If you've ever wished your house had just one or two more rooms, a little planning and double-duty furniture could compensate. Before rushing out to buy a bigger house, try a few of these less-expensive options first.

Have a specified ?project table? where you can put magazine articles that need to be read, clothing that needs repair or library books to return. When you get a small, free stretch of time complete one project from the stack. Eventually, you will find yourself caught up on all of them.

Bookshelves do not necessarily have to be used exclusively for books. Uniform plastic, labeled storage containers can be neatly arranged on these shelves for convenient accessibility. Use a separate box for each category of items:Facial supplies Lotions Powders Colognes Hair care equipment First aid supplies Small hand tools Hardware Cleaning supplies custom tin container Office supplies

Keep things where they are most likely to be used, and keep related items together. By keeping each category of treasures consolidated in one location, you will always know where everything is and will never have to go searching for them again.

Storage space is prime real estate and is quickly becoming an ever-increasing to-die-for commodity. Discover space you never knew you had and organize every inch of it. Seek out undeveloped, over-looked and even unconventional expanses to use as stash space. Every house has much more storage area than what meets the untrained eye.

Instead of using additional floor space, take advantage of every vertical inch of area from floor to ceiling, maximizing every cubic inch by stacking same-size boxes or plastic storage containers one on top of another as high as you can go with them.

Colored storage boxes in the basement, garage and attic can be tremendously beneficial to determine their contents at a glance. If blue boxes in the basement are appointed for excess bed linens, green for excess table linens, and white for Christmas decorations, for example, you will know what is contained within each box without needing to dig through each one individually to find out what's in it.

Folding and distributing clean laundry can also be expedited by color-coding. If all white towels and washcloths are designated to Bathroom #1 and all blue towels and washcloths are delegated to Bathroom #2, you will never have to worry about a shortage of linens on the first floor or a surplus of linens on the second floor.Take a look at every closet, cubbyhole, drawer and cabinet seriously. Box, label and organize everything you own. Look for tricky little places to keep items together.

Stackable, wooden shelves come in several shapes and sizes and will fit practically anywhere. The additional amount of storage space they provide makes them indispensable. Closet organizers and shoe bags are virtual storage gold mines.

Upright storage cabinets are available at any department store and are versatile additions to any room of the house. Their adjustable shelves allow accommodations for all sizes and shapes of storage containers and devices. By simply and inexpensively replacing their original wooden handles, they can be made to coordinate with virtually any room's decor.

When not in use, simply close the doors to conceal the contents.

A portable kitchen work island doesn't necessarily need to be in a kitchen. Any extra 4-square foot of space can accommodate one in any room of the house. These base cabinet units provide storage space unimaginable for any kind of hobby or craft and the laminated top serves as the ideal work area for every kind of project.If space permits, the laundry room would be the perfect location for an island ? serving as an area to fold clothes as well as providing storage underneath for laundry detergent and fabric softener.Let your imagination run rampant in discovering creative and innovative storage ideas to adapt to your own personal needs.

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Everyone can use more organization in their lives (except those misguided souls who alphabetize their spices, canned goods and color-coordinate their laundry supplies!). Additional wall storage can help bring that organization into your home. And original and unusual wall storage ideas can help organization become d? Here are some ideas to get you started:

1. If you have old fruit crates or soda pop crates, attach them to the wall to become a wonderful storage unit to display books or knicknacks. You can paint the units to match your d?cor or leave the original labels and wood to create a rustic and unusual centerpiece of your room.

2. Do you have an old garden bench or one of those wooden benches which are frequently beside dining tables or in entry halls? Try it attaching upside down on the wall. Use the shelf created by the bench top to display collections. Just think of using a white distressed bench as a shelf for teddy bears in a child's room.

3. Old wooden hangers can make beautiful storage units for jewelry, ties, and even shoes. Paint the hangers a Rectangle Tin Metal Box solid color and let dry. Then add decorative touches such as hand-painted flowers or stripes. Or wrap the hangers with strips of fabric using glue to adhere the strips to the wood. When the hanger is completely wrapped, cover with a decoupage finish. Attach to the wall with painted or plain hooks.

4. Want a wonderful idea for towel storage in a bathroom? Try attaching a window box or planter to the wall and fill with folded towels and washcloths, soaps or creams. Add trim and paint to make a unique storage unit.

5. Need an easily accessible place to store your pots and pans? Attach a narrow wrought iron curtain rod with decorative finials to the wall. You can hang the pans from S-hooks which have been hooked over the rod. A great idea!

Use your own imagination to turn everyday objects into storage areas. You might come up with the perfect solution to your organization needs. Hmmm?any ideas for storing the 20 years back issues of ?Better Homes and Gardens??

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So your child wants a bedroom makeover. You know it's time, your daughter has had the same fairy wallpaper on her walls since she was three and now she's eleven. But where's a parent to begin?My experience as a parent and as an organizing consultant has taught me the importance of pre-planning.

The best place to start is with your child. Talk to her about her current likes and dislikes. Knowing ahead of time what she favors and what she doesn't will save a lot of time and unnecessary purchases later on.My daughter's best room makeover was inspired by a trip to a local ice cream shop where she fell in love with the shade of her lemonade flavored sherbet.

The sherbet was just the right motivator to get us started. We then had lots of fun shopping for coordinating accessories.We were able to incorporate other pastel shades into her room by selecting a comforter, sham, bed skirt, and a window covering that co-ordinated well with her new lemonade sherbet walls.

When the room was completed we had custom pencil metal container managed to pull together about five pastel shades which added to the warmth and personality of her new space.We were also surprised to discover that once the room had a fresh coat of paint and new bed coverings and window treatments that everything worked well with her existing furniture, flooring, and basic white storage containers.

For very little money we were able to transform her space from a little girl's room into a stylish room fit for a pre-teen. And all without buying new furniture, getting new carpet or having to purchase new storage containers.The basis of any bedroom makeover plan should be flexibility. If you're starting from scratch it's a good idea to give some thoughts to how long the current bedroom makeover will appeal to your child.

As children grow and change so do their interests. A wise parent stays clear of the latest trends and focuses instead on creating a space that will carry the child through for a few years.That said, if you really enjoy redecorating and have no problem giving your child's room a bedroom makeover every couple of years then go to it!

Either way I would suggest that you use quality bedroom furniture that will grow with your child through her teen years. Quality furniture really is the backbone of a good bedroom makeover.So once you have decided on the most appropriate furniture for your child's room its time to focus your attention on flooring, paint and/or wall treatments and window coverings.

Flooring can be basic or jazzed up with a throw rug (even on top of wall-to-wall carpeting). It's just another way of bringing all the colors in the room together.Once you have a general bedroom makeover plan in place it will be easy to pull the room together using a variety of accessory items. Liberal use of lamps, posters and/or framed prints in an otherwise basic room scheme makes for quick updates as your child's interests change.

If your child does favor a bold and trendy color you feel she will tire of easily consider painting only one wall. This way, she can still be in style but you won't have to repaint all her walls in a couple of month's time. The rest of her walls can be painted in a subtle more toned down shade or in a complimentary color.To learn more about color meaning, color psychology and color therapy visit decorating-kids-rooms.net/painting-kid-rooms-and-colors-to-paint-a-room.html

Sometimes all you need to do to update the look of a room is to add a fresh coat of paint on the walls and a limited number of decorative accessories many of which may be available through a dollar or discount outlets.

When it comes to window treatments they need not be elaborate. A basic shade with complimentary curtains or a window topper works well. Get the maximum benefit from any fabric by using it for curtains, on lampshades, as pillows coverings etc.

You often get to a point with a child's bedroom makeover when you know that enough is enough. Sometimes simple is best and yet other times all you need is just one more idea to complete the look.

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