Apartment Therapy: organizing

How To: Start Organizing: Part III

Whew. You're on the home stretch and have sorted, purged and decided where all your items will finally land. What's next is the easy part--storing and stowing. We took some pictures of containers w...

13 Home-Staging Ideas
That Really Can Work In Your Own Home

[Tip #4: Float Your Furniture] We always feel inspired when we check out open houses and model homes. The decor (although not always our own personal style) is perfectly in place as if it was born to ...

Survey: What's Your Most Functional Furniture Piece?
Austin

This post could also be titled: "What's the one piece of furniture you just can't live without?" Maybe it's that oversized, comfy reading chair. Perhaps it's your substantial dining table you fit your...

7 Mistakes Sometimes Made In Small Spaces
And How To Avoid Them

We often post design tips for maximizing a small space to its fullest form + function + design. In this case, we wanted to highlight some pitfalls or small mistakes often made so you can avoid them wh...

10 Tips For Relaxing At Home
Better Homes & Gardens

Like Abby, we also spent some time relaxing at home this weekend. If you enjoy spending time at home or simply want to create a sanctuary in your space, check out these 10 tips to help relaxing at hom...

Expert Tips & Ideas At The Container Store

Whenever we are in The Container Store, we feel a sense of calm within the aisles of products, items and more products. Maybe it's because the stores are so organized? Or maybe it's the hope that afte...

Guitars: Storage as Display

Playing the drums happens to be a strong hobby of ours. Luckily, our drums are stored at a rehearsal space but the few times the kick drum and stands have landed at our apartment, there's little room...

Look!: Vintage Mail Caddy as Shoe Organizer

We are continually on a quest for amazing shoe storage options. While new products promise to store all 25 + pairs of our shoes, they always seem out of touch with our decor--until now......

Monsieur Dress Up: A Properly Tailored Wall Hanger

Anna Thomas's bent maple creation is so simple, and yet possibly the first shaped clothes hook/hanger design we absolutely, completely adore. The Monsieur Dress Up is available as a tailored collar, c...

How To: Start Organizing: Part II

On Tuesday, we left you with a few simple steps on how to start organizing. So now what? It's time to start categorizing and giving your items a home, sweet, home. ...

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....

Good Questions: Where to Find Petite Hangers?

AT reader Jen writes in with this closet organization question we're hoping someone out there might have experience with: "Where can I find inexpensive 14" hangers? I'm running out of hangers in my ...

How To: Start Organizing: Part I

One of the first steps to organizing your belongings is to plan. Have a goal and set a finite date or time you will accomplish your goal (we suggest starting out small with goal setting)--but then wh...

Business Card Organization
Austin

The latest issue of Real Simple magazine featured home décor and organization tips from real readers, and we loved the tips that stressed keeping the items you need organized and accessible. In othe...

How Many of Everything Do You Really Need?

In our apartment, closet space is limited. Last year, when we cleaned out our linen closet, we realized that we had four sets of sheets and pillowcases sitting on the shelf. Since we only have one b...

Check Out: The 2008 Los Angeles Organizing Expo

Twenty three percent of adults say they pay bills late simply because they lose them (thus incurring those pesky late fees). We're happy to report that help is on the way with this year's 4th Annual ...

Look: Picture Frame Medicine Cabinet!
Austin

We came across this photo of a medicine cabinet while browsing through the September issue of Better Homes and Gardens. What a great idea to place a framed photograph on the door! This definitely dis...

Organizing With Magnetic Boards

We've always had a fascination with the fridge door, or rather the display of items that cling to someone's fridge door. While we like checking out friends fridge door "collages," we prefer to keep o...

Look!: Toast Rack as Paper Sorter

When we organize a client's house as well as our own home we love repurposing items, especially when they add a great design element. So you can imagine our excitement when we spied this toast rack b...

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...

Look: Customizing Simple Bookcases to Your Space!
Austin

Yesterday we brought you one of our favorite elements from Greg and Laura's Austin home, the gorgeous grill work doors by local artist Susan Wallace. Our second favorite element in their home is a bi...

Use Decorative Tags to Label When Organizing

We're off to an organizing jump start this week and with Fall just around the corner we wanna hit the ground running with a fresh, new start. One of our favorite organizing tips is the importance of l...

2 Tips To Make Filing Easier

We hear a lot of complaints when it comes to filing paperwork--and we're not excluded from the rabble rousers either. It's boring and paper takes a while to process--especially if you let the piles b...

Organizing the Office With... Desk Dots

We found these Desk Dot ceramic magnets while searching the web for must-have office products. While these magnets aren't a necessity we like their simple design and their strong capacity for holdin...

Negative Space Idea In Your Home

In your home, it's easy to fill up a bookcase, tabletop or sideboard with stuff. Just stuff. Lamps, books, bills, picture frames, more books, magazines, trays - just stuff. While these may be things ...

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