Tag: organization | Apartment Therapy

Look! Books Labeled With Scrabble Pieces

On the heels of Apartment Therapy Chicago's post on 8 Ways To Label Your Bookshelves, this board game inspired idea stuck out to us this weekend. Thrifty, fun and 100% customizable... ...

Roundup: 15 iPhone Apps For Home Design

Seems like there's an iPhone app for just about everything these days, including quite a few geared to help eager DIY home designers. Several of these we've covered here before, but we thought it migh...

Egg Crate Storage for Around the House

We're always on the look out for little dishes to corral the many bits and pieces that can easily end up cluttering our house. Paradoxically though, enough of those little dishes in a space can end up...

It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's... Back In Stock
See What We Waited A Whole Year For!

Over the last year (and then some) it's been a secret shame of ours, to check every day for a certain item that's been out of stock. We probably could've completed some amazing project in the hours ...

Roundup: DIY Mail Holders

Lately, we have become dissatisfied by the current landing pad in our entry. We have a great hook for our keys and jacket, and a go to place for our purse, but our mail always ends up tossed on the t...

Roundup: Fun File Folders for Tax Day

click thumbnails for larger picsCongratulations on having (almost) made it through another tax day! Now that you've filed with the IRS, it's time to file your own copies of all those forms and receip...

Slide-Out Belt Storage

Living in a small space, we are open to any and all ideas that help us keep organized and maximize the minimal space we have. While we've seen many a belt-hanging system that relies on hanging from t...

Using Kitchen Items Throughout the Home

Cookie jars, utensil holders, salt cellars - they're not solely for the kitchen anymore. You can repurpose kitchen supplies to work for you outside of their standard tasks, too....

Instructables How To: Make A Magnetic Poster Board

Often times when we check out Instructables, the tutorials can seem a bit more than the average bear is ready to take on. But this tutorial for making a standard poster and frame into a functional w...

Using Binder Clips To Keep Things In Line
Country Home

We are super big fans of smart organization, especially when they are ideas that can have multiple uses like this bulletin board. It's original intent is to hold business cards and notes, but we thi...

Clear Containers

Did you see the feature in February's Domino on organization and labeling? Well we're all for keeping things orderly, but why not use clear containers and skip the extra label step? Let the contents s...

Bright Idea: Using Doorstops For Legs

Every once in awhile you come across an idea that stops you dead in your tracks and has you saying, "Well why didn't I think of that." Click through for a closeup of this great IKEA hack utilizing d...

Roundup: Bookends From Restoration Hardware

Bookends are a great luxury gift for people on your list this year. Why? Most often we rationalize buying other things before purchasing something to hold up our books (after all that's why we have ...

Establishing a Creative Space
Domino Magazine

Like many of you out there, we do a good portion of our work from home. It can be both creatively stimulating (we're surrounded by all the books, magazines, and inspirational stuff we love) and incred...

Drawer Liners by Hammocks & High Tea

Just the name Hammocks & High Tea brings to mind the laid-back yet sophisticated atmosphere we'd love to cultivate in our home. Luckily the products, including these scented drawer liners, achieve the...

Ideaco Magazine Holder

If that we only had a few of the latest month's magazines in our home, than we could display them on our coffee table or next to our bed in this well-designed holder from Ideaco... ...

Uniform Hangers

We wouldn't describe ourselves as neat freaks, but there are a few things we're kind of anal about, one being our closet. And one of the easiest ways to pull together the look of this space is to make...