One of my favorite organizing tools are baskets.  They are pretty, can be used in nearly any room, and in many cases, are environmentally friendly.  Labelling them can be tricky however.  Try this the next time:  Make your series of labels on your home computer and print, either just the word in a large, bold font (for a linen closet or office) or a picture of the item to be stored (in the case of a child’s room) along with the word.  Be sure to leave at least 1/1 – 1 inch around the perimeter of each one.  Then take the sheet to your local big box office supply store and have it laminated. 

Back home, using a sharp pair of scissors, Continue Reading »

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I recently went through my collection of medicine cabinet items, and was amazed at how many things had expired since the last time I checked them.  It made me realize that I need to add this as a task to my semi-annual purge list.  It also made me think more about things I can do to reduce the waste in this area of my home.  So here are my ideas:

Reduce the quantities I purchase - Although I am all for buying quantity when it gets cost down, there is very little chance that I can use 500 tablets of headache medicine Continue Reading »