You're deeply unhappy. You want to quit your job. You want to start your own business.But what business will you start? Don't focus on a "business" idea yet. Think in terms of buying and selling. Nothing happens in business until someone sells something.

You can trade your way into money. That is, you can buy something lots of people want, and sell it for at least three times more than you paid for it. If your margin (the difference between what you buy something for and what you sell it for) is wide enough, and if you sell enough of the product you choose, you're well on the way to a successful small business.

The Internet makes it easy to become a small trader. Take a look at eBay (ebay). Thousands of small traders make money on eBay, selling everything you can imagine, and then some. Buy cheapFirst comes product. What do people want? To get ideas, check the Lycos 50 ( 50.lycos/) to see what people are searching for each week.

Another site for getting ideas for products is Ubercool at ubercool/Basically, when you're choosing a product, it comes down to your intuition. What do you think will be popular enough, so that you can sell enough to make a good profit? Take your time over making a decision.

Tips for making your prchoice duct ?Choose a product you're interested in, and that you have some experience in using. For example, weight loss products will make money for you for the foreseeable future --- people are always looking to lose weight. If you've had success with a particular weight loss product, such a product would be an excellent choice for you to sell.

Many of these products are sold via MLM (multi-level marketing), so the benefit here is that you don't need to worry that you won't have enough of the product to sell. (Note: this doesn't mean that I endorse MLM schemes. As in all things, buyer beware.)

Join an affiliate program. These programs pay you a commission when you sell their products. You'll find thousands of affiliate programs online.?Consider your storage space. Large products need plenty of storage space. Packing and shipping for large items is also a hassle. (Of course, you can simply act as an agent, in which case the manufacturer ships the product.)

?Can you create your own product? If you're a creative person, like a writer or an artist, you can certainly create your own products and sell them.

If you're a writer, ask yourself: what people will pay money to learn? Then create an information product which teaches them how to do it. Your information doesn't need to be metal coin bank a book. It can be a tape, a booklet, an ebook, or a multimedia CD.

If you're an artist, "greeting cards" is one of the most popular search terms on Lycos. Can you create greeting cards to order? Print up cards on your computer?

How do you price your product?You need to know your margins. Take into account what the product costs you, plus your overheads, plus the value of your time. If a product costs you a dollar, and your overheads are five dollars, and it takes you a hour to create and sell each one, you'll need to price the product at $16 if an hour of your time is worth ten dollars.

You've got a product, you've priced it well, and you're all set to sell it.Selling it is the fun part, yet this is where many business people come unstuck. Nothing sells itself. People have to know that you have the product, and you need to tell them what the product will do for them.The easiest way to sell anything is via a classified ad. The next easiest, is to sell it on eBay, or on your own Web site. How you sell your particular product depends on the product, and what resources you have.

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Selling your home can be a disruptive time for you and your family. Keeping the house clean and picked up can custom tin container be a challenge especially if you have young children. Vacating your house on nights and weekends for showing can be trying as well. If you want to minimize these inconveniences by selling your house faster, you may need to do a bit of prep work before you put your house on the market.

Try looking around your house with unbiased eyes. Do you see a bunch of clutter? What about all those 'mementos? that are on the bookshelf? Sure, they mean a lot to you, but to your prospective buyers they could just look like clutter and make the house less appealing.

Some things you should look to do before your first showing include, reducing clutter on shelves and counters, thinning out your closet so it appears bigger, removing some furniture if your rooms have too much (this will make the rooms seem bigger) and storing away anything that is not needed on a daily basis. Getting rid of this extra stuff will also help you when it comes time to move!

But what if you still want your ?clutter? after the house is sold, what do you do with it in the mean time?

One great way to get your extra stuff out of the house, and still keep it is to store rent a storage unit and store it away. Renting mini storage is easy and affordable, and you can even get climate controlled storage for your more valuable pieces. If you plan properly and pack your stuff well, you can simply zip over to the storage unit on moving day and grab the boxes for your new home.

Rental storage units come in many sizes and picking one that is just right for your needs is key to having enough room without wasting money on space you won't fill.

If you have just a couple of boxes that you want to get out of the way, you might want to consider a 5? X 5? rental storage space. This is about the size of a large closet so you could fit several boxes and even a small piece of furniture.

If you are clearing out a couple of rooms, look at a 10? X 15? storage rental unit. This will hold about 2 rooms worth of 'stuff? and some extra boxes or small furniture. Depending on how tightly you pack the unit you may be able to fit a whole apartment or very small house.

If you have a cellar stuffed full of Grandma's old household goodies that you can't bear to part with, clear the whole thing out and rent a 10? X 20? storage space. Getting rid of clutter like this will go a long way to a speedy and profitable home sale.

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That is why it is so important to surround yourself with good quality items that can add the comfort and use you need to your life.

Let us start with bedroom furniture since that is where our days begin. The style and design of China Custom Packaging Tin Boxes Factory the bedroom items should be useful to you. If you need a lot of storage, for example, you can find that there are several options. You could find dressers and shelving options or find a bed that offers drawers under the bed. You'll need to find items that you enjoy as well.

Let's not forget that the mattress that you use should be at the comfort level that you enjoy as well.Move on into the kitchen and living space. The table needs to be at the right level. If you have a family of small children, be careful with sharp corners. Need extra storage here? Add in an island counter that can add space and storage. For the living room furniture, think about comfort and support for the back.

Some podcatchers? auto-synch features only work with iPods, but you can listen to podcasts on any digital music player or on your PC with standard programs like RealPlayer, Windows Media Player or any of the myriad other programs available for download at no charge.Your company can shape the message it delivers, and a podcasting series distributed regularly to customers is a great way to build their loyalty and create a bond with both customers and new sales leads.

The trick is to offer content listeners will find useful. For some companies, the podcasting topics are more obvious than others. Music distribution services provider Nugs.net posts a monthly promotional podcast of samples from its archive while travel website Hotelbook offers podcasts full of travel tips. But companies that aren't in the consumer services market can still use promotional podcasts'they just have to be more creative in figuring out what they have to offer.

If you're ready to begin making your own podcast, Audacity is a popular, free program for recording and digitizing and editing sound. HOwever, pretty much any sound software will work. Once you have a recorded sound file, upload it to the internet on your website; if you're creating a series, set up an RSS feed pointing to the site where new episodes will appear. That's all there is to it.

Unless you're aiming for top-quality production quality, podcasting is a fairly inexpensive undertaking. If you don't want to go the trouble of doing your own production, services shops are springing up to handle podcasting chores.Some companies have a production staff and network of voice artists on tap to quickly convert scripts to ready-for-podcasting sound files. Others have a hosting and syndication service that handles podcast storage and RSS feed creation, with an unlimited bandwidth allowance.

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It's time to get into the habit of letting go of excess stuff, rather than finding a place to stuff it. Having to walk around stuff or over stuff does not make for a peaceful living environment. Let's go room by room and take care of some of the most common clutter problems.

1.)Kitchen: ask yourself what items do I use daily?

These items really deserve the primetime space in your kitchen. They should be within arms reach in the best location available. Watch out for space hogs in the kitchen such as multiple coffee mugs, plastic bags and cleaning products.

2.)Next ask yourself how many of each of these items you need to have a reasonable amount on hand.

Do you have 6 of something but only use one. This is a common problem. Setting limits will help you maintain an organized kitchen easily. Any broken, stained or chipped items need to go.

3.)Donate or discard your extra items, or in the case of glasses or dishes store them in long term storage until needed.

That is only if you have room in or for long-term storage. If you already have a long term storage problem go ahead and get rid of your excess, unless its an item that you can not replace like grandma's good china, in that case get rid of something else and store grandma's china. Remember to periodically go through cabinets and drawers to purge extras and replace worn out or damaged pieces.

4.)Clear your counters: the most visible part of your kitchen.

Start by clearing all items into boxes or onto trays. Take this opportunity to clean your counters thoroughly. Now put back only the items that you use daily. Ex. Toaster, coffeemaker, crocks of utensils. Only display decorative items on you countertop if you have plenty of space to do so. Otherwise decorations in moderation should be on the walls to save valuable real estate in the kitchen.

5.)Discourage paper piles from forming by creating a RAF file or as some people call it an action file.

A RAF file can be anything that can hold 3 files or folders. RAF stands for read, act, and file. As paper comes into your house you need to use your RAF file to place each 12pcs triangle color pencil tin container piece either in to read, to act (meaning you need to do an action) or to file. Each piece of paper you save is important for one reason or another so you need to be able to find it quickly. Then of coarse there is the trashcan, use it regularly. You can also set up binders with clear plastic pages for things like receipts, recipes, take out menus, school information and frequently called numbers.

6.)Clean off your fridge!

Scale down or eliminate old refrigerator magnets or at least move them to one side. Clear everything off the front, put important items such as take out menus in a binder or in your RAF file. Save your kids best artwork in a plastic bin with their name on it, be sure to write their age on the back with an acid free pencil or acid free pen that you can find in the scrap booking section of any store. Once the fridge is clear, only put back current items.

TIP: Keep a wipe off calendar on the front of you fridge, update it the 1st of every month from you pocket calendar that you keep in your pocketbook or briefcase. That way you won't miss any appointments or meeting or double schedule yourself.

7.)Bathroom: Clean out your medicine cabinets.

Dispose of expired medicines and toss bottles of perfume, lotion and nail polish that are almost empty. Keep on the products that you like and use. Don't keep products that you either didn't like or were not effective just because of what it cost you. In the long run they cost you more in space wasted.

8.)Clean out stuffed drawers.

Ok we have all done it at one time or another shoved one more item into an already full drawer. Now it's time to change all that. Go drawer by drawer take everything out and ask yourself ?Do I love this?? Do I need this?? Why am I keeping this?? The answers to these questions will tell you what you need to do. Then you keep it, donate it or toss it. By lightening up your drawers you will reduce stress and be able to find the things you need faster and easier.

9.)Clear bathroom counter.

It makes it so much easier to get ready in the morning and reduces stress when your bathroom counters are clear. This is also a time save because cleaning is a breeze. See tip #12 for the solution to where to put all the stuff you cleared off the counter.

10.)Use your wall space.

If you're hard pressed for storage solutions look to your walls. There are many options to create storage and reduce clutter on countertops. Ask yourself is there anywhere that I can add a shelf or shelves? Maybe a wall soap dish or toothbrush holder. Look on EBAY for hotel towel holders they hold 2 bath towels, 2 hand towels and 2 washcloths each.

11.)Create a peaceful retreat.

Most bathroom tubs and showers seem to be over flowing with bottles of shampoo, conditioner, bath toys and body washes. Again start by removing all items; clean the surfaces well with a soap scum-removing product. Then only put back the products that you use on a daily basis. Consider getting a shower caddy if you don't already have one and a stick on basket or bag for the kid's toys.

12.)Make personal bath totes.

Each member of your family should have their own container to store and transport their own personal bath items. This container can be a small plastic crate, a wicker basket or any other small container that can hold your items neatly. Placing each family members items in their own container makes it easy to store these things under the bathroom sink or in the bathroom or in the linen closet until they are needed. This also keeps their personal hygiene items together making it easy to find their comb or hair detangler and its no problem to move to another bathroom when company comes.

13.)Create a peaceful haven.

Your bedroom should be a place where you can rest. It is not the place to do work or other stressful activities. Do not allow things not related to sleep to accumulate there. This room should contain a bed, dresser, nightstands, lamp and maybe a chair or bench. Do not over crowd your bedroom with furniture it will make it feel small and will not promote peace. Your nightstand should be clear except for reading glasses (if you need them), a book or magazine (just one, not a pile), alarm clock and maybe some tissues. Start by clearing the room of all excess stuff, only put back those items that promote peace and rest. Donate or store extra items elsewhere.

14.)Remember the one in one out rule.

Once you have your house down to where it looks and feels good for every new item that you acquire you will need to donate, sell or give away one item. One for one, it's the only way to maintain the balance that you have achieved.

15.)Place 4 containers in your laundry room.

There are 4 containers every laundry room should have. Three of them can be boxes, bags, laundry baskets or whatever you have on hand. The last one is a trashcan. Label your containers, donate, mending, rags and trash. The donate box means that you continually separate out items that are past their prime but still have some wear or are too small. The mending means that you need to do a small repair. Rags means they have holes or bad stains so you can use them to clean or stain furniture, cotton or wool clothing make the best rags. The trashcan is for items found in pockets, dryer lint and other trash. This way it doesn't pile up on your dryer eventually making its way to the floor.

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Cramped or Cosy? A few decorating tips that will make a small bathroom feel larger.Decorating can not only improve the look of your bathroom but it can help to visually expand the space. A few tricks with a paintbrush is all it takes to enhance your bathroom.

Whatever your decorating style, transform your bathroom simply. All it takes is a lick of paint, clever lighting, and some expert interior knowledge.

Colour schemes are important in your bathroom; different colours will create a multitude of moods and atmospheres. Choose pale soft colour schemes for serenity, such as pale oranges, greens and blues. These will enhance light and space. If your bathroom has a lack of natural light, make it bright and airy with pale pinks or light to dark blues.

A cosy bathroom can be created by blending pale neutral colours with warm autumn tones. Steer clear of strong, loud colours. Bright colours should only be used for towels and the odd accessory.Lighting is important in the bathroom for both mood and sense of space. Wall sconces or a lamp will add warmth. To make the room lighter, consider installing a larger window or some skylights. It can be expensive but well worth it.

Certain elements of your bathroom suite could be at fault. Instead of a large vanity sink, why not try a smaller pedestal one. It can make all the difference, and it's a lot cheaper than replacing China Wholesale Custom Tin Ashtrays your whole suite.Under sink storage, such as a cabinet takes up a lot of floor space. Instead, mount a small shelf or organize an airing cupboard. Be aware that if you do remove under sink storage, you may need to repair the floor.

If you have any large furniture, it may make your room seem smaller. Remove large shelves and any ornamental accessories that make the room look smaller. The furniture may be comfy and useful, but if the room feels bigger without them, think of other alternatives.Use mirrors, they are great at reflecting your bathroom space, and can improve a dark bathroom.

Place a mirror in front of the bathroom sink. The mirror will reflect all the light in the room. For a quirkier solution, arrange a number of smaller mirrors in place of one large mirror.Similar to bathroom walls, the floor will appear bigger if it's laid in a light coloured wood or lino. It can be pricey, so if you can't afford to replace the flooring, just accessorize with a light coloured rug.

Clutter in a small bathroom will only serve to make it feel smaller. If you have a frosted glass shower door, change it to a clear glass one. If you can, take the shower door off and hang a curtain instead. This can be pushed back to one side and will create a sense of space, instead of obstructing your view to the back wall.

Make deceptive depth to walls with a piece of clever art. Hang a painting or picture of a discreet garden or a horizon. This can trick the eye in to thinking it is a window. It will help to expand your space and enhance your bathrooms atmosphere.Most importantly, a clean, neat bathroom always looks larger and more spacious than an untidy one!

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Are you lacking space, but still want that added touch that only a baker's rack can give? Why not accent your living space with a bakers rack nestled innocently in the corner of your favorite room? This could be the perfect solution for crowded kitchens with little counter space, or corners that need a little something special. No matter whether you prefer the sleek lines of the contemporary style or the romantic swirls of the country French style, you can find a corner baker's rack to fit your personality and budget.

Maybe you have a problem with too much empty space, and you want to bring in large design elements to cozy things up a bit. If so, you might enjoy a large baker's rack such as the contemporary Serra baker's rack. This piece boasts a beautiful cherry finish with an intricate wrought iron storage space, and would make a perfect China Wholesale Custom Tin Containers Factory focal point for a large space.

If none of these styles suit your needs, perhaps something a little more practical is in order. How about a copper-finished baker's rack that has been intricately and beautifully sculpted using wrought iron? These pieces are perfect for housing collectibles and solving storage issues. Many also come with wine and wineglass storage.

The best thing about baker's racks is their affordability. Baker's racks of high quality and durability can usually be purchased for just a few hundred dollars. Of course, as with anything, you can spend more if your tastes and wants compel you to, but, for the most part, the addition of a baker's rack to your space can be the most affordable solution to many design dilemmas.

As much as we would like to believe that campgrounds are 100% safe and secure don't let your guard down. You don't need to be paranoid, just use some common sense. Don't leave expensive equipment lying around unsecured. Vehicle tow bars, hitches, bicycles and other items need to be under lock and key.Keep any valuables inside the RV secured and out of sight. It's a good idea to purchase a small fire proof safe to store valuables and important paperwork in. The safe might protect your valuables from the hazards of a fire but it will still need to be stored in a secure, out of the way place, inside the RV.

Always lock the RV when you're not physically at the campsite. Do not store valuable equipment in outside storage compartments. Believe it or not, a vast majority of RV's use the same exact key as yours for outside storage compartments. If you store valuables, like golf clubs, fishing gear or tools in the outside compartments you may want to have the locks changed.

Before you leave on a trip make sure your Emergency Roadside Service Plan is current. In the unfortunate event that you breakdown on the road try to pull off in as safe a place as possible and call for help immediately. Stay with the RV until help arrives.

It's unfortunate that we live in a day and age where we need to take these added measures to protect ourselves. I don't want you to feel like everybody you meet during your travels is a thief or has bad intentions. Just use common sense and be aware of what is going on around you.

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Have been an Internet user for more than 9 years, I have 100's of logins and passwords to keep. I'm paranoid. I'm now even more paranoid after I joined YMMSS because I use online payment systems on weekly basis if not Pencil Tin Metal Container Plastic Cover daily.I used to use Microsoft Excel to manage my usernames, passwords, and other registration information, both online and offline.

Excel is not safe because there are programs to crack password protected Excel workbooks and I even cracked the spreadsheet and VBA source code password for one of my old Excel financial models I developed. Today I still use Excel to store some personal information but I only save the Excel file on my another PC that is not connected to Internet.

In my article "6 Essential Steps to Protect Your Computer On the Internet", I highly recommended the award winning RoboForm. Free version of RoboForm (roboform) does come with limitations such as 10 Passcards only. If you don't want to buy the Pro version (costs $29.99 as of my writing), there is an easy-to-use freeware (see below) you can download right now and manage unlimited usernames and passwords.

Here are some great features of Password Safe:

- Easy portable. Just copy and paste the EXE file and .dat database file to any disks. Be aware that when you open Password Safe in the other disk, you need to specify the database file location .- One master password unlocks an entire password database that can contain all your other passwords.

- Grouping. Usernames and passwords can be grouped into different categories you define, eg. Email Address, Payment, etc. You are in total control.- Strong, random password generation.- Copy username and password to clipboard so that you don't have to type them. Always keep in mind that you should never type any username and password.

- Browse to URL. With one click, the URL related to your username and password can be opened in your default web browser. Another save on typing.- You can create more than one password database (but you have to memorize more than one master password. Not recommended.)

Here are some tips of using Password Safe (version 2.04) and managing password in general.Tip1 - Always create a strong master password (Safe Combination as used in the software).Strong password should meet the following criteria:

- At least 8 characters long to prevent cracking. The longer the better.- The password should contain lowercase, uppercase, numeric, and any other characters that are available on keyboard.- Ideally you should not use any meaningful words or numbers in the password. Totally random password is the best.

- When the dialogue window opens, on the right hand side, you can see a Random Password Generate button. Click it, a random password will be automatically inserted in the Password field.

The generated random password is constructed according to the password policy defined in Password Safe. You can modify the default policy.

- Click the menu item Manage. - In the dropdown menu, click Options. - Click the Password Policy tab. - Change the policy based on the strong password criteria stated above.

Some sites only allow alphanumeric passwords so make sure you select the appropriate check boxes when this is the case.

Tip #3 - Very Important: Never type your master password when open PasswordSafe.

Keylogger spyware can record keystrokes.

How can you enter master password without typing? I do this.

Step 1: Open a Notepad file (.txt).

Step 2: Copy and paste an article from any Internet website to this .txt file.

Step 3: Select characters from this article and copy, paste to form your master password.

Tip #4 - Very Important: Never lose your master password.

I memorize my master password. In addition, I also physically write it down to a hand written study material that has my previous uni works. Among the 1,000's of words, I placed my 22 characters master password in two different pages in encrypted format that can let me derive my master password.

Tip #5 - Categorize username and password.

When you add a new entry, you need to specify Group, Title, Username, Password, and Notes. The entries that share the same Group name will be gathered together automatically.

One Group can contain another Group as its sub Group. For example, I have Email Address group which contains three sub-groups as Friend, Work, Family.

Tip #6 - For security reasons, always use Copy Username to Clipboard and Copy Password to Clipboard.

Remember, never type username and password on a web form. This is how to do it.

- Highlight an entry.

- Right click mouse.

- In the pop-up menu, select Copy Username to Clipboard or Copy Password to Clipboard

- Go to your login form, paste the username or password.

You can use mouse to do copy and paste. If you prefer short-cut keys, this is how.

Copy: Ctrl+C Paste: Ctrl+V

Tip #7 - Use "Browse to URL" rather than typing URL in browser address bar.

When you enter a new entry or edit an existing one, you can enter a URL (must start with ) at the first line in the Notes field. You can save website login page's URL in this field. When you need to open a login page in browser, right click the entry and click Browse to URL in the pop-up menu. Then the login page will be opened in your default web browser automatically.

Tip #8 - Don't forget to backup your password database file.

Use the Make Backup menu item to save a second copy of your password file.

Tip #9 - Store your backups in a different offline computer or location.

This is a widely used backup strategy.

Tip #10 - Use the Notes field to store as many information as # you want. Very handy for memo.

If you don't have two computers, you need to use other storage media to save a second copy of your backup file and version them by date (easy to track back). Other storage media can be zip drive, thumb drive, floppy disk, CD, etc.

Off site backups are also important. Don't overlook this. You lose all your data if you lose both your computer and your other storage media all together for any reason.

Many companies provide online storage services for a fee. You can store any digital files (you should password protect these files first) on their secure servers. Search Google and you will find a lot.

I have two computers. One is used to surf net and it does not have any sensitive info stored on it. Another one is for my development work (not connected to Internet) and it has my backup files. I also store my backups in a thumb drive and CDs sometimes.

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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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