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The Organized Home

Rethinking Kitchen Storage

May 13, 2010

We all know that plates are stored in upper kitchen cabinets along with glassware, right? Since I am only 5′2″, I’m loving the trend that’s bucking the traditional upper-storage cabinets design: deep drawers.
In the kitchen of this year’s YMCA Dream House, I have completely eliminated the upper cabinets that usually flank the window at the sink.
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Clever Coverup

January 20, 2010

Getting organized seems to always be on my list of “Things to Do” especially at the beginning of a new year. So when I came across this clever coverup for hiding a not-so-organized bulletin board, I just had to share it with all of you!
Monica at the CraftyNest is such an inspiration. How cute, creative and [...]

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It’s UnOfficial: Fall Is Here

September 8, 2009

I hope you had a wonderful Labor Day weekend – and now that the holiday is over, it’s fall as far as I am concerned. Can you even believe it’s September?
You’ll see TDH header illustration has changed – I like to keep things seasonal. This is my fall girl – I have a Christmas and [...]

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Back-to-School with Real Simple & PBK

July 29, 2009

Back to school . . . three dreaded words for kids but music to moms’ ears!
It’s hard to believe that many children will be heading back to school in just TWO weeks! Whatever happened to school starting back up after Labor Day?
Real Simple magazine and Pottery Barn Kids are teaming up to help make the [...]

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“SimplyVera” Sheets Are Simply a Pain!

May 18, 2009

Hi All,
Sorry for the lack of posts last week. I had out-of-town guests in for my husband’s 50th birthday party I threw for him on Saturday. (It was a great time!)
In getting ready for our guests I put away all the flannel sheets and got out the spring/summer ones. In our guest room I use [...]

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Controlling Clutter for the Creative Mind

April 13, 2009

True Confession: I am not a naturally organized person. I often say “I’m a decorator/stager NOT an organizer”. I’m about 90% right brain and 10% left brain.
It’s curious to me the way my mind works – I can go into a room that needs decorating/design/staging help and I can break it down into steps and [...]

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Congratulations! Winner of Our Give Away

February 19, 2009

If you are a subscriber to my weekly newsletter (subscribe here), you no doubt read about the give away I was doing exclusively for my subscribers (more than 500 of you!).
I encouraged you to post your comments on the blog for chances to win a wonderful organizational tool for collecting all your important documents. The [...]

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Paint Stored Right

February 5, 2009

I was recently talking to our painter and she told us we were not storing our paint correctly. She said it should be stored someplace where you have a relatively steady, moderate temperature. Our paint is in the garage on the shelves the previous owners set it up.

Because our garage isn’t insulated, it gets extremely [...]