman holds a mop over her shoulder
Woman high fives her daughter after cleaning the house
Mom and son handwash dishes together
Hardworking woman takes a breath
Woman stands in a clean living room, holding cleaning products
Little girl talks to a teddy bear while sitting on a bench
Having trouble with menu planning? You'll absolutely love this simple 5-step menu planning process!
Ever wonder how you can keep a home when you don't feel like cleaning?

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Haven Creation

Mom and son cuddle on a couch with a book while dad sits in the background
If you've created a haven, use it to welcome others!
A group of friends sits on a couch
It’s not difficult to embrace hygge in your own home. It does involve changing your mindset from busily accomplishing so much to being willing to accept margin – and to relax and enjoy the little things in life
Row of pumpkin and gourds
Barefoot woman is sitting on a velvet couch
Whether you're hosting friends for the evening or family members for several days, how you can welcome guests to your home?
Make the most of summer both inside and outside your home.
When you know your own preferences, your personality will be reflected in your home. Here are 2 important questions to ask when creating a haven for yourself.
Spring is coming! Here are 4 ways to celebrate spring in your home.
Wish you could return to a cozy home every day? Here are 5 simple ways to make it happen!

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Relationships

Are you the mom of young children? You'll love these 8 ways to make Christmas special with babies and toddlers!
As my family has transitioned from strangers to friends with our neighbors, I know it’s only because we’ve taken the time to get to know them.
Mama, are you feeling defeated? You are NOT alone. Here are 3 strategies that can help you overcome mommy defeat!
If you want to make your motherhood count – and if you know you need to transform your outlook and approach to mothering – here are 3 steps to take today.
Are your expectations in marriage making a big difference in your contentment and satisfaction?
Being your husband's good thing is a a huge but humbling gift for a wife.
you’re in this for the long haul – when times are good and when times are bad. When your husband is amazing, and when he’s a jerk.
Kindness in your marriage is a huge game-changer. Without it, you and your husband are miserable. With it, your marriage becomes a beautiful thing.
Self-care simply is taking time to do something that refreshes you.
So how can a homemaker manage her time and balance husband and children and cleaning? How can you have time and energy to get housekeeping done each week when you have children in your home or are working a full-time job?
Sometimes, your marriage can be helped a lot just by good examples of healthy marriages.

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