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Organized and Colorful Basket Collection

In a past life, we collected Elvis Presley memorabilia and windsocks that we hung from our bedroom ceiling. While we don't collect anything currently, we would definitely go for items that pull doubl...

Easy DIY: Gift Wrap Station

In just one month this past Summer, Laurel was anticipating at least ten birthdays that required presents. With 3 kids and a busy social calendar, she set out to create an easy (and minimal) DIY gift...

Zoey's Gray (With Hints of Yellow) Workspace

One of our all-time favorite colors to wear is gray. So it doesn't surprise us in the least that gray rooms inspire us and make us want a gray room of our own. We spotted Zoey's sunny and organize...

Jodi's Ideal Home Office

Wow. We had no idea this space was a home office until we read Jodi's blog post with all the awesome details. Switching gears to work as freelance design director this past year, she converted her ...

5 Best Craft Rooms

We've never had enough space for a craft room (or the supplies to fill it with for that matter). But these lovely craft zones show us you don't need an entire room--just a bit of creativity......

Genevieve and Maxwell's Mid Century Perch
House Tour

Name: Genevieve & Maxwell’s Poorgeoisie Bungalow Location: Silver Lake Size: 900 sq. feet Years lived in: Genevieve – 3 years. Maxwell – 1 year Who else lives here? Lucy, our Pit-Lab mix. So...

Inspiration: Clean and Organized Black, White and Green

These past few days have been muggy and sticky and we've spent them entertaining out of town guests: making beds, serving food, picking up. Coming across these photos of a clean, bright and smart l...

Refreshing Work Space

The actual amount of things we need by our desk when we're working is quite minimal. A computer, our cell phone, a notebook and pen are the only real necessities......

Flickr Find: Eve's Entryway Hooks

We've always loved the idea of putting hooks to use in our home. From the bedroom to the entryway, they make our lives more organized......

Courtney's Shared Office Space

While working from home has its perks, it would be a nice change of pace to share an office space with an individual or two. In Courtney's home, her workspace is divvied up between her and her hubby....

Sara's Efficient Hallway

Sara shows us that it doesn't take a ton of space to create an efficient landing strip. She sets up shop in her hallway and goes vertical on both sides......

Inspiration: Jet's Organized Closet

Not only is our own closet floor littered with extra lamps, shoes we've been meaning to go through and framed art we haven't hung yet, but the shelf above the hanging clothes is overflowing with piles...

Flickr Find: Sara's Sleek Home Office Space

In a small space there's not always a lot of room to bring in a regular sized desk; spreading out papers and magazines is a luxury normally reserved for the dining table. But what we hadn't thought o...

Roundup: Best Carpet & Rug Cleaning Ideas

When we moved last year, we finally had some nice hardwood floors. We decided to go with a shaggy cream rug although the room it's in has the most foot traffic. It's definitely time for a little clean...

How To: Build A Habit

Sure, when things get messy and/or overflowing enough we can all stop what we're doing and go on a cleaning binge to finally get that closet/cupboard/landing strip sorted out, donated, recycled or put...

Roundup: Favorite Home Office Inspiration

With all the talk of home offices and getting organized we've been searching for some inspiration for our own home office (which at best will be a nook in either the living room or bedroom but a big s...

Being Organized: It Helps You Live Longer

We always knew being organized left us a little more stress free than our unorganized friends. Lost checks, lost keys, lost sunglasses--searching for items leaves you frustrated and tired. Which app...

Landing Strip Roundup
Hooks, Ideas, How-To's

This week in The Cure we're starting to filter out the outside world to keep it from invading our homes. One way we start this process is by adding an organized entryway or landing strip to our apart...

How Do You Stack Your Books?

While some of us don’t really think about the look of books and objects on a bookshelf, many of us do. Especially when living in a smaller space and almost everything is within view all of the time....

How To: Make A Colorful And Organized Entry Way

The entry way acts like an anchor. A place where we say goodbye last and hello first. A go-to area for the details of everyday life - keys (check), purse or wallet (check), umbrella (check), quick loo...

Try Simple Decor For Your Bathroom

We’ve written quite a bit about ways to keep your small space clutter-free and organized by using simple decor ideas. This works in every room - including the sometimes forgotten about design of a b...