Category: baskets

Chic, affordable ways to get your home ready for guests

Undoubtedly at some point this holiday season you will be invaded by at least one guest. For me, the toughest part of hosting is having a place to keep the extra “stuff” that comes along with a guest, or all of my stuff that has accumulated in the guest room, which tends to become a storage room.

Here are a few furniture storage solutions to help you solve these issues.

A storage cabinet or shelving unit with baskets. This one is an oldy but a goody. During the winter/holiday season you need extra storage in the entryway to house scarves, gloves, and hats. A cabinet with bins or baskets provides storage space that attractively hides all of your/your guests’ stuff.

via Pinterest via Country Living

via Joss & Main in the “Tidy Up For Visitors” sale

via Joss & Main in the “Tidy Up For Visitors” sale

A wall cabinet/storage unit. I don’t know about you, but my guest room is SMALL. When a space is small you really need to take advantage of vertical/wall space. Even a slim wall cabinet can be a thoughtful touch that gives guests a little bit more room to unpack and feel at home. It’s also nice when it doubles as a mirror.

via Pinterest via Shanty 2 Chic

via Ideel in the “Furniture for every room” sale

A rolling bar cart with trays is a multitasking machine. It can follow you and your guests from room to room and encourage them to help themselves. Also, when you are ready to take it to the dining room just remove a tray and use it on the table.

via Pinterest via Crate & Barrel

via Rue La La in the “Guest Ready Essentials” sale

Extra linen storage. Your guests should not want for clean sheets and towels. That being said, our linen closet can barely fit enough for my husband and I. A stand alone unit is an attractive and affordable way to add extra linen storage in the bathroom.

via Pinterest via Flickr

via Pinterest via Interior Magasinet

via Gilt in the “Bath Organization and Storage” sale

November 25, 2014
Beautiful and clever small closet ideas

In older homes and small apartments it’s hard to find great storage and closet space solutions. Don’t let the words wardrobe and armoire scare you though! There are some seriously great designs to choose from that give you the storage you need.

via bhg

There are simple, modern, sleek ones that let you close all the doors and not notice any clutter. Most of these have great options for how you can stack and shelve things as well!

We have a very, very small linen closet in our home that could really benefit from a treatment like this.
via Pinterest

We’ve all seen the closet-turned-home office – I still like finding a good one!
via Pinterest via Modern Home Decor

via CasaSugar

Don’t neglect small accessories – they need a designated place too. Having these guys piled up in a corner or shelf can really make or break the feeling of chaos. Clear acrylic boxes or no-frills baskets are a good way to organize small items if you don’t have a drawer.

Your walls are your best friends when you live small. Hang as much up as you can and save precious surface, drawer, and rail space for items that can’t go on walls.

via Pinterest via Place of My Taste

via marthastewart

A simple traditional look with more storage necessities than you could ask for! Although this lacks hanging space it can be a great addition to a small closet, or a place to organize craft supplies.

May 14, 2014
Contain Yourself (and the necessary clutter in your home with these clever storage ideas)

While spring cleaning has yet to begun at my house, and likely won’t this year with my wedding in May (yikes!), I thought I’d share with you some fun ideas to contain the chaos you’d like to keep in a way that doesn’t affect your home decor.

via bhg

Matching baskets are fantastic! Especially ones with label options to help you remember what you have stored inside. It keeps this bookcase clutter free but makes it possible to not have to store a ton of things behind closed doors.

via etsy

Picking similar styles, all see through containers at the bottom and baskets at the top make this cabinet look so well organized. Clear canisters also help remind me if I’m running low on something. I also love the pop of color with the labels.

via inmyownstyle

Not everything is going to fit in the same size containers and if keeping everything matching is too much of a commitment for you, you can mix it up a bit and it still look great. Just try and use similar sizes and shapes to create a cohesive look.

via twotwentyone

I love the mix of three colors here. Using pops of color is great but I love how this one is minimized to two color options and scattered throughout the storage.

April 10, 2014
A Functional Office

Between tax season and spring cleaning, I’ve been trying to plan how I’m going to reorganize and clean out my office to make it a little bit more functional and pleasing to the eye. Here are some looks I’ve been loving

via livesimplybyannie

Loving this cabinet/bookshelf. Use matching decorative boxes or baskets to store receipts, paperwork and office supplies that you don’t use on a daily basis.

via pinterest

Labeled drawers are a great way to keep your supplies and items organized. I love the simple look of the picture above and the labels are barely noticeable so they don’t take away from the piece of furniture. The large drawers are great for keeping papers flat and not bent or rumpled.

via theglitterguide

A simple open shelving bookcase with a few baskets might do the trick for you! This can give you great places to add a little decor as well as store items. I actually have this same shelving unit in my office and love it.

via BHG
Keeping everything I need to get my task complete close by is key for me to stay productive.

I love a good inspiration board as long as it’s kept somewhat tidy! Mine can get a bit cluttered and then I find them distracting…
via Sweet Home Style

Collections and archives are great as long as you are able to keep them grouped together and orderly.
via Sweet Home Style

March 12, 2014
Only a few hours left to enter to win $100 from Novica!!

Get your tushies over to this Decorology post to enter to win a $100 gift code to use at Novica!!! You must enter by 12 AM, Dec 14th for a chance to win!! Artisan apparel, jewelry, home decor, and much, more.

Beaded basket by Wayan. Click here to see it.

Mirror by Edmundo. Click here.

Quilt by the Artisans of Tilonia. Click here.

Hurry over to this Decorology post to enter!

December 13, 2012
Calling all neat freaks! (or those aspiring to be)

So, this week I have been scouring the DC area for apartments. After living in NYC for 3 years I figured every other city would seem inexpensive and abounding in square footage. I was wrong. The apartments in DC are less expensive, and slightly larger, but I guess I had my hopes up too high. That’s okay though, because a smaller space forces me to be more creative with how I store, organize, and edit my belongings. If there’s one thing I love – it’s solving an organization/space issue beautifully, functionally, and inexpensively.

So the next month or so I might be throwing a lot of organization sales and ideas your way as I’m figuring our how to keep all my belongings in my new, down-sized apartment.

If you have any ideas let me know! All these goodies are from the fab. sale site Beyond the Rack. You have to be a member, but it’s free and fast to sign up – just click here.

canisters, $10.99

I always use a folding dish rack like this, that way after I put away the dishes I can stow the rack under the sink and clear off counter space – important in small kitchens. bamboo dish rack – $9.99

We eat a lot of fresh fruits and veggies and hanging baskets will keep them from taking up valuable counter space. $5.99

Once I know our exact kitchen dimensions we’ll definitely get a kitchen trolley. They’re cute and super useful. $59.99

I think city homes especially should be no-shoes indoors. One treads on pretty nasty stuff walking the city streets…it also keeps your floors cleaner. $17.99

In my opinion you can’t have too many bins, baskets, and boxes. $7.99

shoe tree $49.99

hamper $19.99

I’ve never seen one of these before. It’s a boot storage shelf. Good idea if you have a lot of knee-high boots. $44.99

sweater shelf $9.99

metal cabinet shelves and racks – especially those that roll out – maximize your cabinet space. $21.99 – $74.99

If any of these call to the neat freak in you head over to the sale at Beyond the Rack. Here’s the free/fast sign up link.

July 21, 2011
A little eye candy for all you organization junkies out there…

If it involves baskets or bins and labels I can’t resist…

Matching labels and matching canisters….!

Vintage suitcases as memorabilia containers!

the above and below are AMAZING

An artist’s studio with organizational furnishings down to a T!

Check out the baskets with all the fabric swatches archived…

Paint cans mounted as spool reels! Also check out the buttons and other notions in small magnetic tins on the mirror!

1. Snakk Klikk
2. Pinterest (labels free for download at BHG)
3. House to Home
4. Real Simple
5. Real Simple
6. Life Work
7. Little Green Notebook
8. Pinterest

June 20, 2011