Category Archive

organization

Ditch your DVD cases: a “baskets!” moment for your media

This idea was a truly redefining “baskets!” moment for our household. We were running out of precious bookshelf space, so we decided to recycle all our DVD cases — take every disc, put them in disc sleeves, and store them in a lovely media basket.

Upcycle old lotion bottle caps as helpful bathroom storage

Homies, we have yet another great idea that comes from my organizational ninja mother.

A “baskets!” moment for your freezer

We had lots of extra baskets from berries and tomatoes around the apartment. We also had little foil packets of things like garlic that we keep in the freezer for when we need them. They kept falling though the holes in our shelves and were annoying to keep track of. Here’s my “baskets!” moment from my freezer.

Closet before and after with bonus rainbow hallway action!

Last winter, I re-organized my husband’s closet, and moved many of the storage systems I had in my closet over to his. Surely I could make do without them, right? Wrong. A year later, and my closet had reached epic fail mode. Time to make some changes. Here’s how I used a closet organizing tool, plus IKEA to re-organize my closet.

Learn from someone who’s moved 8 times: How to move like a mutha’ effing pro

I’ve moved house eight times, twice with cats in tow. Learn from my various mistakes that I’ve culled down to a well-oiled moving machine. Wondering where to start? What you’ll need first? Why you should never forget to plug in your fridge?

Here’s how to take your entire life, put it into many boxes and successfully move the whole lot somewhere else.

Baskets moment: Use pillowcases to keep sheet sets together!

This is such a simple silly tiny thing but it has made me so unreasonably happy that I thought I would share it, in case there is anyone else out there who doesn’t have all of their sheets perfectly folded and organised. There must be someone, right?

Great idea: Frame your earrings and hang ’em on the wall

Here is yet another brilliant idea in the way of jewelry storage. All you need is a frame and cross-stitch fabric. Easy and awesome.

Pre-sort your silverware in the dishwasher

The sorting and putting away of silverware is the most annoying and time-consuming part of doing dishes. Why don’t I just sort them as I put the dirty ones INTO the washer?