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Best Bath Storage Ever!

It's about time someone figured out how to have storage for a family tub without having to see a multicolored plastic bottle mountain that attacks you every time you go into the bathroom. Simple, elegant, and useful. I am going to incorporate this idea when we re-do our upstairs bathroom. I am lucky enough to have a very handy husband to build this tub surround, but if you are not that good with tools, any reasonable handyman should be able to create this for you. Make sure the racks you use are either plastic or treaded so they will not rust when encountering steam.

Tweezer Mind Blow

Could someone please explain to me why I did not do this eighteen thousand years ago?! I even have magnets in my craft bins....sigh

DIY Shrinky Dinks for Jewelry!

http://rustsunshine.blogspot.com/2012/04/shrinky-bracelet.html

The above link to the Rust & Sunshine website shows how #6 can be used instead of the shrinky dink plastic to make just about whatever you want! Just another reason why recycling rocks! There are step by step instructions in the article to walk you through the process, looks like they would make great stocking stuffers! Saving money and the planet at the same time....I love it when a plan comes together...

More than just Blankets

Ladders: they are for more than just blankets! 

I have up-cycled several ladders in my home to hold blankets. They look lovely and have great function as well as form. There is more than one way to skin the up-cycled cat however. Check out this awesome use of an old weather ladder. I can see thing in a den or even a kids room, hung close to the floor to allow them access. Make sure you use hardware appropriate to where you are hanging (drywall anchors if there are not studs, etc) to properly support the weight. Useful and unique, 2 of my favorite things!

Crazy Simple

Ok, Gypsy Fans, Today's Mind-Blow just makes me feel stupid....                         

Between my phone, my family's phones, their mp3 players, their gameboys, etc, I feel like I am always charging something, and the cords are everywhere and falling on the floor and getting in the way and catching on my desk chair...you get the idea. When I saw this photo I had a genuine "Why the heck did I not think of that?!" moment. Binder clips-I have a whole jar full of them! Simply clip the large ones to the edge of the table, counter, dresser, whatever and thread the charger cord through the arm. The cord hangs down nicely and out of the way when not in use.....my mind was officially blown :)

Skulking Pallets

I see you out there, skulking through the dark, cruising back lots at nights, scoping your prey, leaping from your truck and pouncing before a rival comes along......

I am of course referring to my fellow pallet lovers! I too have a strange compulsion to bring home stacks of weathered pallets and pile them willy nilly in my backyard. I have been known to make my husband stop and turn around to check out pallets by the side of the road, make special trips through the back road of local factories and yes, even hide a particularly lovely specimen from view until I can return with a larger vehicle.

What would make normal folks behave this way, you ask? Because a stack of free pallets can be turned into an almost infinite number of things! I have floor to ceiling bookshelves in my den constructed of pallet wood, I created and sell lovely birdhouses made out of free pallets and now my current obsession is using pallets to create storage. How great is this trunk made from pallets? I love it's aged look and rustic charm, You can paint it, stain it, whatever catches your fancy. And when I think of all the different things I can store inside boxes like these I go weak in the knees, so skulk on pallet lovers.....skulk on!