Archive for August, 2013
What Messages Do Your Retail Displays Send Your Customers? – Part 3
Using glass display cases, tables and cubbies, you can create a cleaner, more elegant look in your shop. While it’s not convenient to use glass for all your displays, you will provide more of a sense of openness and space by doing so, as well as an atmosphere of modernity. Conversely, if you want to […]
What Messages Do Your Retail Displays Send Your Customers? – Part 2
Different materials have different advantages and disadvantages in retail. Steel gridwall panels and slatwall panels along with other retail wire shelving displays offer practicality in that they are easy to set up and dismantle, are lightweight, and simple to take care of. They don’t have to be dusted, and they are a great mainstay for […]
What Messages Do Your Retail Displays Send Your Customers? – Part 1
Take a look around the sales floor of your retail shop. What type of retail store displays do you have for your products? Do you use a few consistent materials and styles throughout your shop, or are your retail display components all made of random materials? Is there a single design element running through your […]
Unclutter Your Art Studio – Part 3
Supplies for three-dimensional art can be stored in craft carts with drawers, just like paint supplies. You can even purchase craft carts on wheels to increase the ease with which you can relocate your supplies if you work in multiple rooms. These carts have numerous plastic bins which you can use to store beads, cord, […]
Unclutter Your Art Studio – Part 2
You can purchase separate bins for each type of supply you have. One bin can be used for oil paints while another can be used for acrylics, which keeps you from mixing up your paints and using the wrong one on mistake. You can use another bin to store colored pencils, another for pastels, and […]
Unclutter Your Art Studio – Part 1
As every artist knows, one byproduct of art is chaos. Art supplies are messy, and when you’re busy trying to create something, the last thing you may be paying attention to is how messy your surroundings are getting to be. After a while however this can take a toll on your creative process. Once you […]
Tips for Classroom Organization – Part 3
If you stack containers but don’t purchase the kind that are open in front or transparent, you’ll need to label them clearly so that you don’t have to dig through them every time you want to find something. This will save you a lot of time in the future. Store the most important boxes on […]
Tips for Classroom Organization – Part 2
Start out by organizing your paperwork, and also provide ways for students to sort their own paperwork. Provide plastic bins which students can use to turn in assignments so that they don’t get mixed up with the rest of your paperwork. Also keep lesson papers and materials sorted in colored storage boxes so you can […]
Tips for Classroom Organization – Part 1
If you’re a teacher in charge of organizing and running an efficient classroom, you’re faced with a dual challenge. On one hand, you have the challenge of organizing the space you’re in (which often doesn’t seem like enough), and on the other, you have the task of managing your students. These two tasks can be […]
Set Up a Home or Office Recycling Center – Part 4
If you’re going to be using home or office recycling bins for old food containers, make sure that you rinse them off before you put them in the bins so that you don’t have problems with odor, fruit flies and other insects. Regularly put your recycling out for the trash removal people to pick up, […]
Set Up a Home or Office Recycling Center – Part 3
Another cause of noncompliance with recycling bins is that people often find them confusing. Many people deposit their waste in the trash can by default since they don’t know which recycling containers they should be using. Help these people to figure it out by clearly labeling the plastic bins for recycling which you choose. You […]
Set Up a Home or Office Recycling Center – Part 2
First you’ll need to decide on a logical location for your recycling center. There are a couple of factors to consider. Figure out how much space your system will take up. How much waste do you generate? What size of bins for recycling will you need? Will you need different sizes for different materials? The […]
Set Up a Home or Office Recycling Center – Part 1
If you want to have a positive impact on the world, one great way to do so is actually to reduce your footprint by recycling. Recycling protects environmental resources, which is increasingly important on a planet where the population is rapidly growing. How can you do your part to protect the environment in your home […]