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Clampology by Jorre van Ast

"Clamp-a-book, clamp-a-hook, clamp-a cable..." The organizational possibilities are endless with Jorre van Ast's Clampology project. An industrial designer by trade, Van Ast has created simple clamp...

How To: Make a Pocket Sized Floor Plan

If we had to name the best thing in our design arsenal it wouldn't be having our Pantone Book memorized, or knowing the name and year of every piece of furniture. So what's the one trick that helps ...

Lose the Clutter: Organize your Outbox

One of the greatest parts of the Cure is the outbox - the collection of things that you are getting rid of. Having a waystation for items that are making their way out of your life makes the "goodbye"...

How To: Clear The DVD Clutter

Incase you haven't made the switch to a home media storage device or external drive just yet, here's a great way to keep your "not so inner" movie nerd in check. Click through the jump to see how e...

The 100 Thing Challenge by Dave Bruno

"Stuff is not passive. Stuff wants your time, attention, allegiance. But you know it as well as I do, life is more important than the things we accumulate." Tired of feeling like his belongings wer...

Look! Our New CD Storage System

Like many AT readers, we have a big collection of CDs. My husband is an audiophile and he wants to keep them rather than store our music on the computer, so we've been looking for a good storage sol...

Hangers.com

Wooden hangers, metal hangers, plastic hangers, fabric hangers, cedar hangers, bamboo hangers. We read about Hangers.com in an AT Chicago thread (we can't remember where, but a reader suggested it!)....

A+ Storage Idea

There are certain things about school that make us all nostalgic. The smell of the library, industrial bathrooms and the way chalk floats in the air when an eraser is slapped against the board. C...

Small Space Solutions From a Large Open Loft

Amazing things hit our inbox...yesterday we received an email from Poland, with a link to some really great photos of an open plan loft. Even though the loft is very large, we saw so many smart and sp...

Triple Duty: Magnetic Chalkboard Coasters

Last year, we asked if you used coasters and the LARGE majority of responses were yes. We ran across these black (or green) coasters from Purpose Design and loved their multi-functionality. Instead o...

Using Baskets in the Bathroom

We like to incorporate a little bit of open storage into the bathroom. We recently repainted our small apartment bathroom, and we decided to offset the white walls with natural materials, including ...

Italian Kobo Storage Systems

The Kobo storage systems designed by Giovanni Giacobone and Massimo Roj for Sintesi are also available stateside through Topdeq. We love, love the way these modular units strike a mod, boxy pattern in...

Creative Storage: Planters in the Bathroom

Storage options for the bathroom (read: smallest room in the house) are endless and can really get those creative juices going. We've seen IKEA kitchen items and outdoor furniture used in bathrooms, a...

Bookcases from Dania

Dania is one of those places we've never been but do see it mentioned often in AT's comment threads. Since it's the end of spring cleaning month and organizing has been heavy on the brain, we found s...

Tip for Overwhelmed Organizers: Matching Containers

How to look super-organized when you're really not? Use sets of matching containers. That's our strategy as we unpack and find things that we're not sure where to put, but we don't want to get rid o...

Tips for Having a Garage (or Yard) Sale

There must be many first-timers out there who are thinking about having a garage sale, not just attending some this spring and summer. With hopes of having our own first garage sale in years, we are...

Roundup: French Magazine Racks

Diverse in design and price, this roundup is all about how you can store your mags in French style: ...

5 Things to Organize With Ice Cube Trays

Sometimes the most common objects are the best problem solvers, like ice cube trays. Tucked inside a drawer or box, they can organize a multitude of small things......

CHI Good Questions: Inexpensive Organizational System Alternatives?

Betsi sent us an email: I'm looking to get my life organized and yet not take up too much space, as I don't really have room for a true office in my condo. I like the Pottery Barn Daily System (availa...

Clip File: 9 Easy Ways to Get Inspired & Organized

An organized home is something we all strive for, whether we have minimal belongings or really embrace the "stuff" of homelife. We've found the best way to get going on a tough project (and lets face...

Roundup: Closet Hangers

The right hangers can make a big difference in your closet, although they're not the most fun thing to shop for. In case you don't feel like scouring the web for the perfect hanger, we've compiled a...

Tiny Cleaning Closets

Although our home's space just about tripled after we moved, that doesn't mean there's a lack of efficiency and good ideas here. Similar to our kitchen's narrow "spice closet" (originally meant for an...

Inspiration: Organization Systems from Usona

Planning a new closet or storage system? Usona Home has a great series of closet pictures with intelligent layouts that provide room for hanging storage, drawers, and even movable units. Their high-...

Organization Inspiration from Kartell

Kartell makes stylish, long-lasting plastic products - many of them geared towards organization and some of them (although certainly not all) within the range of affordability. We're fans of many of...

Built-In Landing Strip and Shoe Rack

So smart and so simple. After we blogged PLY Architects' Michigan home and headquarters, we looked a little more deeply into their portfolio and found this single family home in Ann Arbor with a bri...

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