Hilary Duff has earned the right to be a little particular, and she’s not apologizing for it. Duff may be a busy mom of three (soon to be four—she announced that she was expecting in December), but she still carves out space to curate an atmosphere that works for her, even if that curation happens once the kids are off to school.
Better Homes & Gardens spoke with the actress, singer, producer, and author—who added chief brand director to her impressive resume with Below 60°, an air fragrance brand that launched last November—about her house rules, how she sets up a space where she can unwind, and more.
Read on for more about Duff’s rules for the home she shares with husband Matthew Koma, a singer-songwriter, and their family.
I want to get better about that—how do I get better about that? [Laughs]
It is disgusting to think that we’re taking our shoes and walking around, and then we’re taking them off and we’re walking around, and we’re barefoot and then we’re putting our feet in our bed. I love to sit on the floor, too. When we have friends over, usually I give everyone our couch and I sit on the floor. It’s disgusting. I have three dogs. I have nine chickens. [Laughs]
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Mine is more just trying to get my kids to put their stuff on the stairs instead of just dumping it where they come in. I feel like they just step out of their shoes mid-walk, and it’s in the walkway, and their bags just get dumped down. I want their lunchboxes put in the sink—and I don’t even make them rinse it out. I will do it, or someone will do it, but don’t leave it in your backpack.
It absolutely does. But I don’t think it’s just unwinding at the end of the day. I think it’s something that I like to—when I
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