Title: Cozy Home Decorating Ideas for Family Life I still remember the autumn afternoon when my neighbor dropped off a mug of hot cider because our dryer blew a fuse and the kids were muddied from soccer. I’m a mom in my forties, juggling carpools for an 11-year-old and a 9-year-old, after-school snacks, and a perpetual mountain of laundry. Our days are a quilt of routines — homework at the kitchen table, bedtime stories, and backyard forts that smell like cut grass and imagination. Those small, ordinary moments are why my house needs to feel like a refuge, not a…


