Okay, so you’ve heard of renovating kitchens, baths, etc., but a closet? Here’s what I mean.

Many of us have repurposed rooms in our homes that were originally intended for other uses–made a bedroom an office, a bonus room into a playroom, etc.. If you have a closet in that space, many times they are set up Continue Reading »

I did the math last week, and it is about 2 weeks before school starts, which means the fall season is just around the corner.  This is when I start looking forward to switching out my wardrobe. 

Before you do that, take a look at what you have in your closet currently and figure out which pieces just never made it out of the closet in the past few months, either because the fit wasn’t right, or you just don’t like them anymore.  Separate those items out, and Continue Reading »

Question: I have recently moved from a 2500 square condo to 1400 square feet apartment (2 bedrooms).  I would like to divide one of the rooms for storage and self standing racks for hanging clothes. I am not allowed to nail anything to walls and I would like to do this as economically as possible.  Any suggestions?

The problem is I have a lot of clothing and books and wouldn’t like to throw them all out.  I am trying hard to reduce the amount of clothing and books – but at present two rooms are full of containers waiting for a place to be put….
I hope you can suggest some solutions.

Answer:  Before I suggest anything, move all those containers into the extra bedroom.  If this is going to be your storage room, it may as well start storing your stuff.  Besides, you’ll be less stressed if the entire apartment didn’t look like it’s been turned upside-down.

Moving can make any space look like it is cramped and overflowing.  Of course, as you have alluded to, the first step would be to go through all those clothes and books and ruthlessly discard whatever you can. Continue Reading »