Room By Room Organizing With Pegboards:

It wasn’t a long ago when I absolutely fell in love with nicely painted pegboards to organize just about everything. Now, garage is not the only place where you’ll find this amazing organizing tool doing wonders. Reason why I fell in love with pegboards was their ability to make organizing easy and visually pleasing. Just imagine, before pegboards, our garage used to look a sheer mess. This post is a celebration of pegboards’ existence and a way to organize every room using them.

KITCHEN:

Cooking gears are hard to handle. When I’m cooking, I like to find everything quickly. Pegboards are like hangers for me. Just as I can see my hanged clothes better; hanged kitchen tools are easier to find. And, looking at them is no less than a cookie treat for me.

 

CRAFT ROOM:

Okay, now if you are crafty, you know how quickly those laces and ribbons get tangled. And those beads start rolling under the furniture secretly. Using pegboards in craft room is a guaranteed way to give yourself a huge favor.

KIDS ROOM:

I’m still single; but, when I was a kid I knew an organized station used to make me so productive. Pegboard is ideal not just for holding stationery cans but also the art work. With little efforts, it can be turned into a display board, stationery organizer, calendar, and a bulletin board.

BEDROOM:

Sometimes, when bedroom is small, finding storage space around the bed is little difficult. Why not use behind the bed space to store small items. It’s like a headboard with loads of storage space and everything will stay within reach.

JEWELRY:

I have always found it hard to organize necklaces in a scrambled free manner. Little hooks attached to pegboards let you organize necklaces, smaller tops, sun glasses and other accessory items with style. Other earrings organizing ideas can be found here.

HOME OFFICE:

Good three four years back, I watched Alejandra’s home office video and it was absolutely stunning. The way she used the combination of kebab sticks, hooks and a colored pegboard was simply amazing. Since then, I have adored using pegboard to keep my little home office desk organized. There’s so much you can do with it.

GARAGE:

Can you think of organizing garage without pegboard? At least I can’t. With so many tools, heavy gears, and small screws garage becomes a challenging place to keep organized.

LAUNDRY ROOM:

Since last month, Me and my younger sister are doing laundry. I didn’t find washing difficult more than keeping cleaning bottles, iron stand, and other things in control. Finding right bottle of surf, soaps and starch in itself was a challenge. This idea of organizing laundry room with pegboard has definitely made me interested in giving it a go.

YOUR SAY!

Did you find these ideas helpful? Have you used this wonderful tool anywhere in your house for organizing purposes? Share your ideas with us.

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How to Organize Photos

I Love taking pictures and looking at them afterwards to relive the happy moments spent with family, friends and loved ones. With numerous camera clicks, challenge of keeping pictures organized increases. And, unless we have a solid system in place, it’s really hard to keep the clutter at bay. So, in case of a family reunion, we often find ourselves running to every corner of the house to find photo albums.

For ages, photos of our family were so called organized in small photo albums with capacity to hold only 50 -60 photos per album. A picture once out from one of the plastic covers kept on wandering for a new home.

This post is for every one looking for some practical tips and tricks to organize photos. Though, with digital cameras, challenge has somewhat altered its form; a sturdy system will help you keep your printed pictures and digital images both in order.

TIP 1: PURGE

You might say, “Oh! I don’t want to let go of any of my pictures.” But truth is you really need to go through your photo collection to toss or delete random and blurry camera shots, multiple takes of one scene and or any other picture that you think is not worthy enough to be saved for future. And of course, there’ll be several such pictures.

While deciding which particular photo to keep and which one to toss, ask yourself a simple question. Would I cherish seeing this picture again after five years? Your answer will serve as an antidote to your hoarding attitude. Pictures that capture people are one of the best pictures as it hold in them memories spanning over lives.

TIP 2: CONSOLIDATION BY YEAR

Once you have gone through the pictures and kept only the best ones, it’s time to arrange them in chronological order first by year and then by month. For example, let’s talk of 2013! I would keep all of the pictures taken in the month of August in one file/folder. Some people prefer organizing their photos by events. Printed photos would go in an envelope with the details of all the events happened in that particular month listed in detail on the face of envelope. For digital photos, make it a habit to take a backup every month by burning it on CD and label it properly.

Could it be any easier to organize photos than this solution of having CDs burned for photos related to a specific event with customized outer covers? Not only thousands of pictures rest safely in a CD that rests on a CD or book shelves but it also look pleasing and awe-inspiring.

TIP 4: FOR PRINTED PIX - CONSIDER PHOTO BOXES

TIP 5: FOR DIGI PIX - CONSIDER ONLINE PHOTO SITES

Taking a backup of digital photos on CDs surely helps saving the happy moments but sometimes CDs get corrupted. Of course, we can’t leave that to chance and it’s, therefore, recommended that you consider online photos sites that give you space to privately store or publicly share your photos. You can even use Drop Box for storing your albums and saving the storage space of your gadget for something else.

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Organizing Purse: 4 Steps to Organize a messy Purse

Would you be embarrassed if I take a look into your purse right now? If untidy look, wrappers of candies, unorganized receipts, zillions of business cards and stray coins are all that are likely to make you feel embarrassed, it’s time to organize your purse. A chaotic purse gives us a hard time especially when we have to dig for a small item sitting at the bottom of the purse. This post is taking up the challenge to not only clean but organize our messy purses for peace of mind. Following Tips will keep your purse from becoming a dumping ground; and, will make it more functional.

Organize your handbag using this step-by-step guide and keep it organized by giving it 30 minutes of your attention every weekend.

 

WHAT WILL YOU NEED?

 

      o   Zippered Pouches

o   A Poly Envelope

o   Determination

8 Tips to Organize Your Office and Get More Done

If you think you are too busy to organize your office desk, think again. Clutter increases the time you spend looking for the required item; thus, little gets done. Moreover, clean space is visually pleasing and productive. Now don’t befool yourself by rearranging things or hiding a pile of paper in a drawer. De-cluttering a space is your first step to make it practical.

Organizing your office doesn’t have to be scary; especially, if you go by it slowly –focusing on one area at a time. Once you de-clutter a space, maintain it on daily basis instead of deferring the cleanup until weekend. Now if you are ready, follow these simple yet effective tips to transform your workspace.

Revaluate your items:

Our brain tricks us into thinking that every item of office is important; thus, we keep on piling up papers, hesitate throwing extra pens, and continue messing up our office desk. Ask yourself strictly about every item, “Do you ACTUALLY need it or you think you MIGHT need it one day?” if you can’t precisely determine when you are going to need a particularly item, show it a way out.