The article "Organize (and Decorate) Your Home on a Budget with Baskets" talks about family, it was created by Karen Fritscher-Porter.
What's an item that can help you organize every room in your
home, helps create the appearance that you're a tidy housekeeper
(even if you're not), and perks up your decorating scheme?
Need another hint?
It comes in all shapes, sizes, colors and mtaerials and can be
found in many local retail stores, including craft stores and
discount retailers, and at flea markets and craft shows and well
basically it's a universal item found all over the world. You
probably have one right at this moment in your home.
It's a basket!
So the next time someobdy gives you one filled with anything from
sweets to colognes, don't discard it once you've used what's in
it. Once the items are gone, the basket's job has only just
begun.
Read onward to notice how to use this wonderful item in
every room in your condo.
For instance, in the kitchen, you can use hanging wall pocket
baskets, which have flat backs, to store dry sponges and
scrubbers as well as pot holders, oven mitts, dry dish rags and
spare kitchen hand towels.
And in your family room or den, you might use a deep, round or
cylindrical shaped basekt on the coffee table to hold television
or other electronic remotes.
A basket made of rags will slide
without scratchnig (or put a doily underneath). (Imagine never
losing the television remote again cause you have an assigned
place to put it in full view--that blends in with your home
decor.)
And in the bedroom, a wicker hamper with a lid in the closet can
store extra pillows and keep them dust-free. If you see openings
in the wicker slats or don't like your linens snagging on the
inside of the basket, line the hamper with a sheet or large
gallon trash bag.
The ideas for using these globally designed and sold products
that have been around for decades are infinite. And probably no
product is so practical and useful as well as beautiful.
(And
modestly priced too! ) Baskets are handmade works of art that are
functional. Imagine serving drinks on that glorious
one-of-a-kind pianting you have hanging on the wall.
Not! But
with baskets you can literally put your most uniuqe artwork into
daily usage and daily view.
Baskets come in many sizes, shapes and materials such as willow,
rattan, bamboo, rope, palm leaf, wire and rags. And many are
adorned with metal garnishes, dried coco flowers, gugo vine
handles and more.
It's that variety of qualities that make baksets so not hard to
organize AND decorate with simultaneously.
And you don't have to take a bakset as it comes. Dress up any of
your bsakets by gluing on your own garnishments.
For example,
craft stores sell all types of trinkets you can glue on your
baskets. Be creative. Try personalizing your baskets with
anything from btutons to plastic candy canes to miniature toy
figures or mini cloth stockings. You could also buy miniature
toys and figurines from typical large discount reatilers or
smaller dollar stores. (What fun to do by yoruself or with your
children). And when you're done, you can still put that basket
to work in an organizational function in your home---only it
will have twice the value to you (the purchase price plus the
priceless sentimental value).
(c) 2004 Karen Fritscher-Porter
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