How do you organize your recycling? (Pics?)
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Comments (1)I switched too because of how photobucket was mucking up things. I've mostly put pics in 1 main file with a couple of folders for some personal event pics. Hosta pics have name in file so are very searchable. Done nothing with tags. Keep in mind if you move files or change names, the links for posted pics in GW will be broken. Paul...See MoreHow Do You Organize Your Kitchen?
Comments (102)I have a pretty small house overall myself. And being built in 1931 back when people seemed to own one change of clothes and one coat, there are no closets and what few closets I do have, are tiny!! I have to keep my clothes in another room because my master bedroom closet is tinier than tiny! Keep the ideas coming! There's no worries about anyone "stealing" my thread! Storage ideas for one person can be adapted by everyone, so all discussions are welcome! I'm getting some great ideas I never would have thought of. I think I'm going to use the back of the kitchen door leading to the basement for storage as well. And I have to organize that "landing". I have a big box of cat food and litter, all the paper bags for recycling and plastic grocery bags as well, all the mops and coats ontop of the rest of the mess. You can barely get by to get up and down the stairs. I wish I had a place to keep my recycling bin in the kitchen. We have it out on our 3-season porch right off the kitchen so it's not bad, but I'd rather keep the porch less cluttered and not have to go out there when it's freezing winter to toss things. Recycling tends to collect on the one tiny piece of counter I have next to my stove as it's closest to the back door until it's falling all over the place before anyone will walk the 4 feet to the door to put it in the bin!! I did take some time this weekend to pull some things out of the backs of the cabinets and rearrange now that I freed up all the space by hanging all the pots and pans and lids. I now have easy access to all my French White casserole dishes in one place, on one shelf. Then I have all my 13 x 9 pans and cake/tart pans together. Right next to the stove I put all my old casserole dishes - the pyrex & Fire King stuff. That freed up space to have all my small serving dishes and trays/platters on another shelf, then I have all the bowls I use for dips and things when I have company and the bowls for the popcorn on another. I will still have to crawl in back of the cabinets for a few things, but those are things I only use a few times per year like my crockpot or the hand crank pasta machine. I do need to figure out what to do with my "machinery". The KA mixer, blender, espresso machine, pasta maker, etc. I just spent a small fortune because I'm cleaning and painting my son's room and I had to get him new furniture and a computer desk and I'm about to start a bathroom remodel as well, but I really could use a new cabinet for under the window in the kitchen that overlooks the back porch. I have one of those build it yourself partical board bookcases there now, but something nicer and with doors so the mess isn't open to the public would be better. I need to take some pictures and load them up so I can post them as well. I'm very visual - I learn by seeing way better than reading descriptions, so pics are great! Lisa...See MoreHow do you organize your recipes?
Comments (12)I have a "better Homes & Gardens cookbook program" that has hundreds of recipes and you can add your own. once there in the program you can sort by type, meat, veggie, soup, salad, desert, etc Or you can sort by method..stove top, crockpot, deep fry, stir fry, bake, broil, BBQ etc Or you can sort by a particular ingredient..by example say you have a squash and your looking for new way to fix it,,put in squash and you get all the squash recipes. and you can also make up your own sorts..like Mine, mothers, from friends, etc. And if I can't find a recipee either in my program or online, I call my Mother...she has been seriously collecting cook books for over 40 years. According to her, at last count she has 3500 cook book. All I know is there is a big library in her old house and it is full to the ceiling with cookbooks, three more large bookshelves in her living room, a shelf near the ceiling that runs the full length of her 21ft dining room and boxes upon boxes of cookbooks in a spare bedroom upstairs, and who knows whats in her attic & basement. All I know is that she goes to auctions and tag sales and buys them a box full at a time....See MoreHow Often Do You Organize Your Sewing Area?
Comments (50)Since I have limited space in a bedroom I cannot be too disorganized, but I have had it get quite messy. When I cannot find a pattern, or fabric, I then take a day and get things back into some sort of order again. I do keep my ongoing projects out, and in a closet I have on hangers anything that is large and almost done with what ever it needs hanging together.. this I found is helpful. I am organized in a way, that I do have my fabric and patterns together in one container for my to do projects and other large baggies or what ever with scrap fabric for a certain project as well as the pattern, idea and notes on what I have that fabric for ... for example, all 2 inch long strips are in one large baggie and marked for future log cabin - 2 inch squares for 'what ever' and so on. I find this helpful... at least when I cut fabric the left overs do not end up in a pile and discarded because there is too much stuff to sort out. I have one ongoing project for club charity quilts that is kept in a separate bin with kids fabric and patterns so when the mood hits me to do something different, I can just pull the box and do some work on it.. eventually they get done and donated to my guild. I also have 2 cats and they do things like play with the thimbles (took 2 months to find it) as well as spools of thread - you know the stuff they like to do. Still I enjoy having them around, even if it is 'pet me time' while I am trying to sew something! I am enjoying reading this post and everyone's delima about orgaiziation... and I agree - if my guest think that my room is a mess... they can stay home! I enjoyed reading how everyone is handeling their situations... we all seem to be in the same boat... (or sewing room delima!) Barbara...See Moretetrazzini
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