5 Programs for Improving Local Waste Recycling

October 26th, 2016 Categories: Random Thoughts

The right recycling program can raise your city’s profile as a green place to live, and indirectly influence home values and community wealth by saving tax dollars, reducing the need for landfills, avoiding pollution, and creating jobs. Read the rest of this entry »

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Tips for Creating Storage With Window Seats

July 11th, 2016 Categories: Random Thoughts

A space-savvy window seat is an attractive, low-cost way to boost your home’s storage potential.

Comfort and storage capacity go hand-in-hand when you add a window seat. The benefits of window seats are many: They de-clutter, provide comfy built-in seating, and add architectural appeal to any room. Read the rest of this entry »

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Creating Storage Between the Studs in Your Walls

July 4th, 2016 Categories: Random Thoughts

Your home is hiding hundreds of square feet of potential storage space. Utilizing this organizational bonanza is as simple as removing a modest-size rectangle of drywall to reveal the hollow space between wall studs, and adding a shelving niche.

Although the available space is shallow, a between-the-studs shelving niche 14 inches tall offers almost one-third cubic foot of storage—enough for decorative display items or more than 50 CDs. A between-the-studs shelving and storage niche also preserves valuable floor space, since it eliminates the need for freestanding storage.   Read the rest of this entry »

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Clever Tips for Using Pegboard for Storage

June 29th, 2016 Categories: Random Thoughts

Looking for storage space? Look no further than your walls—and even your doors. Any open, flat surface is ready and waiting to provide an abundance of storage. The secret is humble pegboard—easy-to-install perforated panels that can be outfitted with a variety of clever hooks and brackets for grabbing, supporting, and hanging just about anything, from amulets to zithers. Read the rest of this entry »

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