Thirty-one Uses for Shower Curtain Rings

My Husband's Desk: Get Your Man Organized!

To get started, I checked out some of the office spaces featured at major retailers. They have some pretty spaces, but some lack real functionality.

I like the shelves in the above picture from Restoration Hardware, which can also be accomplished with floating shelves. I also like the wire basket to hold blue prints.

I like the look of some of the Pottery Barn desks, but there are no drawers or anywhere to "hide" file boxes or work supplies.

The Crate and Barrel desk on the left is great if you aren't planning to actually work at the desk, but the desk on the right would be great as it has storage, plus the floating desktop so wires can run beneath.

The First step in organizing any desk is to figure out what kind of work you plan to use it for, then what types of supplies and files you plan on storing and using to support this work.

Below are some of my favorite products to make your tools and supplies easily accessible and in order.
 

Organizing Products On Sale at Target.

Target has many organizing products on sale right now, including wreath storage boxes and ornament storage boxes.

Merry Christmas: My Favorite Things

Wishing everyone a wonderful Christmas. We had a great holiday spent with friends and family! The highlight was certainly having 30 family members over on Sunday night to exchange presents, fellowship, and enjoy a family meal.

Both the kids and adults really enjoyed the English tradition of Christmas Crackers (also called poppers). It is a great interactive tradition that gets everyone wearing silly hats and reading punny jokes to each other - plus the kids love the toys that come in each cracker. This year I bought mine at World Market, which worked out great.

PRESENTS!!

My husband did a great job with my Christmas this year (mainly due to the help of a Christmas list - lol). I love the Cookware Stand he bought me, to keep my dutch ovens and other cast iron pots on. We don't have as much cupboard space as I would like, plus cast iron pots like Le Creuset can be a bit bulky (but beautiful and functional). Now I can store 6 pots vertically, freeing up two whole kitchen cabinets.

My mom bought me a great lighted mirror for my vanity. A vanity in my bedroom keeps our shared family bathroom free of make-up and hair accessories.

Vanity Saver

Organizing my Vanity was one of my biggest challenges. I finally settled on using a combination of products including an Ikea Rolling Cart. I have several Little Carry Alls on the top shelf, then several zippy pouches on the second shelf. I keep my hair dryer and curling iron on the bottom shelf.