A Guide to Making Your Own Nontoxic Cleaners
Our homes should feel like a retreat, not a source of stress. But too often, we’re buried in clutter and cleaning routines that don’t work. In this post, we’re returning to the timeless basics of homekeeping: habits that are simple to start, easy to maintain, and powerful enough to transform the way your home feels.
Simple Routines for a Clean and Organized Home
An organized home starts with the little things - like cans of leftover paint! Learn how to sort through your stash of half-empty, paint encrusted cans, decanting what is good into fresh new cans, and disposing of the unwanted paint to save time, space and frustration for future DIY projects.
How to Organize Leftover Paint (and Finally Get Rid of Those Mystery Cans)
Bring order and style to your collection of leftover paint cans with these black and white labels. Keep track of the color, where it was used, and more.
Free Printable Paint Can Labels for Easy Organization
Want to make weekly house cleaning quick, easy, and painless? Keep a cleaning supply caddy well stocked with cleaners, rags, and tools that can be transported throughout the home so that everything is with you when needed.
Cleaning Caddy Essentials for Quick and Efficient Homekeeping
Learn how to put together an organized picture hanging kit with all the hooks and tools you’ll need to hang photos, artwork, mirrors, and other decor with ease!
Assemble a Picture Hanging Kit For Stress-Free Decorating
Clutter happens to just about everyone. You must understand why it has formed to get control over the accumulation and keep it from happening in the future. This post profiles 16 mindsets that may be keeping more in your home than you need or want.
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Clean, streak-free windows are essential for a bright and happy home. Find out what tools you need, how to make an economical nontoxic cleaner, and the step-by-step process to ensure your windows sparkle.
How to Clean Windows Without Streaks
See how a simple makeover of a small entryway closet adds extra storage and style, and find out what you can do to update your own coat closet.
How to Easily Add Organization and Style to Your Coat Closet
A few easy tips to make sure that your treasured family photos are cared for and ready to share with future generations.
Simple Tips for Organizing Old Family Photos
The mundane task of cleaning your house may not be something you look forward to. But these eight simple tips will go a long way in helping to maintain a spotless home. I dare say you may even begin enjoying the chore!
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Labeling pantry items makes it easier for everyone to find what they need, put groceries away, and brings style and organization to a much used zone in the home. Read on for suggestions to use in your own kitchen.
Free Printable Pantry Labels to Organize Your Kitchen in Style
Learn how to properly do one of the most basic homekeeping tasks - folding every type of bath towel for a neat and tidy linen closet.
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The way you begin your morning has an incredible impact on how you feel and what you can accomplish during the day. These seven tips will set you up for a calm and efficient start.
Creating a Successful Morning Routine
Skip the chemicals in traditional cleaners and learn how to make your own natural and budget-friendly window cleaner with just a few pantry ingredients.
Make Your Own Non-Toxic Window Cleaner with Just Two Ingredients
Have you ever wandered through your favorite clothing store and wondered how they get those neat little stacks of perfectly folded shirts? Although none of us live in a house with our own boutique shop for displaying what we wear, there is no reason why the storage of our clothes can't look just as tidy.
Whether your shirts are stored on a shelf in your closet or tucked away in a drawer, the folding technique is the same. It doesn't take much time to do it correctly, and it is a pretty fool-proof process. Knowing the proper way to fold your clothing will not only make your closet look neater, but will also help to keep your clothes wrinkle free and ready to wear.
Today we'll focus on the task of folding your shirts. But, keep an eye out for future posts where we look at folding pants, pajamas, and more.
Working on a flat surface, lay your shirt face down with its arms out to the sides. Smooth any wrinkles or creases in the fabric.
difficult to fold. Folding them face up allows you
to lay the shirts out neatly without any wrinkles before
folding them in the same manner.
The secret behind how stores get shirts quickly folded in the exact same size is that they use plastic folding boards as they make their folds. You can buy different versions of these online or you could simply use a cutting board, cardboard, or even a magazine that is lying around. You just need something sturdy that is an appropriate width to guide your folds.
Whatever you choose to use, lay it in the center of the shirt that you are folding.
Fold one sleeve straight across the back of the shirt. If you are doing this without a folding board, this fold should be about halfway between the neck and where the sleeve is adjoined to the body of the shirt.
Fold that same sleeve back over itself and down at an angle.
Repeat the process on the other side of the shirt.
Then, carefully remove the folding board from inside.
Fold the bottom half of the shirt up to meet the top. If you are storing your shirts in a drawer, fold the shirt in half again and store them vertically like files rather than stacked on top of one another. I've been doing this for close to 20 years and it makes finding your clothing in a drawer so much easier.
The process for folding any type of shirt is about the same, whether it is a t-shirt, button down, sweater, or even tank top. It is a task that anyone should know how to do so that their clothes can be properly cared for. This simple process allows you to add a special "boutique" touch to your clothing storage without costing yourself a cent.
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How to Fold Shirts Like Your Favorite Clothing Store
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