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How to Keep Your Clothes Organized When You Have Little or No Closet Space

How to Keep Your Clothes Organized When You Have Little or No Closet Space

  Tiny Closet? No Problem!   When we moved into our current home, we noticed that the bedroom closets were itty-bitty. Thankfully, we have an entire extra…

The Many Faces of Organization

The Many Faces of Organization

Everybody likes to be organized and everybody needs to be organized. But everybody’s idea of being organized is different.   Some people like color-coded boxes and bins;…

3 Reasons You Should Boycott Souvenirs

3 Reasons You Should Boycott Souvenirs

What’s the deal with souvenirs? I’ve never understood the point of someone lugging back some bizarre ceramic toad or shark’s tooth or fertility vase to give to…

How Having Fewer Kitchen Utensils Saves Money & Time

How Having Fewer Kitchen Utensils Saves Money & Time

During my recent move, I donated a large box of kitchen goods—2 turners, 5 wooden spoons, 2 spatulas, a set of mixing bowls, wine glasses, etc.—and kept…

Tips for Painting Wrought Iron, Wooden Doors & Pulling Up Carpeting

Tips for Painting Wrought Iron, Wooden Doors & Pulling Up Carpeting

Again, before you decide that a home, apartment, car, anything isn’t worth it, remember how much a coat of paint or a bit of elbow grease can…

I Haven’t Shopped in 9 Months: How Being Organized Has Helped Me Break My Shopping Habits

I Haven’t Shopped in 9 Months: How Being Organized Has Helped Me Break My Shopping Habits

On January 1, 2016, I decided to go on a six month shopping ban. My goal was to not buy any clothes, shoes, jewelry, makeup, or accessories for…

How to Transform a Space on a Tiny Budget

How to Transform a Space on a Tiny Budget

Our budget was small. Tiny. Like, I have a garden gnome in the backyard, and our budget could have been the gnome’s overcoat it was so small….

Remodeling Reveal: A Total Transformation

Remodeling Reveal: A Total Transformation

The remodeling is done! Okay, that’s a lie. It’s not done. We still need to finish a few more things in the kitchen, tile the upstairs bathroom, and…

How to Not Lose It During a Remodel

How to Not Lose It During a Remodel

May and June. Aside from Thanksgiving – New Years, May and June have got to be the busiest months of the year. Graduations, vacations, new jobs, DIY…

Help Your Husband Out: A Simple Way For Him To Stay Clean & Stylish

Help Your Husband Out: A Simple Way For Him To Stay Clean & Stylish

  Socks stuffed under the couch cushions. Pants peeking from under the bed. Dress shirts strewn across the floor.   Sniff, sniff. Is it clean? It’s certainly wrinkled….

Make Your Clothing & Towels Longer With This Simple Trick!

Make Your Clothing & Towels Longer With This Simple Trick!

First, outer, inner, last. Yes, that’s the method for multiplying binomials; it’s also the method for keeping your clothing and towels fresh and long lasting.   Whenever…

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