Our projects around the home all usually have some source of inspiration. Maybe you saw something in a magazine, remembered something from when you were a kid, or more often than not, saw something on the Internet that sparked your interest. With so many good (and bad) ideas floating around on the web, it’s hard to keep track of them all – but there’s an easy-to-use website that lets you do this in a way that is far more fun and visually appealing than your browser’s Bookmarks feature – and that’s Pinterest. [click to continue…]
organizing
We all know the basics behind staging a home for a sale: fix the obvious and affordable issues around the home, declutter, depersonalize (remove family pictures, obvious personal items), remove awkward / oversized furniture, use a fairly neutral pallet (particularly when it comes to wall color), clean the place like you’ve never cleaned before, and get rid of your cat forever. If you do this, you’re already ahead of the curve. But as I discovered, if you take your staging work even further, your home will make that much more of a better impression. [click to continue…]
If you’re addicted to DIY projects and the latest tools, there’s little doubt that you also have a slew of organizational products to keep your tools and screws and nails and nuts and what-not where they should be (although we can’t guarantee that you’re actually using them consistently – sort of like that treadmill-slash-clothes hanger in the basement). Maybe it’s a hefty tool box or a peg-board or maybe you like to keep things real with man’s first organizational product: a bucket. [click to continue…]
Who knew that being a bit of a slob could get you your 15 minutes of fame?
If your family could use some help getting your home in order and you don’t mind having the whole thing broadcast on TV, consider applying to a not-yet-revealed HGTV show. Here’s what their website says: [click to continue…]
Remember that show Kids Say The Darndest Things that was hosted by Art Linkletter (and later, Bill Cosby)? When my sister was little, she could have easily been featured on it. When my mom would make us toast, she’d always ask, “can I flush it?” (press the toaster lever down to lower the bread.) And when she wanted to hang her coat or hat? She’d put them on a “hooker” (a hook.)
Well, I found some dandy hookers, er, hooks on Etsy that really are the darndest things – they’re made of old silverware!
