The Inspiring Bee

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Category: Inspired Home

  • Summery Updates

    Tweet Summer is just around the corner. Although it’s admittedly hard to spot the difference in Hawaii, there are ways to infuse your home with subtle seasonal shifts through affordable decor. Take this, for example. There are a few changes I made to our guest bathroom that costed under $40. Can you guess what it…

  • Mililani House Update: Demo in Progress

    Tweet Kitchen, bathroom, living room oh my! Here’s more in-progress photos of the demo at the Mililani house. Pretty exciting to see all those walls open up letting in that tropical light. Right now it looks like a big mess, but I can just imagine what it’s going to look like in a few weeks….

  • Mililani Reno Update

    Tweet Since this party, there’s been a lot of action in Hawaii’s own version of HGTV’s Fixer Upper or other before and after remodeling show. Take a look: Bye bye drywall! Yuki says adding a beam will turn this into an open concept kitchen. I can’t wait to see! Keep tuning in for more info,…

  • Inspiring Hawaii Home Remodel Party

    Tweet I’m temporarily interrupting our normal self-help post to feature something that inspires me. Home decor. If you read about it in the local newspaper, which you can see above, or saw an update on Facebook or Instagram then you already know about a secret project I’ve been working on. Before the remodel party This…

  • Container Fun: Indoor Activities for Toddlers

    Tweet It’s cold out. Maybe it’s snowing where you are. But even in Hawaii where we live, it’s cold and rainy so we’re spending more time indoors. It’s hard sometimes to keep them busy. Here are a few ideas that have kept my boys entertained, at least for a little while. Rainy Day Band What’s…

  • Inspiring People: Hawaii House Whisperer

    Tweet My husband and I were curious to see an open house nearby. A short walk and conversation later, and I left with something I didn’t plan on-a new friend. Yuki Schenkenberg Takenaka is a realtor, broker for LIST Sotheby’s, realtor coach, and self-proclaimed “house whisperer.” She’s well known among the Mililani community. Her decorating…

  • Spiritual Lessons in the Parenthood Trenches

    Tweet There are things you learn as a parent you couldn’t possibly learn without kids. Funny things. Gross things. Things that if you allow yourself to be fully open and awake, can change your world forever. Things like… Thou Shall Feel Guilt but do it anyway. Everything you do or don’t do will be scrutinized….