Maximize Storage Space in Your Home

April 22, 2013 by 1 Comment

It’s tough to face the facts sometimes, but the vast majority of us are pack rats in some way or another. We may not hoard items on a scale alarming enough to get us on TV, but we all accumulate things we don’t need and build sentimental attachments to them. Whether we realize it or not, we have tons of junk in our homes, and it’s dragging us down. In order to make the most of your home living space, it’s important to get rid of clutter and organize. This can seem like a monumental task, but taking it step by step will make it much easier.

declutter your homeStart by organizing. If you store things in every single nook and cranny available,
clean them out and decide what you actually need to keep. Then do the same to your
storage rooms. The better organized your storage rooms are, the more space you’ll have
for storage. Disorganization takes up a lot more room than you might think. The same
applies to your garage. If you just throw everything you don’t want to deal with right now
out there, that stuff will start taking over. Go crazy with plastic storage bins and a label
maker to keep yourself organized. If you have shelves and predetermined areas for
everything, your house will stay clutter-free.

One option if you just don’t have enough room in the house for everything is to buy
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Melinda Nelson Designs Wrought Iron Frame & Smart Cover Ipad Case Review

March 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment

Melinda Nelson Designs Tile

 

I am one of those people that is completely and totally obsessed with taking pictures of absolutely everything. I love to have pictures of every moment of my life. I can’t exactly say why that is, but I know that I am always taking pictures, as well as scheduling family pictures.

I was lucky enough to be able to personalize a Wrought Iron Frame as well as a Smart Cover for my Ipad from Melinda Nelson Designs.

About the Personalized Wrought Iron 9″ x 18″ Frame with (3) 4″ Tiles:

This is a wonderful personalized photo gift.

This is a Black Wrought Iron Fram that displays three 4″ decorative tiles, plus side scrolls.

When this is kept out of direct sunlight, these tile frames can make long lasting, beautiful momentos for your household.

With the tiles that you choose, you can choose to put words, numbers, or even photos on them. On top of that, you then get to choose if you want to have a gloss, matte, or satin finish.

My Thoughts:

As you can see, my frame turned out wonderful. The pictures that I chose were put on the frame with wonderful, precise perfection. A little while after I chose what pictures I was wanting I received an e-mail proof to make sure that the pictures were in the right order, as well as to make [Read more…]

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5 Simple Stress Management Tips for New Moms

March 25, 2013 by Leave a Comment

new momDo you remember the days when you could sleep in on Saturdays or if you wanted to lay on the couch after work and watch reruns of your favorite sitcoms (uninterrupted, we might add), you could? Now that you’re a new mom, that probably seems like a lifetime ago. Suddenly, your world consists of tending to all of the needs of your newborn and while it brings you lots of joy, we get why it can also be pretty stressful at times. Being a mom is a 24-hour responsibility, after all.

That’s why we’ve enclosed five very simple stress management tips; ones that will help you to stay “cool, calm and collected” as you are in the process of adjusting to your “new normal”:

Get more rest. Yes, we get why this tip might cause you to internally laugh a bit because sleep is one of the things that’s hardest to get when you have a new baby in the house. However, what tends to happen to a lot of moms is that when the baby is sleeping, they use that as a time to clean up or talk on the phone. You’re going to need as much rest as possible to keep your stress levels down and sanity levels up, so at least take a couple of naps when your child is asleep and try and go to bed about 30 minutes earlier than [Read more…]

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Safe Vacationing: Top 5 Items Most Commonly Stolen from Homes

February 23, 2013 by 1 Comment

Vacation is when you’re supposed to relax, but that’s not easy if you’re worried about your home being broken into while you’re gone. One thing that can help is knowing what items would make your home a likely target of burglary and making sure to protect those items. Here are the top five things you’ll want to keep safe while you’re away.

1. Cash

 

Everything burglars steal will be sold for cash. If they can their hands right on the cash, they’d take that over anything else. It’s also easy to transport and usually easy to find in a home. If you have large amounts of cash in your home, one good recommendation is to keep it in a safe that’s bolted to the floor. Otherwise, keep your money in the bank to keep it safe.

2. Jewelry

 

The old movie pictures of burglars going through your jewelry box is absolutely true. Jewelry is easy to transport and profitable to sell, so it’s one of the first places they’ll look. Fortunately, jewelry is also smaller [Read more…]

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Go Green: 5 Simple Tips to Make Your Home Eco-Friendly

February 20, 2013 by 2 Comments

There is a movement to go green. People are all making an effort to become more eco-friendly. Many say they are going green, but how can you and your family actually reduce your impact on the environment? Here are a 5 easy tips to make your home more eco-friendly and save some money.green footprints

Tip #1: Clean Green

Take a look at the cleaners you use for tabletops, counters, bath fixtures and floors. If they’re filled with chemicals, it’s time to toss them. Most cleaning needs can be taken care of with natural ingredients like water, baking soda, white vinegar and lemon. Lemon juice and vinegar, being acidic, can help with stubborn scrubbing needs. Baking soda is a gentle cleanser that can be used in numerous ways. It can be used to deodorize refrigerators and garbage pails, scrub and wipe down counters and to remove odors from carpets. It’s also an effective addition to your laundry detergent and bleach, increasing their effectiveness and reducing how much you need to use.

 

Tip #2: Change Your Light Bulbs

Another simple energy saving tip involves changing your light bulbs. Conventional incandescent bulbs lose more energy to heat than compact fluorescent bulbs. CFLs, which don’t work on a filament, can save [Read more…]

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Saving Memories Forever

February 8, 2013 by 6 Comments

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Sharing photos is way of sharing an experience or a memory with those you care about. The more pictures, generally, the more you’d like to remember and share the experience. I doubt you’d want to take 200 photos at your next dentist visit, but 200 photos at your younger bother’s wedding is highly possible.

If what we really want to do is share memories why not simply share memories. Saving Memories Forever lets users do just that. By creating a story including photos, audio and of course text. The process is easy and sharing is fun.

First start with a story-teller. Then pick a category for the memory, you can pick either by age, jokes, philosophy or other topics. Next pick a prompt, the [Read more…]

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How to Get Rid of the Clutter in Your Home and Organize Your Life

January 16, 2013 by 6 Comments

It’s tough to face the facts sometimes, but the vast majority of us are pack rats in some way or another. We may not hoard items on a scale alarming enough to get us on TV, but we all accumulate things we don’t need and build sentimental attachments to them. Whether we realize it or not, we have tons of junk in our homes, and it’s dragging us down. In order to make the most of your home living space, it’s important to get rid of clutter and organize. This can seem like a monumental task, but taking it step by step will make it much easier.

One of the biggest clutter culprits in homes everywhere is paper. Stacks of unopened junk mail pile up on our desks and shelves and never seem to disappear. Paperwork and documents are everywhere, but they’re so disorganized that it becomes impossible to find the one receipt or bank statement that you actually need. Cut down on cluttering paper by first switching to paperless billing. You can make most of your bill payments electronically, which makes it much easier to stay organized and reduce clutter. Next, buy a paper shredder and a filing cabinet. Go through all of your mail as soon as it comes in, shredding what you don’t need, and filing what you [Read more…]

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Santa Claus Home Security Threat

December 16, 2012 by Leave a Comment

Throughout history, he’s gone by many aliases: Saint Nicholas, Sinterklaas, Father Christmas, Kris Kringle. But this year, some law enforcement officers [Read more…]

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