naked notes

I wanted to share something with you. Some may think this has nothing to do with organizing but what I do as an organizer is geared towards lifestyle rather than strictly coming up with storage solutions.

Lately I’ve been running into people who suffer from chronic chapped lips. My first question to them is if they [...]

This deep narrow hall closet was a huge annoyance to this client. With hooks on the door and both sides it made accessing the back and upper shelves awkward. Things were getting ‘lost’ on the upper deep shelf. With no storage for small things like gloves and scarves they ended up all over the apartment [...]

The 2′ x 4′ leftover wood from the platform bed is now a wonderfully oversized bulletin board! Here’s how I did it:

1 - Screwed two D-ring picture hangers on back, an inch from the edge, about 3/4 up from bottom and noted measurement down from the top.
2 - Held it up to the wall to see [...]

Here’s how I reused the bookcase I made when living in my one-bedrm, to make a platform bed; using two shelves and four posts as the legs and a 4′ x 8′ piece of wood for the support platform.

I had two options with the legs; use the posts as they are which would make the [...]

Products I specify for clients are well thought out and researched. Since I think before I do (or WHEN I think anyway… no one’s perfect) I have few second thoughts therefore very few returns. The key is there are five questions I ask before buying anything:

Does it fit the function? (know what you’re storing before [...]

mri asks “What is a good way to decide which design elements are going to work for you? With all the design blogs and other media available on design it sometimes feels like there’s too much information. I know a few people who tried to ‘buy into’ all the things that were touted online (i.e., [...]

mri asks: “When do I say no? I can’t afford to put in a new ceiling, buy all new furniture, and install a new bathroom–but I’m getting well-meant advice from friends and family all telling me to. Whenever I say no, I get inundated with dire predictions of doom and regrets. The easiest thing to [...]

labeck asks “I no longer live in a big city (was living in Chicago and San Francisco), so am blessed with extra space in my 1BR that has vaulted ceilings and a long walk-in closet. Because I had so much space, I was lazy at creating homes for belongings and just tossed things on various [...]

Having moved twice in the past year and a half, I’ve been going through everything I own again and again, editing and re-editing. Some may call me a minimalist, and while I don’t consider myself one, at this point in my life I’m pushing to get as close to that as possible…
I follow these key [...]

I often tell people when organizing a space, it’s not necessary to reinvent the wheel for every area or thing you’re organizing. I apply the same general guidelines to everything I do with a few minor changes.
For instance, in the bathroom keep your regularly used products in the medicine cabinet for easy access and extras [...]