7 ways to ensure your craft room isn’t a DIY vomitorium
I have a lot of craft stuff. No, seriously, I have a LOT of craft stuff. I’m also a person who needs her ton of craft supplies to be organized and displayed attractively! Hey, I’m a complicated girl.
I am a genius and I invented a new filing system
The problem with inboxes is that they don’t DO anything except collect everything I need to look at and deal with. They are a stall. I still have to look at every Thing in them at least one more time, touch it, and decide what to do with it. (See figure 1.)
But a few weeks ago I had a stroke of genius. My inbox fills up as it gathers all my “to dos” from throughout the house — event insurance bills to pay, checks to deposit into three different accounts, doodles I don’t want to lose, invitations I need to respond to…I think there’s a Chuck Klostermannarf book I’ve assigned myself to read for “work” sitting near the top right now.
Un-blahing a blah spice rack to organize beads
These spice racks seem so useful, but I’ve never figured out what to do with them. Cynthia to the rescue with a pink rehab into a craft caddy.
Covert stoner tips for hiding your stash
Covert smokers are the pot smokers who manage to keep their hobby on the DL. Learn their tips in this post, and be cool, man.
Cleaning up cords and chargers: declutter your tangled nerdy secrets
Combine one over-the-door shoe organizer, 24 binder clips, and a digital camera for a super easy, elegant organization solution.
Use these room planning tools to test ideas before committing to a zebra-striped dance den
Let’s jam on online design tools — they’re SUPER helpful when you’re planning decor, because how else are you going to figure out how to make your furry bean bag collection compliment a bright pink Space Invaders wall?
Evicting my inner pack-rat: how I got rid of my need to keep absolutely everything
A fondness for collections combined with a bloated sense of self-importance led me to view all my memorabilia and sentimental items as incredibly important. But five years ago, I finally figured out how to start releasing all this crap…
Husband: pack rat. Me: neat freak. How do we learn to compromise?
SO MANY COUPLES (or roommates, or families) have the deadly combo of packrat + neat freak. When your organizational styles clash, what can you do to ease the tension?