Resourceful Living – Your Guide to a simple, practical, and homemade Life

an antique yellow plate full of honey-nut chocolate chip cookies placed on a dusty blue linen towel and a dark wooden tray

kitchen + Food

DIY hankies in a pile with a scissors and a ruler on a cutting mat

home + DIY

A photo of a dandelion puffed up into a seed head. It is sunset, and two seeds are falling to the ground. This represents a woman who has had two miscarriages this year, but it still standing and trying to have hope for future pregnancies.

Rhythms + Resilience

A small glass jar filled with the best homemade lotion you'll ever make. It's sitting on top of an array of molded beeswax shaped into hearts, hexagons and rectangles.

Body Care

Sourdough English muffins resting on a linen tea towel on top of a wooden cutting board and wooden tray.
Sourdough
An open quart sized Maxon jar packed with mini cucumbers that have naturally fermented in a salt brine, sitting on a linen tea towel on the counter.
fermentation
A shot of the front of our house before we bought it. It was the worst house in the best neighborhood. It's a peeling paint, terrible "updates" sort of situation. It's also pink.
homemaking
A small glass jar filled with the best homemade lotion you'll ever make. It's sitting on top of an array of molded beeswax shaped into hearts, hexagons and rectangles.
body care
a woman petting a chicken
whole animal
a caucasian woman, man and two girls leaning in for a picture under the trees
family
freshly made, rich, gooey puppy chow with more protein, peanut butter, dark chocolate, pastured butter and collagen peptides, and a lot less powdered sugar!
Snacks & Sweets
A small bedroom renovated to its original glory with a restored wood floor and woodwork.
restoration
A burning candle in a small bowl on a window sill. The candle is lit for all the babies women have lost before they were born.
Grief & healing

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About Margareta

Wife. Mom. Creator. Homemaker.

Here at Maxon Made, I write and share from the daily work of making a home: the meals we cook, the things we repair, the ways we rest, and the lessons that shape us along the way.

Maxon Made helps families build simple, intentional lives and homes that feel good.

If you want some resourceful living hacks or need some inspiration for living a simple, practical, and homemade life — you’re in the right place.

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