Showing posts with label storage. Show all posts
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Monday, October 28, 2019

Garage Entry Door Paint and Trim Makeover & Garage Storage Solutions

Garage Entry Door Paint and Trim Makeover & Garage Storage Solutions

So many projects, so little time! As any homeowner knows, household tasks are abundant but the time to complete them is scarce. In our home, the garage hasn't been high on our priority list of areas to tackle. Obviously we spend more time inside the house, and we have plenty of rooms we want to work on there. That being said, we have been in need of changes to the look and functionality of our garage, including paint, garage storage solutions and a garage shelving refresh. (If you are in search of garage organization ideas, have a look at the DIY pegboard tool organizer and folding workbench we posted earlier.)

Today I am sharing a quick refresh of our garage entry door and the wall surrounding it. We had not painted the door before - it was the same industrial blue door surrounded by a bare block wall that we inherited when we bought our house 12 years ago. When I say that this was a "quick" refresh,  I mean that it's a weekend warrior type of project - you definitely can complete this makeover in a day or two if you can block out the time. Read on to find out how we did it.
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Monday, June 10, 2013

Dish Dilemma


My friend Ruthie commented on a post I did in April asking me where I keep all of the treasures that I collect from thrift stores and my parents' house. Here is her comment:

Love that pizza dish! How cute! Great finds, all around. But you need to do a post on WHERE you keep your treasures. Because I, uh, need help.

As I told Ruthie then, I'm not sure I'm much help, because our house is overflowing with dishes. But, although (like most women) I'm working hard to get organized, I do believe in making a place for the things you love. Many of my dishes are from my mom and dad and I wouldn't think of parting with them. The others I have no excuse for. But I'm keeping 'em anyway!
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Monday, May 20, 2013

Vinyl Love


Just when you think you have one of your clutter problems under control...

My husband built a whole bookshelf dedicated to movies and vinyl records. He painstakingly alphabetized the movies and then the records. Everything fit, with just enough wiggle room to get your fingers in between the albums. Life was good.

And then we visited my parents again and this happened...
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Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Organize-it, Part Two, My Closet

my closet before - yikes


As I mentioned before, I am on a continuing quest to organize our home. This week I decided to tackle my bedroom closet. The selection of a project was easy when you consider that my closet is meant to be a walk-in, but I had been using it as a "throw-in" for all sorts of random items. Walking in was no longer possible.

As with my last project, this one didn't cost me anything. I used storage tools that I had already acquired. I am looking to add a couple items in the near future, though, including a step stool and a full-length mirror. (Am I the only one who has to stand on the toilet to see my whole outfit?)

I started by clearing the floor. I uncovered items including a plastic bag full of school supplies; a big box of toiletries that I won in an Elle magazine contest (happy to get them, nowhere to store them); my portfolio of writing; assorted work-related papers; and a set of free weights.

I moved the school supplies into backpacks downstairs. I sorted the toiletries into three categories, put them into cloth storage bins, labelled them and placed them on the closet shelf. I moved the portfolio and work-related papers into a filing bin to be sorted later, and I moved the hand weights down to the basement (may they rest in peace).

Keeping in mind that organizing is about uncovering those items that are important to you and that best reflect your character and interests, I purged a few pieces of clothing. You know those pieces that you feel you should wear, but never do? I figure your clothes should not make you feel obligated, so I created a donation pile made up of clothing that made me feel guilty every time I looked at it.
my closet after
the left side of my closet after

"Deciding to simplify our lives and bring order to our homes by sending on the objects we no longer love to new, happier incarnations with people who will genuinely appreciate them is the way to open ourselves up to receiving the abundance that will perfectly suit us," says Sarah Ban Breathnach in Simple Abundance. Works for me.

I managed to part with six pairs of shoes, two pairs of boots, two zippered bags I got at conferences, assorted "bonus" makeup bags, some shrunken pyjamas, a dress that's three sizes too big for me and 12 shirts and sweaters (one so old I bought it at Eaton's).

Take a look at some of the amazing closets on Pinterest if you need some inspiration for your own project.


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