Category: Home organization (Page 6 of 6)

Designing With Clutter Using Creative Methods

July 10, 2015 / The Organizing Lady / 0 Comments

Tired of your clutter? Don’t feel like throwing it away?

Now you don’t have to let your clutter sit around as an eye-sore and without purpose. You can take some of those things and use them to do a bit of decorating. And although you still have to deal with the clutter in order to do this, you just display them and still end up admiring it.

In other words, organize your clutter so it looks cool.

Artistic Clutter

The Photo Collection

Take all those framed photos all over the wall and make them into a more attractive display.

Photo Wallpaper

Got a lot of photos all over the place? Tack ’em up on the wall as decorative wallpaper and enjoy the view more.

Paint Brush Decor

If you’re a painter and have a lot of used-up paint brushes that you haven’t tossed, why not display them?

The Book Stack

For books that tend to pile up all around the room, just stack them up into art. Why not?

Bookshelf Clutter Color

Having lots of books that clutter up a bookshelf isn’t cool until you show them off with some style.

(image by Katey Nicosia)

The Pez Collectible Display

(image by Katey Nicosia)

Kid Artwork Wall

If all those art drawings and paintings are tucked away somewhere creating clutter, you can take them out and show them off.

Greeting Card Art

Saving all those keepsake greeting cards is just stored clutter until you display them.

Magazine Art

If you subscribed to too many magazines and don’t want to toss them just yet because there is probably something inside them you want, you can cut out pages and display them.

You can also save those special magazine covers with a magazine cover display.

25 Creative Ways To Turn Old Junk Into New Junk

June 29, 2015 / The Organizing Lady / 4 Comments

While I was writing the article on “30 Things To Remove In Your Home Sparing No Mercy” I found some cool things people have done to re-purpose old stuff (aka junk ), of which I had recommended tossing.

Although I still hold to my advice to toss old stuff, I felt obligated to also show you some of the clever and creative things people have done with old stuff instead.

And in the spirit of being creative, I named these re-purposed marvels. So here are some …

Creative Ideas for Old Junk

1. Turn old shoes into a SuccuShoe Planter

2. Repurpose an old Mac computer into a MacCat Bed

3. Display an old Mac computer as a MacMail box

4. Make an old dresser an Island o’Dresser

5. Use an old clamp as a BookClamp

6. File a drawer from an old file cabinet as a Bookshelf File Table

7. Transform old luggage into a Traveler Table

8. Transform old luggage into a Cat Traveler Bed

9. Turn mis-matched plates into a No-Match Desert Server

10. Serve up old record LPs as a Rock-tiered Desert Server

11. Turn an old tea cup into a Teatime Bird Feeder

12. Use old doors as a SpaceDoor Paneled Partition

13. Turn an old barstool upside down into a Giftwrap Stool

14. Put old chairs in place as Dog Chair Servers

15. Spin a bike tire into a Photo Bike Wheel

16. Spin a globe into a Photo Globe Trotter

17. Implant your headboard in your plant bed as a Headboard Trellis

18. Hang old bottle caps as BottleCap Charmer Chimes

19. Utilize old cookie cans as a Desktop CookieCaddy

20. Step up old stairs into a StairWay Wall Decor

21. Turn an old serving bowl into a tabletop Serenity WaterBowl Fountain

22. Toot your old trumpet as a Trumped Up Bird Bath

23. Sit on your stack of old magazines as a MagChair

24. Sweep that old broom into a Paint BroomBrush Holder

25. Use an old toolbox for a Tooltime Planter

Bonus item:

If you have old barrels lying around and you happen to be a drummer, there’s always this Barrel Drum:

The junk creations I found were endless. I hope you’ll comment on anything to add to these ideas!

[Source: Above ideas from Pinterest]

Some Of My Favorite Organizing Things

May 22, 2015 / The Organizing Lady / 3 Comments

Organizing gadgets come in all forms, sizes and shapes. And over the years I’ve been pinning my favorite organizing gadget things in my Stylish Home Organization Pinterest Board.

Here are some of my picks of the smart solutions I love on that Board that always give me ideas and inspiration:

For Home Office – Managing Paper

For Kitchen Organization

For All Those Other Places

Spring Clean Your Closets

March 27, 2015 / The Organizing Lady

When it comes to Spring time, it’s typically signifies a time to do some home maintenance and organization. I like to start with closets, beginning with the clothes closet.

During the year while we’ve accumulated more clothing, closets can become jammed and unmanageable, so start with clearing out the clothing you haven’t worn or will not be wearing.

If your closet is too jammed to view what you have hanging up, just remove some of the hanging clothes and put them aside so you can have a good look at what is hanging.

Try not to spend a lot of time thinking about each clothing item. Just take it out if you are not loving it anymore. Anything in question, leave it hanging because you’ll do a second sort after you’re done with the initial sort. Or, take it out and put in a “think about it” spot.

When you’re done sorting the second time, you should now have some space where you can start grouping like clothing together – shirts, slacks, dresses, and so forth. For even more appeal and to make it easy to select your clothing to wear, hang by color within that grouping.

Here’s some closet organization ideas from my Pinterest Board on Closet Organization Ideas …

Home Organization Methods

September 9, 2014 / The Organizing Lady / 0 Comments

Some years ago I started a “Home Organization Methods” news feed on Scoop.it to share some cool finds and provide helpful tips. Like my Pinterest boards, I haven’t kept at it because it became so time-consuming. However I’d like to share them with you here.

http://www.scoop.it/t/home-organization-methods

The cool thing is, after years of organizing people, that I compiled some really helpful organizing solutions which has made it easier for me when I want to show a client some ideas. So, feel free to browse around this one and see if you find anything helpful to you.

My Pinterest Boards

September 1, 2014 / The Organizing Lady

I once couldn’t escape from the lure of Pinterest. It used to keep me up quite late on many nights, and I finally had to go to Pinterest Rehab to keep myself away from it.

Well, although I’ve been away from my Pinterest boards for quite some time now, I did manage to build them up with some truly fabulous items. I often even found myself referring to my own boards for ideas that I wanted to run by clients.

Check them out …

Stylish Home Organization

Creative Interior Designs

Wall Art Designs

Decor Picks

Enchanted Entertaining

Outdoor Living

… and some others that don’t relate with anything here 🙂

Anyway, it’s just something I don’t want to be forgotten, so I’m telling you about it. I only hope you don’t find yourself browsing through my boards into the wee hours of the night like I did!