Hello, anybody care to join me in un-hoarding? Consider it a challenge or consider it a support group. My suggestion is that those of us with a tendency to hoard post here when they get rid of something, either by throwing it away of giving it away. It could be a good place to get encouragement and if needed advice/suggestions.
Here's my un-hoarding -
Today a freecycle person came and took the sunvisor that I never wore and kept for about two years. Hope to keep doing stuff like this so that I can see the wall in the corner of my living room!
Hi, I'm Cordy! My twin sister and I moved into a small-ish three-bedroom apartment last summer, just the two of us and a LOT of our stuff. We're both in grad school and have very little money to spend on things like furniture and organizational things.
So, with that in mind, here's our basic reorganization project of a few key spaces in our apartment. For pretty much no money and very little time, I think it turned out great and looks a lot better than it did before.
Foyer / Entryway
Living Room
For more details, pictures, and a look at our slightly revamped desk area, check out my site!
This easy and inexpensive display of incoming holiday cards was inspired by a picture from a magazine (possibly Family Circle?) circa 2000, and this is the first year I've gotten around to making it happen. The display is 3 yards of red pom-pom ribbon. The individual cards are tied on with coordinating red and orange patterned ribbon (dots, stripes, and checks) and cheapo key chains. The materials will be reusable for following years. (Cross-posted to craftgrrl.)
This display also doubles nicely as a a cat toy. ;)
I've been stacking mine on my dresser and weighing them down with a power strip. I've thought about getting a small pouch thing to put them in, but I don't know if I'd be happy with that, and I don't even know where I'd put that pouch.
I'm preparing to bring our home office files of important papers up-to-date, and I thought I'd share some tips about how we organize things.
As a note, in this post I cover some sensitive and somber topics like Wills and advice about keeping your files organized in case of personal emergency. I just wanted to give a head's up on the inclusion of that sensitive topic since you might not expect it under this heading. That can be an emotional or even upsetting thing to consider, and I don't want to blindside you.
I was inspired by soapfaerie's recent post about reorganizing the pantry. It made me conscious of how much time I spend hunting for things, or picking something up to get to another thing. I realized further that since we are gifted with a rather large closet-style pantry, it has become the depository for all sorts of stuff that doesn't belong there!
My challenge was not to discard expired food (did that before the move into this house in March!), but just to be able to get to what we have.
My goals were simple: move out of the way stuff that I don't use. Make sure I have a dedicated space for the following categories: breads, snacks, sweets, and baking goods.
My triumphs include the "Ah-ha!" moment of replacing hard to organize bags with employment for empty containers which were themselves taking up space somewhere else. I put seldom-used small pitchers into use for sugar and brown sugar (not used enough in this household to warrant real estate in a countertop utility cannister). I put walnuts for baking, and croutons into plasticware. I used a washed-out glass spaghetti jar to store our rice. Not only did those cannisters make it easier to store and stack items, but now it looks so much prettier and "homey," that it really makes me happy!
I was wondering if people have any tips for organizing their coupons. I have a little expandable holder, but i always end up forgetting what's in there, so they don't get used.(i have a medical condition that causes some spaciness haha.) Then they expire. *sigh*
Anybody have any tips? General coupon tips are great too. TIA! :)
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