Slowsteading, the way I see it, doesn't have to include owning livestock or chasing some picture-perfect homestead dream. It’s a mindset. It’s about slowing down enough to actually live in your home instead of just passing through it. It’s caring for what you already have, making things with your hands, and finding beauty in the everyday work that keeps a home running.

Here at Pauline Manor, you’ll find all kinds of slowstead projects from herbal remedies from the home apothecary, thrift flips and DIYs, food from the garden, and from-scratch recipes that take time but give back more. Each post is part of this slower, more intentional way of living that values creativity, self-reliance, and purpose over perfection.