CON:One “downside” to buying moving boxes online is thatsometimes the boxes are all the same size— so you may have to run to the store to find one or two box sizes that you’re missing. (Or you’ll have to buy two different sets of boxes to begin with — to cover all of the...
As much as this might seem like the time to load the shotgun and pull the curtains, there are always going to be crazies out there who think they can outgun Burt Gummer. Not to mention, the risk of someone breaking into your bug-out or bug-in location when you aren’t there! If ...
mDesign Deep Plastic Office Storage Bins with Handles for Organization in Filing Cabinet, Closet, or Desk Drawers, 4 Pack – Clear $50 Buy Now from amazon These plastic bins fit perfectly into drawers and make an ingenious way to store LEGOs or other smaller toys. They have handles, wh...
If your bedroom is on the smallish side and you’d like to free up more floor space (and control clutter), consider moving a chest of drawers into your closet (if it’s big enough), buy containers that slide under the bed and instead of night stands, install floating shelves next to...
Getting married and having kids changed everything. After years in the field, I’ve determined that about 90% of parenthood involves finding lone socks in obscure places. Plus there are evenmoresock drawers to deal with. Indeed, there is more stuff in general—stuff that is piled in our at...
Our cunning plan came together, as those who would have been otherwise inclined to stay in their room and gloom through the holiday were seized by the spirit of competition in decorating their doors with wrapping paper, and lights, to buy small plastic fir trees downtown and put them in ...
Save: Soft-close drawers Soft-close drawers are lovely but not necessary, says Williams. “Surely you will be able to close your cabinets. We have been doing it for 100 years,” she said. “They’re a nice feature, but if you don’t have it, you’ll never really need it.” ...
It was immediately unsettling to step into a stranger’s bedroom and try to assign value to his possessions. Should we really be digging through his drawers trying to decide if any of the tiny bits of his life that he had saved were of any value now that he was gone? The truth hurt,...
and there wasn’t anything in there. I went to open the closet, and it was nothing there. I was finding nothing in any drawers or closets and I just started going around the house, just running around, just trying to find something. And then I was in this panic and just crying even...
The drawers in the kitchen hold two spatulas, two large serving spoons, our two sets of silverware, a can opener, wine/beer opener, a set of cooking knives, and hot pads and dishtowels Nancy sewed for us in material to complement our bedspreads and rug. At the end of the kitchen uni...