Home & Organizing

Have you ever realized just how much of an adverse affect on your life a disorganized closet has? It can cause you to feel overwhelmed, stressed and anxious. It can cause you to feel panic when you’re choosing your clothes for the day. It can cause you to feel that your entire life is out […] More

Winter is brutal for many. I’m not going to pretend like I’ve spent any real amount of time in winter what being a lifelong Floridian and all, but we do take some trips to wintery areas when it’s cold (for example, we’re head to NYC in a few weeks and just thinking about how to […] More

We love winter, because it gives us a fresh start when it comes to decorating. And while there are so many things we can do with our homes to prepare for the holidays, there’s often a question as to what we can do to prepare for other seasons in terms of decorating. Winter is the […] More

Downsizing is not something that is only for empty-nesters anymore. It’s something that many people are doing for reasons that might have everything to do with economics; finances, jobs and family. Downsizing happens to families who aren’t losing kids to college or marriage; their kids are staying with them and they’re still moving to a […] More

Hey guess what? It’s 2015 now, and that means it’s time for us all to start our spring cleaning. Yes, it’s early. But that just means we get to have a head start on cleaning out our houses and our wardrobes and our lives before spring rolls around and we all want to spend time […] More

Aside from weight loss and bettering yourself in the New Year, many people resolve to become more organized. It’s a wonderful concept. I can tell you as someone who has always been a bit anal about organization that it makes life so much simpler, so much more manageable and so much less stressful. When we […] More

Few things in life are as big a waste of money as expensive tablecloths. After all, most people use them only a handful of times each year, and spending too much on something this insignificant is just a massive waste of money you could be using to pay your children’s college tuition or to pay […] More

Home décor is a favorite of many, and finding the right look for any room is always a feeling of accomplishment and success for many people. Of course, that doesn’t mean that every new item for every room is always a successful choice. For example, some people choose wallpaper for rooms that don’t do well […] More

There really is nothing like the last minute to motivate you to get things done, is there? Since you have just hours until the start of your New Year’s Eve party, it only makes sense that you would now ask yourself just what you need to do to prepare to host the perfect New Year’s […] More

Thumb tack/push pin art is something that anyone can do, and it’s fairly clever. It can make an awesome addition to any classroom as a work of art (probably less so as a project designed for smaller kids. We’re pretty certain giving small kids small pointed objects seems like an idea that might not go […] More

Louis Comfort Tiffany and his esteemed design studio began creating beautiful lamps with stained glass shades that were handmade and not created with machines. What this means is that they were not mass produced, meaning they are very special, expensive and almost rare these days. There was, recently, some controversy about the fact that perhaps […] More