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De-clutter and get organized to make your productivity soar. These desk organization hacks are easy-to-do, inexpensive and look great, too. It’s hard to believe that fall is officially starting soon (especially here in SC where I still have the air … Read More
Learn how to make a pretty DIY dry erase calendar to match your room decor with this step-by-step tutorial. It works better than a traditional white board! For quite a while now, I have been looking for a dry erase … Read More
I finally got my master bathroom organized with these bathroom organization ideas. These quick and easy storage tips really help to clear clutter from under the sink, on countertops, in drawers and more. I hate to admit it, but after … Read More
If you are looking for some DIY wire shelving HACKS that are easy and inexpensive, this list Of ideas will REALLY help you To get organized. Let me just start by saying…I hate wire shelving! Okay, maybe I should say, … Read More
It seems like at the beginning of every year, I go through a round of organizing, and this year is no different. Since I finished my office organizing project (which you can see HERE), I moved on to organize the … Read More
I’m not sure how it happens, but despite my best efforts, there always seems to be at least one room in my house that is in serious need of organizing. Last year it was my kitchen (you can see my … Read More
It’s hard to believe that 2016 is almost over! Time to look back over the past year and see how far we’ve come. This little blog has grown quite a bit…from about 9,000 visitors in the month of December 2015 … Read More
Now that the Christmas wrapping season is here, I was faced with the disorganized pile of wrapping paper that has existed in my closet for longing than I care to admit to. I finally decided to bite the bullet and organize … Read More
Okay…I know there probably aren’t that many people who have multiple rolls of fabric hanging around the house…but I have a bad habit of buying fabric, and then not getting around to doing the project. So I needed some way … Read More
Welcome to week 2 of my fabric organizing projects, and I am really happy with my progress so far! This week’s project was to figure out how to store all of the large pieces of fabric that are too big … Read More
Back in the spring, as part of the One Room Challenge, I re-decorated my home office / craft room. And I love it! (You can click here to see it if you missed the makeover.) However with the big rush … Read More
Bookshelves are a very versatile and functional piece of furniture that are a great use of space in your home. The only problem with them is that they can be a little boring to look at. Fortunately, there are a … Read More
In my house, it seems like I can never have enough storage…and I am always looking for ways to maximize the space I have! At the same time, I don’t like the look of too much clutter…it just doesn’t make me … Read More
When I was re-doing my office recently (click here to see that makeover), one of the issues I had to fix was how to store (or should I say hide?) my router, modem and various other internet-related electronics and cords. I … Read More
Having just finished building a shed, my latest project has been to get all of my garden tools organized so I could find them. As usual for an organization project, I didn’t want to spend a lot of time or money on it, … Read More
One of the big projects that I completed during my recent home office makeover was the DIY bookshelves and window bench at the end of the room. My office is in the bonus room over my garage (the only room on … Read More
As part of my home office makeover, I wanted to have built-ins along two walls of the room. I desperately needed the storage, and liked the idea of built-ins since they are an efficient use of space. Since I already … Read More
This is part 2 of the instructions on how to build pull out shelves for a blind corner cabinet. If you happen to have a standard blind corner kitchen cabinet with one shelf, you know the issue that these shelves … Read More
Figuring out how to build a blind corner cabinet pull out was the last of my kitchen organizing projects. And definitely the most challenging, design-wise. Blind corner cabinets are always a challenge to organize. There’s the easy-to-reach part of the cabinet right in … Read More
This week’s kitchen organization project was to finish getting my drawers in order. I was able to get quite a few utensils out of the drawers with my DIY cooking utensils rotating storage rack, but now I needed to finish the … Read More
As promised, I have returned to my kitchen re-organization projects…and this week’s projects are all about making use of the backs of the cabinet doors. The backs of cabinet doors provide easy-to-access storage for things like measuring cups, pot lids, spices, … Read More
This week’s kitchen organization project is one step closer to getting clutter off the counter…by moving the cookbook to an under cabinet pull-down shelf. Since I am always trying new recipes, I often have a cookbook (or iPad) on the … Read More
This is part 4 of our DIY kitchen organization series. I am on a mission to get my kitchen organized without spending a lot of time or money, and this is the fourth step along that journey. I’m more than half way … Read More
This is part 3 of our DIY kitchen organization series. I am on a mission to get my kitchen organized without spending a lot of time or money, and this is the third step along that journey…to clear the clutter in my … Read More