Monday's Inspiration

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This photo came from my hardrive (photos of ideas and rooms I love) and unfortunately I do not know who the designer/owner of the photo is. I posted the photo because I'm jealous! This is probably an area of my house that isn't as organized as I would like it to be.

I love how the books are organized by color and the baskets and toy break up all the books, so there's not too much. It would be a great way to get your children involved in the cleaning up too, they could clean and learn about putting the books back where all the purple, green and red ones go! I might have to put this on my to do list!

What area of your house do you wish were more organized?

The Ugliest Room in the House

This is what happens when you put in a new front door, new french doors, new fireplace, gut and remodel a bathroom, finish a basement, re-do 2 different set of stairs and put in a privacy fence all within the last three months!



Cleaning up the most hated room in the house took almost 6 hours and what stinks most? Its still an ugly room! My advice is something I should've followed, clean up as you go!!

Bin Obsession?

Yesterday I talked about how I went to Midland Antiques and came home with some locker bins and it hit me that I think I may have a bin obsession. I used two of the locker bins in my television to hold DVDs and the other one to hold design magazines in my office that need to be looked over.




As I was taking the photos it hit me I have bins in virtually every room in my house to store one thing or another.

There are 2 in my kitchen to hold plastics and aluminum cans.



There is one in my closet to hold my cashmere sweaters.



There are two in the bathroom, one to hold our medicine and vitamins and the other to hold my curling irons and blow dryers.




Three in the linen closet to hold extra shampoo and toiletries , first aid kit and pedicure and manicure stuff.



Two in my daughter's bedroom that hold her pez collection and oddly shaped books.



Finally there are 6 in the hall closet that hold everyone's mittens, gloves, hats and small umbrellas.



So clearly I AM bin obsessed but I am a bin obsessed woman who knows where everything is!

Everything Has A Home

In my house I've learned the best way to keep things organized is to have a place for everything. I'd like to think my kitchen is pretty organized and the two items I use the most to make sure everything has a place is a porcelain bird for my wedding ring and the silver tray where we all keep our keys.