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The Best of Amazon: Kitchen, Pantry and Home Organization

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The Best of Amazon: Kitchen, Pantry and Home Organization

  As we've been unpacking House #6, I've been keeping a list of the must-have items we've used to get this house in order. So many little things have been crucial in organizing the general chaos that comes with moving an entire family from one house to a temporary apartment and into another house.  We own everything on this list, and have brought most of it from house to house, depending on the layout of our spaces.  The list turned out to be larger than I expected, so meet the Ultimate List of Amazon Home Organization Must-Haves!  As an Amazon...

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Russet, the Color of Peasants, Fox Fur, and Penance

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Russet, the Color of Peasants, Fox Fur, and Penance

Amedeo Modigliani, Reclining Nude, 1917 Mary Stuart was six days old when she became the Queen of Scotland. Her precious body was guarded from that moment onward, moved like a pawn on a chessboard from one castle to another. Maybe the people would have loved her if she hadn’t been spirited away to be raised in France in 1548, but perhaps they wouldn’t have. Maybe Mary was doomed to always be loathed for her femaleness and her Catholicism. By the time she returned to the newly Protestant Scotland at age eighteen, she had spent over a decade in the French...

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2020-04-25

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2020-04-25

Has your closet become a dumping ground for your clothing, shoes, and accessories? Do you find yourself wearing many of the same outfits over and over again because you can't find anything else or everything else is wrinkled? Sounds like it's time to start organizing. Whether you use pop can tabs to give you more hanging space or rethink that over-the-door shoe organizer, you will love these closet organization hacks. Remove Everything From the Closet Yes, this will take time, but you want to start with a clean space. Also, as you remove everything, you can clear the clutter. Have...

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I often receive questions about organizing tools, and though I’ve shared ideas in scattershot fashion across many posts, I thought I’d organize everything in one post, sorted by room

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I often receive questions about organizing tools, and though I’ve shared ideas in scattershot fashion across many posts, I thought I’d organize everything in one post, sorted by room

Because we’re all stuck inside so…maybe a good time to tackle some of these projects? My leading tip for keeping clutter to a minimum is investing in a lot of these Stori plastic bins (seen above), as they line more or less every drawer in our home… The Best Closet/Dresser Organization Gear. +Drawer dividers — much easier to stay in the habit of folding clothes neatly with these in place. +Slim velvet hangers and hanger clips. +Acrylic shelf dividers. +Fabric cube storage bins — we have a great closet with built-in shelving, and many of these bins slide right in...

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