Bedroom tips #5

Follow these 20 easy ways at http://www.womansday.com/home/organizing-cleaning/tips/g1445/organizing-your-bedroom/ to organize your bedroom.

Here is a quick summary for you:

  1. Separate the items in your drawers
  2. Use a dresser as your nightstand
  3. Place your throw pillows overnight in a basket
  4. Include pretty, practical bookshelves
  5. Keep a pile-free zone
  6. Do not leave trash around
  7. Add a pegboard to your room
  8. Build a multi-purpose headboard
  9. Install hooks to your shelves
  10. Add a storage-friendly platform to your bed
  11. Line up your shoes on a ladder shelf
  12. Store your jewelry inside this wall mirror
  13. Hide all your items in this floating shelf
  14. Organize your items in a handy cubby
  15. Use corner shelves to save space
  16. Create your very own storage system
  17. Leave your clothes in a closet
  18. Organize your jewelry on a dresser
  19. Take advantage of storage furniture
  20. Style your bedroom for a better night’s sleep.

Living room tips #4

Check out these 10 secrets at https://www.houzz.com/ideabooks/30175956/list/10-secrets-to-a-neat-living-room to make your living room neat.

Here is a quick summary for you:

  1. Put some “speed bumps” in your entry.
  2. Choose bilevel furniture.
  3. Use furniture with hidden storage.
  4. Use rolling storage for kids’ toys.
  5. Give newspapers and magazines a temporary home.
  6. Be honest about what is used in this room and make space for it.
  7. Use baskets.
  8. Keep a little-stuff drawer.
  9. Streamline media storage.
  10. Keep a thoughtfully edited book collection.

Garden tips #5

Check these easy tips at http://www.marthastewart.com/274291/garage-and-shed-organizing-ideas#225600 to organize your garage or shed.

Here is a quick summary for you:

  1. Tool Wall
  2. Pegboard Organizer
  3. Another Use for a Bike Basket
  4. Garden Tool Center
  5. Pegboard Organizer (yet again)
  6. Rust-Free Toolbox
  7. Hand-Tool Checklist
  8. Paintbrush Rack
  9. Car Trunk Organizer
  10. Trellis Organizer
  11. Crate Cabinets
  12. Bucket-Hose Storage
  13. Rubber-Coated Hook Hangers
  14. Cupboard Potting Shed
  15. Storing Seeds
  16. Twine Dispenser
  17. Garden Tool Container
  18. A Garage Is Transformed

Garden tips #4

Enjoy these 15 ideas at http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/organizing-your-gardening-supplies-188395 to organize your gardening supplies.

Here is a quick summary for you:

1. Use an old rolling cart and store your tools on wheels.

2 – 5. Hang your gardening supplies up against the wall: build a pegboard, a wall organizer, or hang them on a trellis or pegs rails.

6 – 8. Take your tools to the garden with you: turn a carpenter’s nail belt or an old pair of jeans into a portable tool caddy, or use something you already have like an old milk bottle carrier.

9 – 10. Reuse an old mailbox: stake it in the ground or attach it to the side of a raised bed.

11 – 12. Upcycle an old shelf or dresser.

13. Create a planting calendar with some ribbon and clothespins.

14. Build a garden tool rack using old spigots and wood scraps.

15. Keep your tools in a terracotta pot filled with sand and a little bit of mineral oil (or try another oil like linseed): the mixture will clean the tools and prevent rust and corrosion.

Garden tips #1

Check out these 16 genius ideas at http://www.onecrazyhouse.com/garden-tool-organization/ for your garden tool organization.

Here is a quick summary for you:

  1. Hang a bike basket to hold gardening gloves, twine, and other gardening essentials.
  2. Wrap your garden hose around a bucket hung on the wall.
  3. Turn a pallet into a garden tool organization center.
  4. Create a garden carry-all to take with you wherever you go in the garden.
  5. Choose one wall in your garage to organize all those tools with long handles.
  6. Alternatively, here’s a wooden garden tool rack for the large tools.
  7. Reuse some of your old jeans to create this garden tool bucket.
  8. Use an old steel rake to organize your hand tools.
  9. If you’re not afraid of a weekend project, you’ll fall in love with this DIY potting bench.
  10. Attach a mailbox to the side of a raised garden bed to keep your tools right where you need them.
  11. Or install a mailbox near your garden, and put your gloves and most frequently used tools inside.
  12. Install strips of wood along the wall with knobs or hooks for hanging your tools.
  13. Fill clay pots with sand and stick your hand tools in them to keep them sharp and organized.
  14. Can you believe this used to be an old file cabinet?
  15. Use scrap wood and old knobs and spigots to create a rustic, weathered garden tool rack.
  16. And, finally, let’s not forget one of our favorite organizational tools: the pegboard!

Garage tips #11

Follow these tips at http://www.bhg.com/home-improvement/garage/storage/garage-storage-ideas-and-solutions/ for your garage organizing.

Here is a quick summary for you:

  1. Storage-packed space
  2. Keep bags on hand
  3. Budget-friendly bins
  4. Double-duty storage
  5. Compact carrier
  6. Clever cabinet solution
  7. Wall space saver
  8. Ultimate organization
  9. Garden zone
  10. Workshop zone
  11. Kids’ zone
  12. Easy cleanup
  13. Locker room
  14. Neatness counts
  15. Hidden assets
  16. Clearly organized
  17. Bin there, done that
  18. Pegboard prowess
  19. In close proximity
  20. Do more with drawers
  21. A garage to love
  22. Everything in its place
  23. Hooked on holders
  24. Lock up
  25. Every little bit