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Category Archives: organizing with baskets
Beautifully Organized Space of the Week
Beautiful boxes, a basket, and vintage suitcase provide ample storage and keep the color story consistent. A white stand near the door keeps umbrellas contained and readily accessible. The dark wall colors (love those stripes!) help the TV and DVD player”disappear” and keep them from being eyesores.
via lonny mag
Beautifully Organized Space of the Week
This week’s beautifully organized space of the week is the home office of interior designer Melissa Warner.
Metal locker baskets with labeled tags contain and organize her many fabric swatches. The bookcase makes use of vertical space.
On the other end of the room, closet doors covered in a bold over-scaled poppy print wallpaper make the room feel lively and hide more storage. A skirted glass-topped table provides a surface on which to lay out swatches and plans for her designs, while a Lucite chair helps keep the space looking uncluttered by taking up little visual space.
images via House Beautiful
Portable Storage Baskets
A tote basket is a beautiful solution for containing and conveniently transporting files and/or project supplies from room-to-room.
image via domino
I’m loving these hand-woven fair trade imports from Tango Zulu:
From left to right: Water Hyacinthin Honey Large, Rectangular Bolga Basket in Natural Large, Oval Bolga Basket
From left to right: Water Hyacinthin Honey Large, Rectangular Bolga Basket in Natural Large, Oval Bolga Basket
P.S. You can also use ‘em as market totes, magazine holders, picnic baskets…there’s a multitude of uses!
Entryway Configurations: Part II
I’m back with inspiration, tips and organizational solutions for entryways -this time for those without an entry closet! I meant to post this earlier, but unfortunately had some technical difficulties! Anyway, all is good now so let’s get started shall we?To keep the small stuff organized and out of view, opt for console tables with drawers. Decorative items on the tabletop can actually serve to help deter clutter since they limit flat surface available for setting things down.
Use drawer organizers to create a specific place for everything {keys, mail, cell phones, the dog leash, etc.} and keep things neat.
via domino
For larger storage, try a chest that fits under a console table
via markham roberts
or storage ottomans which can also serve as seating for taking off shoes.
L: via decorpad ; R: Yvonne O’Brien
Put decorative bowls, tins, trays, bins, etc. into service and designate a specific container for everything you regularly need to store in the entryway
L: via canadian house and home; R: via domino
whether that be umbrellas, newspapers, or the dry cleaning that needs to be dropped off.
Baskets can hold a variety of things and fit nicely under a console table or a bench.
L: via simple effects ; R: via simply natural
You can designate a separate basket for each household member so everyone knows where to find his or her things.
via the nest
Pieces that make use of vertical space like those shown below allow you to add baskets up top as well
L: via pottery barn ; R: via style at home
and utilize hooks for hanging coats, scarves, handbags, etc.
L: via apt therapy ; R: via real simple
If you don’t want to spend much on a piece of furniture, opt for individual hooks and a simple shelf -they hold baskets just as well. If you’re limited on space, try utilizing an available corner.
L: via house to home ; R: via better homes and gardens
If you don’t like the look of baskets, boxes are a nice alternative.
L: via canadian house and home; R: Samantha Pynn
If you prefer to have boxes and baskets out of sight, go with a closed console {or similar piece of furniture} and give every area of it a purpose. Fit it with drawer organizers and dividers giving each household member a space or grouping items by type.
L: michael berman ; R: via lonny mag
L: via domino ; R: via domino
L: via domino ; R: via the nest
L: via elle decor ; R: via house beautiful
L: via domino ; R: via real simple
If you don’t have room for a piece of furniture {even a small one} make the most of your wall space by using hooks
L: rachel whiting ; R: source unknown
and/or wall organizers that hold the mail, sunglasses, and other small items.
L: via domino; R: uten.silo
Oftentimes its the small items that get lost most frequently and can be the cause of the biggest frustrations.
via apt therapy
The more things you designate a home for, the less clutter you’re likely to have 
