When we are looking for ways to improve the organization in our home we usually think about storage boxes or closets, spice racks and daily planners. We do not however, think much about how we organize and store the vital documents that we hold yet often use. If we were to lose or misplace these [...]
Use a Jewelry Box To Protect & Organize Your Jewelry
Many people enjoy collecting choice pieces of jewelry – the lure of sparkly gems and glittering gold proving to be a potent combination. This is a fantastic hobby with the useful side effect that a good collection of nice pieces means you can almost always accessorize any outfit you care to put together! The problems [...]
Organize Your Recipes
The kitchen. It is the place of delicious creations, well, that is the intent anyways. If you are like me you’re more of the top ramen kind of person. Quick, easy and makes you feel insanely guilty afterward. I do have my moments though when I want to cook a good meal. Specifically my mother’s [...]
Store Away Clutter With Storage Cubes
When it comes to cleaning up clutter in our homes it tends to get pushed to the bottom of the to do list. The one thing I have found is if you have the right tools or accessories then it is not so bad and this is where storage cubes make life much simpler. A [...]
Preparing For A Disaster
In the wake of the Haiti earthquake disaster, it prompted me to write an article about being prepared for natural disasters. Even unnatural for that matter. We usually never know when a disaster will strike, and if we can somehow foresee it coming (tornado, hurricane, fire), we never had a complete idea on how bad [...]
Prepare Your Patio For Summer
During winter you may not give much thought to your garden and patio, but soon it will be spring and it is good to be prepared so that your patio is as welcoming as possible in the summer time. First of all look at the surface of your patio and see if it needs to [...]
Take Control of Your Bathroom
A bathroom can quickly become very messy especially if it is shared with a number of family members and no doubt, it is usually someone else who leaves the top off the toothpaste and the scum around the bathroom sink. If you care about having a nice, presentable bathroom, nagging to get family to clean [...]
Jewelry Organizers of All Types
I do not know about you but it seems like every time I go to get a piece of jewelry it is always in a jumbled mess of necklaces, bracelets, and tangled earrings. This always leads to damage and lost items. Perhaps it’s time to invest in a jewelry organizer. They can be found in [...]
5 Practical Ideas for Organizing With Wicker Storage Baskets
This article will cover five different ideas to organize your home with a wicker storage basket. Each idea will be for a different area of the house, and target common problem areas that a little organization can make quick work of. Many homes have a common area where keys, cell phones, wallets, mail and other [...]
My Love For Plastic Storage Boxes
Honestly, I am not quite sure what I would do without plastic storage boxes. They are probably one of the most helpful things that I use in my home organization projects. You can find them in just about any size, shape or color and for just about any project that you can think of. They [...]
Organizing Your Pantry Cabinet
If you are looking for ideas on how to keep your kitchen organized, start with your kitchen pantry cabinet. A lot of time can be wasted searching around your pantry trying to find the right spices or ingredients. If you are in the middle of cooking, the time it takes to find something could be [...]
Easy And Inexpensive Kids Storage Solutions
It goes without saying that kids love toys. They are a great medium of both entertainment and education. As such, parents have a tendency to get their children an abundance of toys. This can lead to clutter around the house or the play room, especially if the child has not yet learned how to clean [...]
My Top 10 iPhone Apps To Keep You Organized
Ill admit that when the iPhone first came out I thought, yay **sarcasm**, ANOTHER phone. I truly thought this phone was not a big deal. I went to my local Cingular store and fiddled with the phone for a bit and there were things about it I was unsure of. The text messaging feature was [...]
Filing Systems – The Basics
With each day we are slowly becoming a paperless world, but it’s going to be a very long time before we are completely paperless. What does that mean to you? It means maintaining good filing systems for your home and business. For me, nothing stresses me out more than loose papers lying all around. If [...]
Stop Shoe Overflow With A Shoe Storage Cabinet
Shoes are generally the one area in your closet that can quickly get messy. You get home from a long day of work, take off your shoes, toss them in your room or in your closet and the next morning you’re digging around through numerous pairs of shoes trying to find the other matching shoe. [...]
Cosmetic Bags Save Time & Frustration
Ladies does this sound familiar? You’re at home, alarm goes off, snooze. Goes off, snooze. Goes off, oh no I’m running a little late. Jump up, shower, do hair and scramble around for 10 minutes to try and find the makeup you want to wear that day. If there is one area in my life [...]
Organize Your Medication With A Pill Dispenser
If there is one area in our life we need to keep organized, it’s our medication. If you take the wrong dosage, take it at the wrong time or take it with something you’re not supposed to it can cause complications. If you have a bad habit of forgetting which pills you took, if you [...]
