Why Plastic Bins Aren’t Your Best Organizing Tool
Acrilyc Bins Aren’t Your Best Organizing Tool Ahhh, the bins. Piles and piles of bins. Plastic, wicker, bamboo — but …
Acrilyc Bins Aren’t Your Best Organizing Tool Ahhh, the bins. Piles and piles of bins. Plastic, wicker, bamboo — but …
Lego landmines (caused by like lack of cheap toy storage ideas) Any parent of adolescent boys will know right away …
Minimalist-living blogs and articles. I find them so inspiring. But… almost without fail, those who are naturally minimally inclined don’t quite understand the emotional turmoil that some of us feel when we try to take on the (should be freeing) task of de-cluttering. So this post is for all you emotionally attached clutter bugs out there. The ones who WANT to live in a clutter free space, but your stuff controls you. I get it.
I am a thrift store shopper. I love that I can have LOTS of NICE clothes for a fraction of what they would have cost new. I love that I don’t have to be limited to the 2 pairs of jeans per year I would probably buy if I couldn’t get them from thrift shops. I love that I can replace things when I get tired of them, rather than when they get worn…Oh wait.
I don’t do that.
The kitchen is the heart of the home, sure. Maybe that explains why the kitchen is also likely the messiest …
One of my favorite money saving and time saving tips, (but the one that gets the most eye rolls) is meal planning. It is super simple to do, takes just a short time to create one and will save you not only time but money. Surprisingly more money than you think.
If you are a mom who is trying to stick to a budget, or simply a wise woman who knows …
The life I live now is almost incomparable to the life I lived before.
The most note-able differences are that I’ve become a mom (and moved a tiny person + a whole pile of tiny person stuff into our home), and I’ve left the working world. (I now work for myself, from my home.)
Before we can have an honest conversation about how to stop wasting food, we need to look at some statistics. Did you know that just one quarter of all wasted food could feed the 795 million undernourished people around the world who suffer from hunger (source)?? What about the fact that In the USA, 30-40% of the food supply is wasted, equaling more than 20 pounds of food per person per month (source)?
You can see that I have, in fact, got an organizational system in place under the bathroom sink. I’ve implemented some of the best and most popular tricks around, like making use of the upward space with shelves and buying cute little baskets from the dollar store (sarcasm? Even I can’t tell…).
And you can see that I have totally ignored that system and piled crap anywhere and everywhere under the sink where crap would fit.