If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I’ve finally figured out what to do above my bed. I love the idea of fabric covered canvas because of the lightweight factor. It it falls on us in the middle of the night, we’ll live with no lasting brain […]
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A while ago a reader commented that I should write a post sharing my craft storage organization ideas and hope that you all comment and share yours so we can all learn from each other, so that’s what we’re going to do today.
Because not everyone can have a Minibox for their craft storage/organization, having some […]
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I saw a cute idea for a wall decoration a while ago in a magazine (I think it was Creating Keepsakes) that was easy and inexpensive enough for me to actually do for my house.
I got the frame at IKEA - a 10″ square shadowbox for around $7. You can use the glass or […]
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Cleaning is way down on my list of “Things I Like to Do in My Spare Time,” so I’m always looking for cleaning shortcuts. One of my favorites is for cleaning the microwave - an odious chore at best: put a bowl of water in the microwave for a couple minutes…until the window gets […]
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Trick Number 1
Did you know that you can use white board markers on mirrors? Maybe I’m the last person to catch on, but I discovered this useful fact not too long ago. Now I write my most urgent list items on the mirror in the bathroom where I’m sure to see them several […]
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I found this clever website called This to That (Glue Advice) that tells you how to glue one thing to another. You can choose any combination of two of these materials to glue together:
ceramic
fabric
glass
leather
metal
paper
plastic
rubber
styrofoam
vinyl
wood
After you choose two materials a list of adhesives comes up that will work to attach those two materials. […]
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My cupboards were absolutely overflowing with empty baby food jars, and I didn’t know what in the world I was going to do with them all. I love containers, and I couldn’t just throw away these perfect little jars! I also hate throwing things like this away because I feel like I should […]
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Something strange happened in my house the other day: My husband re-organized a part of our medicine cabinet.In our bathroom we have a three section medicine cabinet above the sink rather than just a mirror (this is one of my favorite things in our whole house, by the way. Medicine cabinets are AWESOME and […]
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In my house as a kid we had what we called “Blue Jobs” - things like filling the wood box, changing the oil in the cars, etc. “Pink Jobs” existed too, but those are trickier. Maybe picking the fat off the meat - men seem to be squeamish about those sorts of things, […]
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My linen closet has been in serious need of attention. I love organizing, so figuring out a solution for the piles of sheets was a joyful challenge. This is what I came up with:
I love it! Rolling sheets and towels actually takes up less space, and it also looks neater than piling […]
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Recently I remodeled a cardboard food container into a pencil holder - an easy and fun project for all ages and spaces. I noticed that my night stand was constantly cluttered with pens/pencils, scraps of paper, etc and I wanted to organize that in a way that would fit the color scheme and theme […]
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I’ve had this spice rack for several years now and haven’t been using it for the majority of that time. I found that I it was more of a pain than a convenience because it took up too much of our precious counter space and I only used a handful of the 20 spices. […]
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I really have a hard time decorating my house because I have all these ideas, but when I have the money to get everything I freeze up or change my mind.
For example, we just sold a piece of furniture and all this time I’ve been wanting to sell that thing and use the money to […]
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At the last library book sale I bought a children’s book by Alison Jay, my favorite illustrator, called Picture This. It’s a simple book with a picture and a single word on each page, for very young children.
I love this book because of the beautiful artwork, and as I was reading it to my […]
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I am reading a book called The Ultimate Career by Daryl Hoole and she had some ideas that I’m in love with about organizing time and activities!
One thing that we do in our family is assign each member a color. I’m purple, my husband is brown, and our son is blue. We mark […]
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Organizing Tip #1: Plan
Organizing Tip #2: Sort
Organizing Tip #3: Strategize
Organizing Tip #4: Analyze
The third step is to attack. Vicki listed four parts of the attacking step:
De-Junk: get rid of the stuff you don’t use, need, or want
Give everything a home: you’ll more likely put it away […]
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Organizing Tip #1: Plan
Organizing Tip #2: Sort
Organizing Tip #3: Strategize
Organizing Tip #5: Attack
As you go through your house, notice where clutter collects and focus on finding a solution for those areas.
We had a mail issue. Paper causes organization problems for most people. We pay our […]
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Organizing Tip #1: Plan
Organizing Tip #2: Sort
Organizing Tip #4: Analyze
Organizing Tip #5: Attack
At this class I went to, the presenter talked about “prime space allocation,” which is the space from your knees to as high as you can reach. When you organize things on shelves or in stacks, […]
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Organizing Tip #1: Plan
Organizing Tip #3: Strategize
Organizing Tip #4: Analyze
Organizing Tip #5: Attack
To begin the decluttering process, start with 5 boxes, labeled as follows:
Garbage
Donate
Another Room
Think About
Return
Begin with one small area and make a huge pile of everything on the floor. Take things out of previous containers so you […]
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In honor of January being National Get Organized Month, this post about planning is the first in a five part series about getting organized! For more organizational hints after this post, click here:
Organizing Tip #2: Sort
Organizing Tip #3: Strategize
Organizing Tip #4: Analyze
Organizing Tip #5: Attack
PLAN
I went to an […]
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I’ve tried to get more organized lately, a never-ending task. It is a slow process, for sure. One thing that I really want to do better at is keeping the house cleaner from day to day, a goal that I’m sure I share with many fellow mothers. In the past, I haven’t […]
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I am a hopeless list maker. I love lists. However, my list making tends to get a bit wild and I find myself wandering around the house looking for the “right” list because I have so many of them. As of late I have grown a bit weary of having to scour […]
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I’m constantly on the lookout for ways to spend less and get more done with my time. I found this article about how to make your time and money go farther. I particularly like tips 11, 9, and 6. Enjoy!
25 Ways To Be a Cheaper Housekeeper
From Sarah Aguirre,
www.about.com
25. Reuse. Find ways to reuse items in […]
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