Organizing Your Home

This week, I am going to show everyone a simple, yet beautiful fall decoration that you can use for your Thanksgiving centerpiece. Painted gourds are lovely with some extra fall decor, like leaves or bold flowers in orange or red. Perfect to start using right after the kiddos go back to school. How to Make Painted Gourds You can see what they look like before I painted them. 🙂 We will need some gourds and/or pumpkins. You first want to wash all the gourds, taking off any dirt or bad pieces. You can also lightly sand them, although I did not. Dry, … Read more

T-shirt jersey material is soft and super absorbent, which makes it perfect material to upcycle a knit or crochet rug from t shirts. You can make your own mat in different ways, not just crocheting or knitting — you can hook, braid, sew, or loom it too. In this super simple tutorial, I will show you how to knit yourself a rug. (I love to crochet these rugs, too!) You can also make cutouts from old t shirts too. An Upcycled Knit or Crochet Rug From T Shirts I am working on making some spiffy new graphics. Hope you like them! If you … Read more

Returning readers to my blog know how much I love refashioning clothes, accessories, and home decorations from men’s clothing. Not only can loads of projects be made out of men’s stuff, but men’s clothing tends to be a lot sturdier than woman’s clothing — really, I’ve seen such a downgrade in the quality of women’s clothes.  Making pillows from men’s sweaters are a great way to upcycle. You can also turn your old pillows and give them new life into sofa pillows (after a run through the washing machine). Double upcycle! 🙂 Sofa Bow Pillow From a Man’s Sweater Materials: A man’s beige sweater … Read more

This is my way on how to professionally fold a shirt. I hate to clean, and I hate laundry even more. Laundry is a horrible demon to test the strength of any marriage. But, I like folding t-shirts! Something about making them all stand up straight makes me smile. Okay, so I’m weird. So today, I am going to provide a step-by-step guide on the absolute best way to fold a t-shirt! In case you want a doo-dad to help fold your t-shirts. they make one for that too! A Step-by-Step Guide on How to Fold a T-Shirt I wish … Read more

I have been furiously trying to declutter my house.  Mainly due to spring fever but also because I am part of the 4 Weeks to a More Organized Home Challenge.  One of the projects I tackled this past week is organizing the cabinet underneath my kitchen sink, which is a total mess.  (Sorry that I didn’t get a before picture!) I bought this pedestal sink organizer to store all those cleaning things that were previously under the kitchen sink cabinet. Here it is installed.  Nice and neat, but also nice and ugly. Underneath the kitchen sink looks nice too.  Trash, … Read more

I realize that this blog post is coming late, as in almost a month late. I also realize that I haven’t posted in a very long time, at least not until this month. 2013 saw many mishaps like this for me, rushing in to do things and then letting them slide to the wayside. If my craft stash has anything to say about it, I have many balls of yarn that haven’t been knitted, many thrifted pieces that haven’t been sewn, and a dozen or more blog posts that haven’t been written. So this year, I decided on a New … Read more