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]]> http://www.juliedanieldesign.com/before-after-2/feed 0 http://www.juliedanieldesign.com/i-cant-wait-to-get-my-russell-hazel-binders http://www.juliedanieldesign.com/i-cant-wait-to-get-my-russell-hazel-binders#comments Thu, 16 Apr 2009 02:41:49 +0000 Julie Daniel http://www.juliedanieldesign.com/?p=1378 They are so cute.  My current white plastic ones now seem barbaric.  Yuck.

Russell + Hazel Binders:

I have a small mountain of magazines flagged with decorating ideas in them- once these binders come I am going to rip out the pages I like from the magazines and put them in binders (living rooms, kitchens, bathroom, bedrooms, organization, gardening, etc….).  Yes, I am OCD.

With that in mind I was at the Container Store yesterday to do some research for things I want to add onto my list so that I can buy them next time I am there.  Here are a few things that caught my eye:
Pet Travel-Tainer {I really need to get this, it will make my life much easier when going places with my dogs}

Mrs. Meyers Dish Soap {I LOVE the Mrs. Meyers brand!}

3- Section Mesh Cutlery Tray
Office Boxes {LOVE these- I already have a few and want more!}

Makati Newspaper Basket
Canvas Stacking Baskets

Gift Wrap Cutter {Don’t really need but would be fun to have}
Pushpins

Business Card File
Recipe Easel

Makati Wastebasket

Roll Out Drawers

So now they are all on my list of things I can buy for my house! {now all I need is money}.

My House Plans, March 2009:

Master Bath
New Medicine Cabinet
Open Shelving
Sink Hardware: 2 pulls
New bar light
Paint: Hepplewhite Ivory HC- 36 Benjamin Moore
Towel, TP and Door Knob/ Holder
Switch Plate (Outlet & 2 switches)

Master Bedroom
New Bed- Williams Sonoma Home Westport Bed
Ditch ceiling fan/ get over head light
Floor Mirror
Expedit shelves
Baskets (Knipsa)
Magazine Holders
Container Store boxes
3 Certificate Frames
PB Teen office chair
Drafting Table

Closet

IKEA shoe holder
2 small green boxes
2 big green boxes
Wooden IKEA hangers

Powder Room
Paint Polo Blue 2062-10 Benjamin Moore
Magazine Holder PB Teen
Mirror
Bar light
2 silver Pulls
TP holder

Living Room
Shades- country curtains 34 1.5 “ and 71 “
Plants
DVD baskets IKEA
Side table
Tv stand
Reupholster couches
TV
Foyer Table

Kitchen
Hardware: (13) 3-inch pulls, (6) 1-inch vertical knobs
2 closet knobs
plantation shutters
valance
island

Dining Room
Overhead light
Round table
Expedit in white

Porch/ Outside
Decking
Pine straw
Flagstone
Mynta vase
Window boxes
Gate
New house humbers

Whole House
New Switch plates
New door knobs

Of course this isn’t all going to happen at once.  Slowly but surely over the next few months (and years!) it will all come together.

Don’t decorate for the sake of decorating- bring things into your home that you love!  Carefully examine every purchase that you make- do you NEED this for your home?  Is it on my list of things I need for the house?  By asking yourself this you will save yourself money and you won’t end up with lots of things that you don’t need and don’t mean anything to you.

Ever since I decided it would be perfect for my office I have seen it popping up everywhere… this morning it was in The Washington Post Home section in the home of actress Ali Wentworth:

My favorite blogger Nicole at Making It Lovely has Expedit in her studio…

I am loving how they both have pink walls.  It really is just a lovely, cheery color.

Here are some pics I found of it online in other people’s homes:

Once I get it I will for sure post some pics!

I’m sure most of you toss a fair amount of the mail you get everyday- instead of tossing it how about getting yourself off the mailing lists?  Here are some great sources to stop the mail at the source.

Try Opt Out Pre Screen to notify the major credit bureaus that you don’t want credit card offers.

Contact the Direct Marketing Association to have the names of everyone in your house taken off the list that they supply to advertisers.

To stop Valpak coupons, go here (I actually like getting the coupons they send so I have never contacted them).

You can pay 41pounds.org or Tonic Mailstopper to contact advertisers for you.

And lastly www.catalogchoice.org is a site where you can go and control which specific catalogs you do and don’t want.

I am getting mail constantly for random people who at one time lived in my house.  As soon as I get them I cross out their name and write either “RTS (Return to Sender)” or “Refused” or “Doesn’t live here.”  You can also write “Refused” on any mail that you don’t want to be receiving.

My goal is to make like simpler- cutting down the amount of paper that comes into my house is one step in living a simple life.  And oh yeah, it will save a tree or two :).

PS- this article was also published at Tots2Tweens.

wire hangers = FAIL

Shame on you!  They are cheap, unattractive and bad for your clothes.  Toss them!

Plastic Hangers = B…. much better!

Wood Hangers = A+… 10 stars for you!

The goal is to have all your clothes on the same color and type of hanger.  Right now I only use white tubular plastic hangers from Target since they are cheap, eventually I will upgrade to all wooden.  Wooden hangers are ideal- they make your closet look oh so sophisticated and uniform.

Moral of the story- toss the icky wire hangers you get from the cleaners!  Pick a style and stick with it.