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Tips and Organization Ideas for Your Home
Don’t let your spice racks collect dust. Choose one of these clever ideas to repurpose your old spice racks and use them around your home to organize in genius ways! If you have one (or several) stowed away somewhere, you’re in luck. We’ve put together 16 fabulous ways to upcycle your wire, wooden and carouselread more…
Out of more than 80,000 chemicals in use today, few have been tested for human safety, and many of these chemicals find themselves in our cleaning products. Between our cleaning products and synthetic products in our homes (primarily our mattresses) we are surrounded by synthetic chemicals that can too often be the cause of healthread more…
This is a conversation sponsored by Newell Rubbermaid®. I grew up in the midwest where Fall was a season that promised two things: beautiful colors and a lot of yard cleanup! Raking leaves was a regular event from late September through snowfall. And although fall yard cleanup can feel like a burdensome task, it has gotread more…
Here’s the familiar scene: you’re getting dinner ready. You’re chopping veggies, throwing scraps into the trash, going to town like the pro chef you are, you finally get your hands immersed in some contaminant (raw eggs, meat, whatever, you just can’t touch ANYTHING except the trash you’re holding.) You step on the pedal of theread more…
Always losing hair elastics? Tired of rummaging through disorganized drawers to find your daughter’s favorite headband? Organize your hair accessories with these clever tricks. Hair accessories can easily overtake your bathroom counters, drawers and medicine cabinet, especially if you have little girls. Trying to find just the right bow or headband in that mess canread more…
What would you do if you could live mortgage-free? One of my personal goals is to not have a mortgage – to be 100% debt-free. We already eliminated our credit card and vehicle debt and are half-way to our goal of NO mortgage! Check out DIYNetwork’s Income Property, if you also have the dream ofread more…
Who knew shower racks could be so useful? Get your home and car in order with these shower caddy organization tips. You may have a few in your home or in the basement. We have a couple of spares because we didn’t like them for our bathroom. Little did we know that shower caddies couldread more…
Tired of a messy bathtub? Here are 15 ways to store bath toys for a neater bathroom. If you’re tripping over bath toys every time you shower, it’s time to get a storage system in place. Believe me, I’ve stepped on my fair share of ducks, trains, boats and Ninja Turtles because they were litteringread more…
If you’ve been throwing away your old shampoo bottles, STOP! There are dozens of ways to use soap bottles, and upcycling shampoo bottles is easier than you think. We’ve found cute caddies for organizing, toys for the kids and even a few clever household hacks, all from old shampoo and soap bottles. Check them out! Clever Waysread more…
These mudroom organization ideas will turn your home’s entry into an organized command center for the entire family. You come through this room everyday, but if you’re like most people (or like us, rather), the mudroom has no rhyme or reason. Shoes are piled on the floor; coats are randomly placed on hooks, and theread more…
Now THAT’S cool! Please tell me I am not the only parent who has been desperate to see the end of the hold-my-tot-up-while-they-wash-their-hands-phase? I remember being hugely pregnant, and dreading the hand washing routine until we created this nifty little device – a DIY Sink Extender – just for kids. *Many thanks to Johnson &read more…
Drowning in toys? Here are 20 toy organization and storage ideas to save your sanity – there are also ideas even when space is non existent. After my son has played for a couple of hours, it looks like a toy bomb has gone off. Puzzles, magnets, cars, trains and stuffed animals are scattered acrossread more…
Today we have another amazing set of tips and tricks for the home – kitchen hacks! I’m always the first one to admit I don’t love spending time in the kitchen, but I’m thinking these hacks to make becoming a foodie will help. From cleaning to organizing to making your food last longer, these ideas will blow yourread more…
We all know WD-40 is great stuff, but did you know it could do all THIS? There are tons of great things you can do with this stuff and you will soon see why WD-40 is your new best friend and wonder how you ever lived without it. Awesome Ways to Use WD-40 Unstick aread more…
If you have a dryer, you probably don’t have many clothespins lying around the house, but you should! These little contraptions can be used for much more than hanging your clothes out to dry. We have a great organization tip below for many different needs like keeping foods fresh and simply making your life aread more…
These cleaning tips are so genius I can’t believe I hadn’t thought of them already! It’s great to find simple fixes to get things cleaner, faster. I like to get my cleaning done QUICK! If you’re looking to save some time, energy and money, you are going to love these time saving tips. Cleaning Tips toread more…
Not feeling bats, witches, ghosts and goblins for Halloween? Don’t worry; we’ve got you covered! Candy corn decorations are a sweet and festive way to get your house ready for fall. We’ve rounded up some of the cutest candy corn inspired decor on the web. Take a look! Candy Corn Inspired Decorations A candy cornread more…
You loved our pantry organization ideas and the post about time saving tricks for the kitchen that we decided to compile some clever ways to organize your kitchen, too. From space-saving hacks to managing your stash of pots and pans, you’re sure to find a few tips to implement in your own kitchen. How to Organize Yourread more…
We’re all about getting organized to make life simpler, and we know you are, too. Our pantry organization ideas were a big hit. But if you’re on a budget, the one organizational tool you need is a shoe organizer. Actually, you’ll want several after you see these genius ways to use shoe organizers around yourread more…
Want to learn how to organize your closet? Is your closet a disaster? It seems no matter how much closet space you have, it’s never enough, especially when you throw things in willy-nilly. But even the smallest closets can be neat and organized with a few smart tricks. From your scarves to your shoes, hereread more…