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Get Organized With A Closet Office Conversion

If you're like me, you like to think of the beginning of a new year as a fresh start. A fresh start could translate into whatever is important to you in your life. One thing that is important to me is organization, and having a home office that is organized is key to reducing stress. It's refreshing to reorganize in order to simplify your life as much as possible.One of the best ways to do that is by making your home office more comfortable and more organized. But what if you don't have a office … [Read more...]

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How To Build Built-In DIY Bookshelves For Your Home Is Easier Than Ever

Increasing the value of your home with built-in DIY bookshelves is easier than ever with stock components from your local home improvement center. You might be surprised at how professional they look when all is said and done. It's worth a few minutes of your time to look into it for future reference.Carl @ Instructables built a HUGE wall of built-in bookshelves from stock base cabinets and laminated melamine shelves with pre-drilled holes. His step-by-step instructions are clear and … [Read more...]

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How To Create Window Seat Storage For Comfort and Utility

Well, the economy is currently in a tough spot and the housing market tanked, making this a bad time to move for many people. Or maybe the "less is more" mindset has always been a part of your life and you don't necessarily want to "move up" to a larger, more expensive home. But, like many others, you find you need just a bit more space to make your home more inviting and comfortable.How do you make better use of your current square footage? In my last post, I talked about … [Read more...]

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Great Ideas For Storage Under Stairs

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Do you want to increase storage space, reduce clutter and make your home special, functional and unique? How about converting the dead space under stairs into storage under stairs. There is so much you can do with that little bit of space by using a little bit of imagination and creativity. Consider installing bookshelves, a closet, drawers, or whatever strikes your fancy, to create that little extra storage.   … [Read more...]

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What You Need to Know to Have Custom Closets Installed In Your Home: DIY or Professional Installation

Creating and planning custom closets in your home is probably one of the best things you can do for yourselves as homeowners. Organization is key to reducing your stress level and having an organized closet is a HUGE step to meeting that goal. Where do you start when you want to plan to have custom closets installed in your home, either professionally installed or a DIY installation? Let's start with how much stuff you have stuffed in your closet. Obviously, custom closets aren't limited to … [Read more...]

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Easy Christmas Storage Solutions

Looking for some easy Christmas storage solutions? Don't you wish you could be as relaxed as our cat seems to be when it's time to put away the Christmas decorations? We humans aren't quite so lucky. You can choose to reduce your stress level during the holidays by being better prepared for all of that decorating, and stowing away, that needs to be done.Decorating your house, yard and the Christmas tree requires a great deal of planning and organization to pull it off without a hitch, depending … [Read more...]

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The Makings Of A Mudroom

Just like laundry rooms, mudrooms are often times an afterthought by some builders. Obviously, there are house plans which do not incorporate mudrooms into the plan. I applaud the architects that incorporate a mudroom when drawing up the blueprints for a house. It just makes sense. It's one of those features that's really nice to have in a house because it gives the residents somewhere to store their gear and outerwear in an organized fashion upon entering their home, not to mention … [Read more...]

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Laundry Rooms Deserve Great Design

Laundry rooms come in all shapes and sizes. Some are built with convenient cabinets to keep everything out of sight and some with just a wire shelf, or two, to store your laundry essentials. Builders almost treat laundry rooms as afterthoughts, it would seem, in some cases. I just don't get it (shaking my head to and fro). Doing laundry is enough of a chore without having sufficient elbow room to fold laundry, hang up delicates and shirts, and all the other tasks that go along with it. I should … [Read more...]

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Spruce Up Your Walk-In Closet. Get Organized!

I was out looking at new houses again recently (no surprise there). As I was walking around to check it out, I opened a door to a walk-in closet. What I discovered inside was a pleasant surprise that I don't see very often these days in moderately priced homes. A solid wood closet organizer with a red mahogany stain. (A definite improvement over those ugly wire shelving systems!)  It's a kit sold by John Louis Home. As it turns out, they have some really nice looking shelving and … [Read more...]

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Organize Your Kitchen For Maximum Efficiency

I subscribe to way too many e-newsletters about homebuilding, home fix-it and organization. You name it, it shows up in my email...or so it seems. It's a love-hate thing. I get tons of great ideas but there are also a lot of 'throw-aways' that I dump in the trash. Who has the time? Well, I make time to read most of them and come away a more informed consumer/homeowner for my benefit and yours. Nah...it's all about me! One of the newsletters I received recently was about kitchen clutter and … [Read more...]

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