Archive for January, 2014
Friday 31 January, 2014
Tips for Saving Space in Your RV – Part 3
• Large plastic containers are excellent for organizing the storage system under your RV. These containers will keep your items safe when you are driving, and will also keep them organized when you are not. Moreover, large plastic bins are waterproof, and can protect your things from the weather. RV storage can be a challenge, […]
Wednesday 29 January, 2014
Tips for Saving Space in Your RV – Part 2
• Install brackets and hooks on the insides of doors and in other useful locations. This is a great way to utilize more of the space you do have. While you might overlook that space if you were living in a house, in an RV, there is no reason not to use it. You can […]
Monday 27 January, 2014
Tips for Saving Space in Your RV – Part 1
Whether you live in your recreational vehicle or just enjoy taking it out for a weekend now and again, there’s no denying that it’s tough to organize such a cramped space. You only get so much space in your cabinets, and while you probably have more underneath your vehicle, if you let that get cluttered, […]
Friday 24 January, 2014
Organize Scrapbooking Supplies – Part 3
Organizing by color also has another advantage. You really only need to get a few large bins to do things this way. There are only a handful of colors which you are likely to store: black, white (and neutral colors), red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, pink, and brown, for example. That means you only […]
Wednesday 22 January, 2014
Organize Scrapbooking Supplies – Part 2
Plastic bins are incredibly versatile and come in all different sizes. You can use bigger bins to store cardstock paper and other large supplies. Medium-size bins and small bins are ideal for storing tools and materials which are easy lost or mixed together. Imagine how much easier it would be to work on your scrapbooks […]
Monday 20 January, 2014
Organize Scrapbooking Supplies – Part 1
Scrapbooking is a wonderful hobby that many people enjoy. It’s a great way to capture memories and record personal and family history. Scrapbooks are often decorated and combine many different materials and techniques. They are fun to share with others and offer a creative form of archiving, but they can also create a huge mess. […]
Friday 17 January, 2014
Organize Painting Supplies – Part 2
• Clear plastic bins are excellent for painting supplies because you can see inside them. Color coded plastic bins are also an ideal choice, because they lend naturally to sorting paint. You can put all of your reds together in a red bin, all your blues together in a blue bin, and so on. • […]
Wednesday 15 January, 2014
Organize Painting Supplies – Part 1
Painting is one of the most enjoyable and rewarding artistic activities in the world—but you will quickly discover when you start painting that it is also one of the messiest. There are a number of reasons you might want to reduce the clutter. For one thing, it’s easier to find your painting supplies. For another, […]
Monday 13 January, 2014
Why Organize Your Life? – Part 2
• A less obvious reason to keep tidy, but perhaps one of the most important, is mental clarity. It is easier to focus on work in an organized home office with filing cabinets, small plastic bins, and compartmentalized drawers than one where everything is buried under a heap of clutter, isn’t it? You feel more […]
Friday 10 January, 2014
Why Organize Your Life? – Part 1
If you’re at all interested in home organization, you will find thousands of blog entries sharing organizational tips for your bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, closet, and garage. In fact, you can organize pretty much any aspect of your life. But why organize your life and get rid of clutter? What are the benefits that make it […]
Wednesday 08 January, 2014
Home Organization for Beginners – Part 2
3. Tackle the worst problem areas. If you want to feel less overwhelmed, start by organizing the areas which concern you the most. If the mess on your desk is burdening you, then find a way to organize your desk first. If it’s your kitchen that you need in order to think straight, then focus […]
Monday 06 January, 2014
Home Organization for Beginners – Part 1
Tired of looking at that pile of clutter that used to be your desk, your bedroom or your living room? Ashamed every time you invite a guest over to your house? Tired of searching all over your workshop for your tools instead of working on your projects? Then it’s time for home organization 101. If […]
Friday 03 January, 2014
Subdivide Your Drawers with Plastic Bins – Part 2
Even larger items can be organized neatly using plastic bins, if you have larger drawers. Do your socks, underwear, and stockings get mixed up? Consider purchasing a plastic bin for each of them, and subdividing your drawer into sections for each, if you do not have enough drawers to store all these laundry items separately. […]
Wednesday 01 January, 2014
Subdivide Your Drawers with Plastic Bins – Part 1
How often do you find yourself rifling through a drawer for ten minutes just to try and find something you need? Sometimes you discover that the item you were looking for was sitting there right in front of you the whole time, and you didn’t see it because of all the clutter. Other times it […]
