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Reusing What You Have: Baby Stuff – A Personal Account

There are very few people I know who do not have a storage area somewhere in their home, that has at least one piece of unused furniture. Usually there is more. The reasons for storing these items are as individual as the person who stored the item. For instance, for years I had stored my daughter’s beautiful cherry wood crib set because 1)it was an expensive purchase I just couldn’t see giving away for free and 2)there was always the “what if” factor, that I could possibly wind up with another baby. About three years ago (my daughter was six), … Continue reading →

Organize a Child’s Room Without Buying a Thing (5)

Frugal organization is just as easy to work with as the expensive items you purchase from the store. And how many times have you bought something to get organized only to find out after several uses that well, it is not really very useful. So now you’ve spent money on something that isn’t doing what it’s designed to do. We have an abundance of plastic storage containers because everything I see them on sale, I’ve bought some up. We use them for everything and I like them better because they are see through and the contents are visible at a … Continue reading →

Don’t Confuse Organization With Buying More Stuff (2)

Yesterday we conquered a cheap and inexpensive way to organize catalogs and magazines, because everyday our mail carrier seems to bring us more and more and eventually they over run the home. So now we at least have that area of your life organized. One last tip on magazines and catalogs. They should fit perfectly on any book shelf, but if there is no room on your book shelf, either make a shelf out of something else, or place on a top shelf of a closet. Be sure to label the outside of the box so you know at a … Continue reading →

Organize a Child’s Room Without Buying a Thing

Frugal organizing is a challenge. It is also hard not to get caught up purchasing all the cool organizational tools, storage items and gadgets on the market. All are designed to make organizing easier, but they can cost you a fortune. There are alternatives to these expensive store bought items. Children’s rooms are a challenge. And they are also an exception to my love of organizing. Organizing a child’s room is really not very fun at all. They always have billions of tiny toys, treasures, rocks and trash littering every foreseeable surface in their room. There always seems to be … Continue reading →