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12 Thrift Store Housewares Transformations. Explore more. Web pages, photos, and videos. Storage Ideas are always welcome and there is always need for more storage solutions to organize your home and life.

Explore more. Web pages, photos, and videos

We all need a bit of order an discipline in our daily life to make everything easier for us. We have become very busy and we live a hectic life, full of stress and problems. And at the end of the time we don’t need another problem on our hands. Storage can prove to be a huge difficulty for anyone, especially for the crowded families. Little kids end up having tons of toys laying around, occupying every tiny empty space. Explore more. Web pages, photos, and videos. Explore more. Web pages, photos, and videos. I love to discover tips which make housework easier!

Explore more. Web pages, photos, and videos

From time-saving tricks to finding new and ingenious uses for old things, the Internet provides a wealth of information and advice. In this post I've collected 101 visual tips from all over the web to help you save time and money in every room of your home. About this post Most of these tips were found via Pinterest (which by the way is a great resource for discovering tips to help around the home!). Wherever possible, I've attributed the image and tip by means of links to the original site or web-page, but if you think I have made a mistake please let me know the original source and I will correct the link.

40 Uncommon Uses for Commonly Trashed Items. How many times have you trashed, recycled or donated the following items?

40 Uncommon Uses for Commonly Trashed Items

Paper towel rollsburned out light bulbsempty wine bottlestissue boxesbottle capsbuttonswine corks vinyl recordscassette tapesold pair of jeansmilk jugscereal boxesempty honey jarsbaby food containers If you answered yes to more than one (don’t kid yourself, you certainly did), you’re in for a treat. Each item listed above is transformed into a home decoration below—every single item.

19 Ways to Give Your Kitchen a Deep Clean. Posted by admin on Apr 11, 2013 in Crazy Food | 0 comments Spring is here, hard winter is behind us and it’s time for a fresh start!

19 Ways to Give Your Kitchen a Deep Clean

Here’s how. I Did Not Know That! Clever Tips To Make Your Life Easier. I Did Not Know That!

I Did Not Know That! Clever Tips To Make Your Life Easier

39 Easy DIY Ways To Create Art For Your Walls. Downton Abbey Inspired Butler's Bell Memo Board - Atta Girl Says. By now, you know I’m a little bit obsessed with Downton Abbey.

Downton Abbey Inspired Butler's Bell Memo Board - Atta Girl Says

(Well, pretty much all British TV – Sherlock, Call the Midwife, Mr. Selfridge…) So, is it any surprise that the TV show that inspired a bloggers’ meetup also inspired today’s craft project? When Suzy and I were planning the Hometalk N.C. Bloggers Meetup, I found an article about Downton Abbey-inspired decor on Style at Home. 46 Awesome String Light DIYs For Any Occasion. Travel Art Kit: Here We Goooooo. “Here we goooooooooo!!!”

Travel Art Kit: Here We Goooooo

Said like Peter Pan, of course. Which is quite fitting since we are off to Disneyland! That’s right people. The kind of vacation where you are more exhausted when you get home. 10 Mason Jars, 10 Awesome DIYs. Homemade Battleshots. DIY Embellished Friendship Bracelets. The weather is warming up and my wrists are feeling rather lonely and bare after hiding under long sleeves all season long.

DIY Embellished Friendship Bracelets

But after digging up last year’s DIY friendship bracelets, I realized they desperately needed sparkly and shiny upgrades. Today we’re showing you three easy ways to embellish your friendship bracelets, making them all grown up . . . To add rhinestones, you’ll need:a chevron friendship bracelet (tutorial found here)5-6” crystal rhinestone chain (last used here)1 yard of embroidery flossan embroidery needlea pair of scissors Thread the needle with embroidery floss and tie the end into a double knot.

Push the needle through the back of bracelet. Stitch the floss between the first two rhinestone links, pushing needle out the middle of the bracelet. Continue stitching between the rhinestone links. DIY Embellished Friendship Bracelets. How to make tiny bows @ Do It Yourself Pins. 72 Uses For Simple Household Products To Save Money & Avoid Toxins. Limiting the amount of products you bring into your home will not only cut down on costs at the grocery store but will keep you and your family healthier.

72 Uses For Simple Household Products To Save Money & Avoid Toxins

Below is a list of some common uses for seven household products. Add some drops of essentials oils like lavender, rose, or sweet orange to any of them for extra pleasure! Here are a few more tips to help you go green and save money! Cut up old bath towels. Reuse these as rags for cleaning your house rather than paper towels, which are expensive and contribute to 3,000 pounds of waste in landfills each day.When you grocery shop, leave your list at home.

Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com. 100 Life Hacks That Make Life Easier. Want to learn some quick and easy life hacks that are easy to do, low cost and saves you time?

100 Life Hacks That Make Life Easier

You’re in luck. 18 remarkable tricks to make your food last longer. Saving money on your food shop doesn't stop at the supermarket. Allow your hard earned pennies to go even further by reading up on these simple yet effective tips that'll extend the life of your grub for longer. That way, your keeping money in your pocket AND saving trips to the supermarket. What's not to love? Sign up to studentbeans.com for free brownies, popcorn and flapjacks - and that's just the start... 1. 25 (more) clever ideas to make life easier.

. We heard you loud and clear. When we published our first list of clever ideas to make life easier last year, we received an overwhelming response. So without further ado, here’s another 25 ingenious household tips and organisational tricks that will have you saying, “Why didn’t I think of that?!” Source: chezerbey.com. Revlon Festival Beauty Book. Simple Ideas That Are Borderline Genius - 27 Pics. 12 Awesome Home Organization Ideas. People usually say that “there’s no place like home”. Well, we’d rather say that there’s no better place to live than a clean and organized house. Foldable Scrapbook How-To.

24 Perfect Tattoos Inspired by Books. 24 Perfect Tattoos Inspired by Books Few things that are considered art can touch our lives like books manage to. Whatever we read and pull out of the written word usually strikers a very deep chord inside of us. So deep, it makes run out to the local tattoo parlor and get inked up. 10 Clothing Tricks in 60 Seconds. DIY Chan Luu Bracelet. My goal this holiday season was to really try my best to make some homemade gifts. So far I’m doing pretty well with my wreath, some burlap covered candles, some personalized coasters and this past weekend I gave a try at some jewelry. You may have noticed how wrap bracelets are everywhere lately. Chan Luu bracelets are extremely popular these days.

They come in singles and also in wraps. I love love the look of these bracelets. I did the top bracelet by simply following this tutorial. 1. 2.Bring your needle up under the right cord through the center and pull the thread through. 3. 4. 100 Handmade Gift Tutorials - SlapDashMom.com. 41 Easy Things To Do With Mason Jars. CWTS reveal - the book clutch + how-to. DIY Chan Luu-Style Wrap Bracelet. 20 Non-Scrapbook Ways To Remember Your Vacation Forever. Zipper Bracelet // DIY // Repurpose October. I'm afraid of fire. Kinda funny that I'm a Chemistry major and, well, we have Bunsen burners.

Anyways, what does my fear of fire have to do with crafts? Recycled Pallet Shelves. We have seen pallets used in a variety of design installations, but none that we liked as much as these Recycled Pallet Shelves. Just as the name would suggest, this shelving is constructed from repurposed sections of GMA pallets. To help ensure that the shelving will hold up all of your books, picture frames, or just standard run of the mill knick knacks, there are two strong steel hooks installed on the back of the shelf. Each and every shelf is unique, constructed upon the placement of order. Check out some examples of Pallet Shelving below. Spam Can Be A Good Thing! I'm not talking about those annoying emails that show up in your inbox. Jewelry Holder Tutorial. » Simplifying Shiny My Home Life. People will always and forever be spinning their wheels trying to achieve an all-elusive balance.

The scales are tipped: family, home, work, finding time for each and a balance of organization, etc. The Braidy Bunch. Braids, braids, braids we do adore! *knocks of the third person bit* As you know, well some people know I used do hair quite a bit in fact I was all about the braiding and plaiting, and almost got my own Toni and Guy salon but that is a lifetime ago. One day over a slice of tea and cake I might tell you about that epoch in the life and times of Amma. But, after talking to a friend about the possibility of teaching braiding overseas for a short stint – it made me go a little bit braid nostalgic. So, apart from reminisicing over doing mean flat twists, and getting over the carpal tunnel of braiding my nieces locks this week. Bracelets. DIY: 5-Minute Low-Back Bra. SMASH Books: The Un-scrapbook. Mon makes things: Storage Ottoman DIY. I love crafts. Fishtail Braided Anchor Bracelet.

A good weekend to diy... In words and pictures: Wall-Mounted Succulent Garden. DIY: Beaded Wrap Bracelet. DIY: Nerdy Chic Book Clutch. On display: wall gallery inspiration » ann beck photography. Suddbar tavla – Craft of the Day, erasable board. 10 Pretty Ways to Display your Necklaces at Home {DIY} Utility Cord Bangle. Water Balloon Luminaries. Teacup Lights - Martha Stewart Good Things. Mason Jar Sewing Kit. Creative Juices Decor: Make Large Canvas Wall Art Out of An Old Map. How to Make a Simple Bow. Little guiding stars. DIY Picture Tiles - You Will Never Buy a Photo Frame Again. - StumbleUpon. Amazing DIY & Crafts Ideas. Amazing DIY & Crafts Ideas. 10 Clever Kitchen Lifehacks. Bottles Up! 20 Ways to Repurpose Your Bottles. How to make a sewing box from a book.

50 Creative Ways to Repurpose, Reuse and Upcycle Old Things. 18 completely genius DIY interior design ideas. 20 amazing ways to make your old stuff awesome. 13 clever craft creations shown in pics. 15 DIY crafts you need to make right now. 15 DIY crafts you need to make right now.

15 DIY crafts you need to make right now.