Well, you see what happened was. I was at walmart and walked down an aisle that I should really stop walking down. It has these awesome little bins for $1.27/$1.47 a piece for three of them. You may remember how I used the last set I got, or if you didn’t, you can check it out here.

I can’t seem to stop myself from buying them anytime I go down this aisle. It’s a problem, really it is. =D So what did I do? I bought more. Three different sets this time.

I don’t know why I don’t just fill up my cart with these everytime I go, because I always find use for them, probably because my Hubby would strangle me (not literally) if I bought a whole cart full.

Anyways, getting sidetracked. Wanna see what I did with them? Psh, who am I kidding? Of course you do, that’s why you are still reading this. =D

There was some stuff in our junk cabinet that didn’t have a place so I used one of the longer bins for that.

Then, there is this little corner on my kitchen counter that seems to accumulate all of my husbands things, weather it’s tools, batteries, etc. It’s always messy, I’m always annoyed with it. So, it was time to solve that problem.
Before

After

Seriously, talked about controlled clutter! I’m telling you these bins work wonders. There is also a spot on our ledge that I put the mail and apparently other random items, well that got taken care of too.
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After

Ah, much better. Then I moved on to the top of our t.v. Which always gets cluttered!
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After

That little basket now holds things like usb’s and card readers and whatever else that I can’t explain that my husband could.

Last but not least. I organized some crafts. I couldn’t show you before pictures, because I’m not revealing my new work area yet, but I can show you the organized stuff. =D

I think I need to make another trip to walmart. =D

Cassie

I feel like I haven’t done a post about Decorating & Organizing in forever! This doesn’t include painting. =D Yesterday, I was in the mood to decorate and organize.

We will start with the decor, because it’s soooo pretty! I have silk china given to me by my great aunt as a house warming gift. (it’s very old, looks brand new and is beautiful). I love having it on display (it’s on the top of the cabinets) and using it to decorate with.

You may remember from this post (ha like it was so long ago) where I talked about trying to make some of the things I liked from the Ikea catalog I got. One thing in particular caught my eye and has been on my mind ever sense.

Candles in glasses. Talk about beauty. Well, I don’t have small tiny glasses or tiny candles (yet). I do have beautiful china glasses and medium size candles. So this is what I did. I took two of the china glasses from the kitchen.

I then found some potpourri from the garage sale items my MIL gave me.

I put it in both glasses.

Then I took the two smaller candles from the three candle set that were to be on my bookshelf. And put them on top of the potpourri and pushed it down a little so they were snug.

Then I took the big vase from my bookshelf and added the rest of the potpurri and the larger candle from the three candle set to it.

Now how about a little before & after?

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After

Sigh. Isn’t it just beautiful? And it cost me nothing!
China glasses – I got from my great aunt
Potpourri – MIL
Huge vase – MIL
Candles – Christmas present a couple of years ago from my SIL.

Now on to the organization. I know this post is kind of long, just hang with me. =D I was still not happy with the way the boys room was. It was still too cluttered and unorganized. So, I took care of that today sense we got our third room back.

I moved most of their toys out of their room, re arranged other toys that stayed and made it much more organized in their. Their room is just too small for all the stuff they have.

You can see what their room did look like, here & here.

Now what did I do with all their toys? Well, you’ll just have to wait and see. =D


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&& my husband should be very worried. =D

What did I fall in love with you ask? Well, I got something in the mail yesterday and I just now had the chance to look through it.

An Ikea magazine thingy!

Now, don’t get me wrong. This is not my first time seeing stuff from Ikea, I have seen it all over the blog world and have loved just about every piece I have seen. BUT, I have never looked through a magazine and seen a ton of their stuff.

Not even halfway through it, I fell in love. =D (no Ikea did not tell me to write this or anything like that, I’m doing this on my own)

I thought I would share some favorites with you.

Some stuff for the bathroom.

I am in love with both of those things. I am also in love with this.

It’s perfect.

I happen to love candles & candle holders, so my heart went pitter patter when I saw these.

I thought a couple of these chairs would be perfect for our front porch.

I love this thing. I’m not sure where I would put it, but i like it.

I love wine glasses as well, and I want these!

Of course, I couldn’t forget about my little one’s while flipping through this magazine/catalog thing.

I’m pretty sure I fell even more in love when I saw this.

&& I want both of these mirrors somewhere in my house.

I love these organization things.

And my heart melted when I saw this pillow.

Ahhh. It’s all so wonderful. But sense I’m a DIY’er I’m going to see how many of these things I can make myself, before I go on a shopping spree. =D As I make them, I will be posting about them. Also, it looks like I need a sewing machine and fabric, lots and lots of fabric.

Cassie

Day 2 of 31 one days to clean.

To bring life to my home, I can fill my home with laughter. I can turn the radio up and we all dance around. I can hang pictures of the life we have. To bring life to my children, I can show them all the fun adventures of being a kid. I can let them explore and get dirty playing in the mud. To bring life to my Husband I can be there for him. I can forget about being serious and pretend were teenagers again. I can laugh and love with him as if there isn’t a care in the world.  

How do you bring life to your home and the ones you love?

Time to clean the inside of the fridge! =D

I took every thing out of the fridge, wiped down the shelves and drawers and then put everything back in.

No we are not alcoholic’s. That beer has been accumulating, Hubby drinks it every once in awhile, but apparently that’s how brothers pay eachother back for helping with stuff, is with a case of a beer.

Day 3: of 31 days to clean

My children are too little to get a real answer from them. Some I’m going to just assume from what I see when I clean certain areas. What makes them feel most loved when caring for our home is when their room is clean. They get so excited and actually want to play in their. I’m going to assume that when they have clean cups to drink out of, that makes them feel loved because mommy took the time to do it. That they have fresh clothes to wear and clean sheets to sleep on. That there room is decorated in a way that they absolutely love!

Hubby is at work right now, so I can’t ask him. But I will update this tonight when he gets home, with his answer.

What makes your family feel loved when it comes to the care of your home?

No pictures for Day 3. I happened to what is on Day 3 on Monday. So it was already done. =D

Cassie