All that kid stuff!

<div align="center">Keep linking to the party below!</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br />I was SO naive back in the day...before and when I was pregnant, I was one of <em>those</em> who swore that the baby and kid stuff would <em>not</em> take over our house.<br /><br />Stop laughing. I was serious. </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br />I succeeded for quite a while. Diapers, wipes and blankets were out of sight in my cool chest I showed you. I had a cute little wicker box for all of the baby toys in the office. Then...one day I looked around and <a href="http://thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/2008/10/things-that-make-you-go-hmmmm.html">this </a>had happened:</div><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291342998170564482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAmAzZrFzJJLoK0JxwH_FLAdiqL_Ues8ZwmqdBZyWspPyDeI2h-r9XsY_GD0UENpTViRPUPvY0GUugD8zLHNkPoYgGClFdemyap4eDbbz2gDc2WxQj9fL7hmSiQT8lgN4GVpm-FM6AoKos/s400/toys" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /> <p align="center">What the ??? I've since given up, really. I mean, I try, but really. It's just not gonna happen for another 16 years and I've come to terms with that.<br /><br />But I <em>have</em> found some cute, cheap and efficient ways to at least control the baby and kid stuff. First, in his bathroom, I showed you the cute bins for toiletries. I keep this basket in the shower room for bathing stuff:<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291342438004733522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjza68mfh83MMnKowfRVEg6f-chSrB3misVnBXIqZBwYrfKHu_qHSP9W0Uah4ZzmF5h69z006R0L6zQwLQ-YCoKl8WBHUF3pO6aQgalt6mWs7pDjO6bFvfvBMI7yHVKu0waG_g1Td52XUBe/s400/DSC07522.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /> This baby was $2 at a garage sale. <em>Awwww yeahhhh!</em> I covered the front panel with fabric from a clearanced PBK pillow case:<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291342441150476242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTBsKtvwiXhw7mhmsxvUGz-WJDY66xbMgaZp2lQ25bKuj0n-X129C3mF-fRz6yTub8h0hAYxWEGIdmcfqArDB_KzqvVdJhPmKaymuXH_zHAvIF4Uw-PFfPbiTFS21_9hyphenhyphenby0RCz5YlYOLn/s400/DSC07525.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /> I've shown you the toy box in his room, which houses toys that I try to cycle out of the main ones (he doesn't play with these much). I added the letters to the front and the cushion to the top:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2EHUUzAz-EQOY-2an8t6Gz2W0rV5EKMh831LlH1p04NdHXvJGvKzJBETeocenH4eTF5yaRkub8Dm8MIxvQ8e2qj2P1kCsXJnhSrhIko9Y6izH3nwdoAD2AalM_tDC5BFa-B5uIpms3xW5/s1600-h/DSC07550.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291342754448156130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2EHUUzAz-EQOY-2an8t6Gz2W0rV5EKMh831LlH1p04NdHXvJGvKzJBETeocenH4eTF5yaRkub8Dm8MIxvQ8e2qj2P1kCsXJnhSrhIko9Y6izH3nwdoAD2AalM_tDC5BFa-B5uIpms3xW5/s400/DSC07550.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> Pottery Barn Kids had adorable storage boxes with stars all over them that would have been perfect in his room, but OMG they were like $20 each or something like that. <em>CRAZY.</em> So I got cardboard boxes half off at Joann's and painted them the colors of his room. Then used scrapbooking tags and star brads to label them:<br /><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291342430729810178" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixkJopAB12EeWOh0Al4mUeDYkmhF0-0QRmHMLFIUA4BVd4kGSsT1O3BD7HRM7_fTPU4FB-MLLSMlq48lMl_e-WYFku9bILhYFoNhnLZqeX1vwuoHFnHvy0vVs99W2Mo2PVuzXg920nOCqt/s400/DSC07518.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /> I found the cutest font on the computer and printed them out in blue:</p><div align="center"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291342432886698226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKbAWWq4YQxY3BimK3n_Qc-PnNKqptym_7IT6NrhC-D1C1LjRBl-yAAog8ClXkwNBeWLuq8VvxKOSQTSA1838SD93aBbP5N1ZjQ1jSIWlyCrylaQGxS0D6B7frYIQd-XOngZLNZMkZ255/s400/DSC07520.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" />I made four of them and labeled them accordingly. They are still in perfect condition today and all four cost less than $20. </div><br /><div align="center">Two girlfriends bought me a bunch of these boxes. One friend had seen the room and knew how perfect they were. One hadn't and just happened to find them and loved them. I use these for sweet little mementos like his hospital bracelet, etc:</div><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291342028256174306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqbI_AZKfcaqu3F1XHqMNCVHTwf73FhIrCw5vCohd_mqVm0P3ReGqmWGMAADgcoZIKuHXkmdaUl6bs_fm58aux6yF9ajjYnM6jdGcGo2cGO4t7tXrHTuMHnjfFaiOlGZsXlc8VuPlIUwHA/s400/DSC07516.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><br /><div align="center">I walked by these <em>every time</em> I was at Target for weeks, months...but couldn't bring myself to spend on them even though they were perfect. I registered for them and got them, then they went on clearance and I got more! Awwww yeah...</div><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291342023291279026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhooQiM15MLxngd-wD0mbamwJJr1p_hl5Dbyc0-MXLwTyn31OTzJohoh6xL_LNY0ES5aeI3uicQzCq2mvNMc6MRXV0IMfXG2Hgz5qBil_aP2enKudeE0iR4d8RCtwQLvxCNfb7cos2ZUgYi/s400/DSC07514.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /> <p align="center">One dollar bucket from Target for crayons:</p><p><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291342019996107250" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib7kUrRKa22mGCJKlgRt_KvpfePbRaBZG_EjoYsX6BP6gn2M6dtOEHgXsBcdH06sNKqBptVMCoBhESWsI9CqMhcZULKuN90MNhfoEHPiOtelxuhBhN-CXnc-nHdH9ogtsAL5_HgZEwrI7M/s400/DSC07513.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></p><p align="center">Another gift that ended up being perfect. (Is everything in this room "perfect?" Yes, it is.)</p><p align="center"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291342008421782498" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimxzFid-pcwMvht3ET7RaTlB2D6pam7H_OpD9_1IWHhs7oi4ybA8m7kNvEa10nD_uREfh624HbRS_g9mSp4MdJUsrmhDSCfFPG6Gs5Dr1gcOzMgc2S7vx9PAR3a7EJcxw2UfrskldkF2kH/s400/DSC07510.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /><br />And some not so pretty but very functional pieces. I have two of these bins in his closet, this one holds clothes for the next season. The top bin is for summer, the next is fall, the next, a year from now. It has worked out great:</p><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu-mTXckCdNnc-eTYVoXLCze-Zk4bmqL0Q4nkNhJIEAGNJ3aojsos3q_vTOO3m-TXrGKBpBv9-r1xFKjSC7o_6tYeaq8_lSuWbQHuthlhK2RUZNhLBnYfexL03nhdWlW_sfZ9e7ODiucJB/s1600-h/DSC07548.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291342749671786594" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu-mTXckCdNnc-eTYVoXLCze-Zk4bmqL0Q4nkNhJIEAGNJ3aojsos3q_vTOO3m-TXrGKBpBv9-r1xFKjSC7o_6tYeaq8_lSuWbQHuthlhK2RUZNhLBnYfexL03nhdWlW_sfZ9e7ODiucJB/s400/DSC07548.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br />I keep a storage bin in the closet, for clothes that he grows out of. When something doesn't fit, I wash it and stick it in. When it's full, I pull everything out, take out anything I don't want to keep, and then stack the bin in the basement:</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuR2RZqrXoKBx_hmTsi7naEsXwfABvSe3B-bNjRH0AFNxxGrC7C7YrUpYUyFMj2RtRdGQaq0ku9uZx8rm78gnBKhEBbErOvUIdFucHjSCkYDiX53Xv5lGtWomWbzpBUHd-f7GYIEeZDZo2/s1600-h/DSC07547.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291342746909631522" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuR2RZqrXoKBx_hmTsi7naEsXwfABvSe3B-bNjRH0AFNxxGrC7C7YrUpYUyFMj2RtRdGQaq0ku9uZx8rm78gnBKhEBbErOvUIdFucHjSCkYDiX53Xv5lGtWomWbzpBUHd-f7GYIEeZDZo2/s400/DSC07547.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> Another reason I love the Dymo -- you can make cauuuute labels!</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">This small bookshelf used to sit next to the changing table with all of the boxes on it, but now that I don't need them out, it sits in the closet for additional storage:<br /><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeQ8_CPFCi9OKU2DVD9KChkuicWEskplwdCOrCF3VM7Hw3uB6f2KWSCGGvWlb2nT4chIYG3jAzHJ48z8wgEw2Z2dBEFlcxrwlHU6l7UoKMGG1QvHYK0zf6Rjb-Cp1ZsnuJSWLYEWcQ0NnD/s1600-h/DSC07546.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291342450074622530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeQ8_CPFCi9OKU2DVD9KChkuicWEskplwdCOrCF3VM7Hw3uB6f2KWSCGGvWlb2nT4chIYG3jAzHJ48z8wgEw2Z2dBEFlcxrwlHU6l7UoKMGG1QvHYK0zf6Rjb-Cp1ZsnuJSWLYEWcQ0NnD/s400/DSC07546.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a>My son's room is easily my favorite room in our house. I'll show you the whole room later, because I'm already planning the big boy room and his precious room will be gone...I have to make the next one as beautiful, but in a big boy way. Is that possible? :)<br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br />Keep linking up to the party below ladies...you are welcome to keep linking for days, weeks, months! Have you gone through any closets or drawers this week? Huh? Have you???</div>

All that kid stuff!

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New Feature~ Rang Decor Readers' Creative Spaces: I

<span style="font-family:georgia;">New Year brings with it a fresh new feature on <strong>Rang Decor</strong>.<br /><br /><strong>Rang Decor</strong> has been a medium through which I have <span style="font-style: italic;">'met'</span> so many creative and talented people from around the world.<br />For the next couple of weeks I will be featuring amazing home spaces of some of the readers of <strong>Rang Decor.</strong><br />Yes, <strong>real</strong> people and their <strong>real</strong> homes.<br /><br /></span><strong><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">Megha Punater<br /></span></strong><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291095904452846210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdtl59NWyrzTapccWVOAn5gujEfXmFCkkYgZpZx7lr1-Id9nJRLg2JqD7dLJa2dBCmOji9lZhhNudiDMc-dFeNZmRfvtywTELU_uhj0Pa0rGvXavDPafSN05RxIHmPODGoowIS2GJlfFr/s400/DPP_0018.JPG" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 267px; cursor: pointer; height: 400px; text-align: center;" /></strong></span><strong></strong></div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><em>Ganesha Idol in her temple in the living room</em><br /><strong>Megha</strong> is one of the</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"> most talented people I have met online. She is a potter, an artist and a designer who studied design in NID and now lives with her Belgian husband Steven and two lovely children Arth and Nitya in Belgium.<br /><br />The colours in her home are vibrant. She says, </span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><em>"The philosophy behind our home is warmth. Belgium being so cold and grey, we wanted colours in our home."<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291097287033692162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1t8bChMQqf0soos_xX7OPmxAk-snTk5iHil8-Vp80yfJPSue_k6X6HD9NfyvqdfU0tSfiOxA1pUNTbiLDa0ocba5Rkh2bliAfRFdAUMgqK2jbY30arnyMoE5ZFwdMbYANLx11THo5iTxm/s400/IMG_0274.JPG" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; cursor: pointer; height: 267px; text-align: center;" /></em><em>Bright pink pooja plate in her temple.</em><br />There is a lot of Indian influence, given that she is from India and also her husband's love for India.<br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291095908917286002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-ib68RvOec5lQ70j-1QsL30n8JRdV69akaw5gZC6580lIFW2myhyKI4Ro6kB5cvzYSqxQZ3nqbbaQSsfvPX6S6GdWyMaUrAUQfvNDrziHoNjEQK0hGQRoDW84Z9TIl0fEQgGCu4YiyNHk/s400/DPP_0022.JPG" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 267px; cursor: pointer; height: 400px; text-align: center;" /> </span><div><span style="font-family:georgia;">Megha loves handmade & hand embroidered textiles.<br /></span></div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><em><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291097285842179970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoWe0QDh5zkDbf9sV1v_eIZe_TIPsFDRzZxGMssiAerpIjMEpf-UpbX901jKaoCoXtVwxsOhLEOeI0U1NOxJCVoKJhF7scAz2PceqidAVTSdg6ixS5L4kuVQHLm445Fm31nqvHEdFLL9-J/s400/IMG_0446.JPG" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; cursor: pointer; height: 267px; text-align: center;" />Sitting area with sofa covered with brightly coloured textiles.</em> ( She descibes the colours as Kitschy Indian Bazaar)<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291116478550448978" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipBwt0icgXdZdAFzZWiNrn3pkUMuv-cZZVx5wqFEIZGIIdw8z8D_Fe3k7BcsjIiHAP-Dpmq7BM2aKE35FwoJpGvO1sbFFpJ3oG1jbvhigw-UK0kZ6NyQSQSaSD1ftBlpbteT4Mil_FQ7tL/s400/DPP_0042.JPG" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center;" /><em><strong>Popat green</strong> wall is a perfect backdrop for these antique casts. </em><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291096710737446322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLHah_002oYOUldIVTcWeMey28sXAQW0N7ZbcS-j41eXYpJoi-xok8KNVHj50ML4cOV9KXcdjD6xn2qHUAvWIr_ueFTD4rEiO0FnWY7f6qWaRASDCh8IRa926_6STxxdtMBlWSpyP7vp29/s400/DPP_0043.JPG" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; cursor: pointer; height: 267px; text-align: center;" /><em>Coffee table with books & treasures picked up during various travels.</em><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291097289726601986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWgrqSmKeEpMGnijY6sVNtwnBTLJpQP0bFonZSmCNiTi6apM5503oRWviMFTlOVSptoP3lIstrbx2YVj35Bh0-5U0_5LKOyiCptfKC0S9A2sL8YDD48S7-uwlGJ4v02x2uX9BnCyEv7igs/s400/IMG_0460.JPG" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; cursor: pointer; height: 267px; text-align: center;" /><em>Hand painted Ganesha jacket cupboard.</em><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291097288368714802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZhFpZeGcsOloP6-EdA4litYwP3utpWUkeju_SCjwZpxhpOu_-Htn0E_vc0plAZlUlXPYgasO_pIKiZOp6kYHmsfPGdd-v0r0XITYpaJTG22Mee4n66d2DwivvQPH5AMhvk7Eb3jF2_I0V/s400/IMG_0449.JPG" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; cursor: pointer; height: 267px; text-align: center;" />Megha continues, <em>" There is a lot of wooden furniture and especially European ones bought in flea markets and restored by me."</em><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291095912248087042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFLx91X-d092WkVq0ueXuX5dyaHIVCeMx7KfaDDpO_kzI_DjzqFZr4w2bqxN1cdb2qMZII5jFs-7QB8iOx7a0yclbrhYCiA_kxrqFjXX_SiN89Fal5q26XNoWWHg9I6dHIFJQL-QisTCuQ/s400/DPP_0024.JPG" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 267px; cursor: pointer; height: 400px; text-align: center;" /><em>Kitchen shelf with books, vases and her grand collection of mugs.</em> *Sigh*<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291096713339729970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUwAWrcL3GJbiOnV4iiGdhL388v9DSNN5To3wkdnhjTzVMC7zLdzcT5Ncmz4M4-ZTwQxZQBQNTvD8kBIGKQLzX3QdAcBhj9mGYTyFIP2q0O4dBVzstV3utQQBiJm5lBFA7iJFJohfEcrvY/s400/IMG_0271.JPG" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; cursor: pointer; height: 266px; text-align: center;" /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291097293179967298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPYbxWKlqpa4hahpOil4zFqpVhafZcjc6yDrRBoT2H6QovXhsjPLWTEmoG0LDyss7cH4kbM8XPH4iM4mofAEF7MzaudweHmxO7bH1uCa0-gBA0Dowb1057K_8zQpiLNOBJqHk2jDEIJcYY/s400/IMG_0477.JPG" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; cursor: pointer; height: 267px; text-align: center;" /><em>Megha's ancestral kitchenware and mesh egg holder, now a cookie holder displayed against a green wall.</em><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291096703381431298" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg456JyF2FENm-2EQE7Yct-JCmPMysLVfLS4sdxxJ3iFTJKr1prqK8gpHdMrdVNkbXcFZ5lRw1Qi806pNNzcRg9NWZppO08vOzXQ3Gf0aeWaBbEV6t-IsfVKMwe-Yx9TEXkP-dSVDlbfHM0/s400/DPP_0034.JPG" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; cursor: pointer; height: 267px; text-align: center;" /><em>Her room is painted in two colours inspired by Indian village homes and here you see some of her handbags displayed on hooks.</em><br /><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291096703243048370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhM-E46ZfOgwcp9WdBZ_yICyRKdbYswBoblfgrdHLjtvw1ilcYCSFSIrbHtMgl1MDkDhbKxLErIA8XuhGyGP5de_q41vzmjMsveTc0SygpZt4O-3HNSuacTqZ9IN3l7n63yrR4bqh6HQQ8b/s400/DPP_0031.JPG" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 267px; cursor: pointer; height: 400px; text-align: center;" /><em>These frames were picked up from Rajasthan in India.</em> *Love that peacock feather*<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291095915211852786" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCmKz17FT0WIjo7YGJRggyh8l7t_5cU-gBtADb63SJJ9ZOPoR4I3BhpNuuPhUSBg8C2W37jvbDzWqbay-rPJXT5bspTZLO4VwmdAJnu6AeHe0oXbdrK9cYM7OYcckGy0VWXvVWp1IwQwc1/s400/DPP_0029.JPG" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 267px; cursor: pointer; height: 400px; text-align: center;" /></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><em>Her verandah wall painted in bright yellow. A paint called <strong>'Delhi Bazaar'</strong> by Dulux.<img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291096710722468226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNWOLniKpmx16HxU13ZWuPj9nD0UJZoO6RSj9ngtmImN8hhT_Q7hWYvd_E7j8V5Rq8Ca9JGx81mpHcZyukR151R-TAJ71RTZwz0WWw7K_OToCZZ1MHs2_FMUg7teMsqzmbMNkUTx7SFUHf/s400/DPP_0047.JPG" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; cursor: pointer; height: 267px; text-align: center;" />This is Megha's workspace. Her latest works and inspirations hang on this gorgeous yellow wall. <img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291114095456082802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjApAnvpXcdK90yYqZ29bikCzcWrWqCWssAvcw1N0J-I33MfPfNFa2Ky5UtOE91Jvhm3v_1dDk-vjGneieBlBDq7Hw4c6a_7bySuImw145m7E3hyX0p3p9Mx5jSPtOwWJYjksMI497EcD51/s400/IMG_0448.JPG" style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; width: 400px; height: 267px; text-align: center;" />Last but not the least, this Ikea cast in her children's room has been hand painted by Megha!</em><br />I end this post, with my eyes hungry for more colours and my heart greatly inspired by this very humble and hugely talented lady~ <strong>Megha. </strong><br />Thanks for sharing your space with us.<br /><br />Her blog, </span><a href="http://arthandnitya.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><strong>arth and nitya</strong> </span></a><span style="font-family:georgia;">is a glimpse into her creative world. Do say hello:-)<br /><br /><em><strong>P.S</strong>~ If you have any question for Megha about her home, please ask in the comments section so she can reply to you.</em></span>

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Our Mission: Declutter and Organize!

<div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><a href="http://thriftydecorchick.blogspot.com/2008/10/mission-declutter-and-organize.html" target="_blank"><img border="0" height="237" src="http://www.homespun-threads.com/images/Image1.png" width="190" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center">Welcome to the party ladies! I think I'm most excited about this one. Decluttering makes me giddy. Organizing makes me blissful. I heart them both, very, very much. </div><br /><br /><div align="center">If you decide to take on this mission, you will find out what I did last year --<br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">1. YOU HAVE WAY TOO MUCH STUFF.<br /><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center">2. There is nothing quite as satisfying as throwing out trash bags filled with junk and taking weekly trips to Goodwill to drop off junk.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">3. You have WAY too much stuff.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">4. Decluttering feels BETTER than spending money/shopping. I swear to you.</div><br /><br /><div align="center">5. You know...you have way TOO MUCH STUFF. </div><div align="center"><br />Last year about this time, we had been in our home for almost four years, and I realized I had never really gone through the entire house. I thought it would be easy because I didn't feel like we had a lot of "stuff." (I was wrong-O!) But there was a pile in the basement that was growing and growing and GROWING. So I realized I had to do something. </div><div align="center"><br />My plan was to go through every. single. nook and cranny of every. single. space of our home. I went through EVERYTHING. Closets, baskets, under the beds, in junk drawers, in cabinets, jewelry, linens. </div><div align="center"><br />I mean EVERY. THING.</div><div align="center"><br />I did it room by room and did NOT start one room until I was done with another. I tossed whatever I knew we didn't need anymore. The rest I took to the basement. It was my landing zone for everything I was going to donate or that I knew needed to stay down there. I think this is very important -- having a spot to put everything while you are in the process. </div><div align="center"><br />Next step was to reorganize it all, or organize it better. I labeled A LOT. I bought lots of bins, baskets and storage containers. </div><div align="center"><br />Third step was to deep clean each room as I finished with it. I made a list for each room (it was mostly the same for every room, but I'm a list girl and love to cross things off.) I moved furniture to vacuum, cleaned baseboards, got on ladders to clean above eye level...have you ever seen the top of your refrigerator??</div><div align="center"><br />YUCK.</div><div align="center"><br />The final step was to work on the basement, to sort through everything and bag it all up. I had a MASSIVE garage sale pile sitting down there for months, waiting for the warm weather, and it just about killed me, but I was determined to make some money from it. </div><div align="center"><br />We donated ten LAWN trash bags of clothes to Goodwill. (Not exaggerating.) We took another three to a clothing consignment shop. Another four loads to the home decor consignment shop. You CAN make money from your old stuff -- do some research in your area. </div><div align="center"><br />Our home functions <em>so much</em> better now. When I open our linen closet in the bathroom, I don't stand there for five minutes searching. I grab what I need and am done. I know where all of my kitchen gadgets are and USE all of them. Our unfinished basement is <em>functional</em> now...I'll show you that soon. </div><div align="center"><br />It feels like a breath of fresh air. </div><div align="center"><br />But it's time to do it again! So here we are. Share <em>your</em> tips for decluttering. How you determine what to get rid of? How often do you do it? Show us how you organize:</div><div align="center"><br />tools<br />kitchen stuff</div><div align="center">jewelry</div><div align="center">clothes</div><div align="center">toiletries</div><div align="center">junk</div><div align="center">mail</div><div align="center">shoes</div><div align="center">wrapping supplies</div><div align="center">crafts</div><div align="center">toys</div><div align="center">kid clutter</div><div align="center">DVDs/tapes</div><div align="center">office supplies</div><div align="center">food</div><div align="center"><br />The list is endless! Just show us! Also, show us how you make your organization look <em>GOOOOD</em>...like tags, pretty boxes, benches, chests, open cabinets...whatever! I want to see it all!!<br /><br />To kick us off, here's some of mine...there will much more to follow!</div><div align="center"><br />I LOVE cigar boxes. I got these for a buck each in NYC and use them for office supplies: </div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4VYwdA7VUpQ-7YP54XgZLXqEaMGVnyw3mYihw4rwe55ChQCTEyZxnnl-IwIsq2Rraev_3mOtS_iC4vwwF9KwHQsdZBDxQjpT5IgYObuiel4FUyPBltjspHeWgV3p25p5tE48mHEpW5iUK/s1600-h/DSC07472.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290246408213466338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4VYwdA7VUpQ-7YP54XgZLXqEaMGVnyw3mYihw4rwe55ChQCTEyZxnnl-IwIsq2Rraev_3mOtS_iC4vwwF9KwHQsdZBDxQjpT5IgYObuiel4FUyPBltjspHeWgV3p25p5tE48mHEpW5iUK/s400/DSC07472.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> </div><div align="center"></div><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvqbXK_v0NIdYyeCpxDiQe-YjzPFFxJScOPsbh6bcxHtTDImpYocd0RxXJVfOiQYHyVoW7QjwBudeWKW3_cwhyBx-mU9F32O4x8f1aHeQ7DAs0MKeeuqAcXDTB-1Oo1xUyoWq2VMDYaFJS/s1600-h/DSC07475.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290246398609450834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvqbXK_v0NIdYyeCpxDiQe-YjzPFFxJScOPsbh6bcxHtTDImpYocd0RxXJVfOiQYHyVoW7QjwBudeWKW3_cwhyBx-mU9F32O4x8f1aHeQ7DAs0MKeeuqAcXDTB-1Oo1xUyoWq2VMDYaFJS/s400/DSC07475.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br />I found photo boxes that matched my family room perfectly, so these stay out...I printed out the labels on the computer...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTFlzUZowWCUcvi8q_14mNyfJ_EYLg9RnDMan-xBM8I5J_T3Bao7Pn8TB9Pnzzgk2p5osHxdBfdEXJJjRDHJ1StgS_r2G2Y6JgtSz-F22QY3rVoeqQgii1So4hP3tY36zxa-T5Pavky4_I/s1600-h/DSC07485.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290246031073942162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTFlzUZowWCUcvi8q_14mNyfJ_EYLg9RnDMan-xBM8I5J_T3Bao7Pn8TB9Pnzzgk2p5osHxdBfdEXJJjRDHJ1StgS_r2G2Y6JgtSz-F22QY3rVoeqQgii1So4hP3tY36zxa-T5Pavky4_I/s400/DSC07485.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br />The Bub's step stool is storage for the power room. (Reading materials mostly. Shhh!)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhEvpoRxijYq7dixNh6eQkUnpVUC0fUZv4Dq1xKdHGvv5RLdAdWKf7zrRDvPo0gaAvOGGKtyPnzJrnzEpdtUKVForPs8l1vqugmIiCKf9FnHw_RBUrHdEjKGflU8s76ufZiGAVX43r6pDl/s1600-h/DSC07477.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290246020699952818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhEvpoRxijYq7dixNh6eQkUnpVUC0fUZv4Dq1xKdHGvv5RLdAdWKf7zrRDvPo0gaAvOGGKtyPnzJrnzEpdtUKVForPs8l1vqugmIiCKf9FnHw_RBUrHdEjKGflU8s76ufZiGAVX43r6pDl/s400/DSC07477.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br />I wanted a mail sorter for the mud room and couldn't find what I wanted for less than $40. This was less than ten...I drilled holes into the back to hang it. I also added the tags to the front:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNINLSyO9lFqrqgL3sYVyycfPPQ7aWKnEUBSZcqkec-iny_J68DLDATh9DvMXFMx7njQWPMq3mfoOqc26oTz9wqp7NXAx2bQNUi7eibAZE19DQdMvtcjIfKEsRod4u6g98T7Exb-ZSVbkz/s1600-h/DSC07488.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290246015348203042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNINLSyO9lFqrqgL3sYVyycfPPQ7aWKnEUBSZcqkec-iny_J68DLDATh9DvMXFMx7njQWPMq3mfoOqc26oTz9wqp7NXAx2bQNUi7eibAZE19DQdMvtcjIfKEsRod4u6g98T7Exb-ZSVbkz/s400/DSC07488.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> Pottery Barn bins for my son's bathroom hold everything in the open so I can just grab it, but is still CA<em>UUTE</em>!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZuNM4QSc3DgUA877AMyV8yea7WrkFTWRgd-ysqFcbURZxkMh3zDLNgMQZzIMznJFrOGNDXdrFu4Cc8PoLJDuQRlvE7OxmlJWjt6cBNbKkKdm2HugUe2v8Jt0_OvKqjF3LLi1hUYxYr1xE/s1600-h/DSC07494.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290246004679108274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZuNM4QSc3DgUA877AMyV8yea7WrkFTWRgd-ysqFcbURZxkMh3zDLNgMQZzIMznJFrOGNDXdrFu4Cc8PoLJDuQRlvE7OxmlJWjt6cBNbKkKdm2HugUe2v8Jt0_OvKqjF3LLi1hUYxYr1xE/s400/DSC07494.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br />I love chests, I have them all over my house. This one holds magazines:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglImfoqHiMfi8o8owQVymhYOpnZQ6VmDz-qAkalSsqrLhwq0YSRD9HmqpHvLeWKeaAs6GxUzOW864Q_NGRfPxw5S3DSQVo3ZjOix-16hETlOqVycNMFQtQYHlzaAoSBg20XXoWiv6CZ3bG/s1600-h/DSC07464.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290245998884823186" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglImfoqHiMfi8o8owQVymhYOpnZQ6VmDz-qAkalSsqrLhwq0YSRD9HmqpHvLeWKeaAs6GxUzOW864Q_NGRfPxw5S3DSQVo3ZjOix-16hETlOqVycNMFQtQYHlzaAoSBg20XXoWiv6CZ3bG/s400/DSC07464.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 303px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUV8xM91AH8IjDJie10D73VQogMB4bGgYVYO2z2M8Egv74HAmsrQVyhgUcGNe4CtUr6VsghheFo9C7ZV7G25uM9tfVDCD1gnElDTgq0cqr-SzYEQRGavYfDvlx9_pXlgcs5cBN6axDH3NX/s1600-h/DSC07468.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290245621734609970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUV8xM91AH8IjDJie10D73VQogMB4bGgYVYO2z2M8Egv74HAmsrQVyhgUcGNe4CtUr6VsghheFo9C7ZV7G25uM9tfVDCD1gnElDTgq0cqr-SzYEQRGavYfDvlx9_pXlgcs5cBN6axDH3NX/s400/DSC07468.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 303px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br /><br />This one used to be just for baby stuff -- diapers, wipes, blankets -- so I didn't have to run upstairs all day long. Now it just holds random stuff we use but I don't want out. And still a few diapers. ;)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnS4guPM9LqJp0BzYiMWa3ZChyQcZFTRIt-2sio6_gZSc2s1Sw77SDAspg2foMAMDCsL7tn4-BqtXdPZNpQW1wGlFDNGOUdkwfiMf-2ikL4NRyizqI24rcvSItD-UrEq3-iB-Ur9lURNmi/s1600-h/DSC07470.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290245613622210994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnS4guPM9LqJp0BzYiMWa3ZChyQcZFTRIt-2sio6_gZSc2s1Sw77SDAspg2foMAMDCsL7tn4-BqtXdPZNpQW1wGlFDNGOUdkwfiMf-2ikL4NRyizqI24rcvSItD-UrEq3-iB-Ur9lURNmi/s400/DSC07470.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 325px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> Extra blankets and pillows in our loft:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vLrwFRCUOJT4zaTAFOnhZRp7N9V6W6vseZ5FtOPdol198kCX1P-GtVuOaPph3b4vRKmfbHQ0ocj8vOoP_v-vHsgPcc3S6lRvUgSZyKRmjicpEP3AbZDKJvCKIJmQ2wjGIpNFpo4iEWgu/s1600-h/DSC07493.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290245609703224706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9vLrwFRCUOJT4zaTAFOnhZRp7N9V6W6vseZ5FtOPdol198kCX1P-GtVuOaPph3b4vRKmfbHQ0ocj8vOoP_v-vHsgPcc3S6lRvUgSZyKRmjicpEP3AbZDKJvCKIJmQ2wjGIpNFpo4iEWgu/s400/DSC07493.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 313px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> I needed a spot for the decorative pillows on our bed, and these were a DEAL on clearance at Target:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ul1V-MHIwm-768G1hwb3nkpsGAto9A5AEyr5QiiMBZbWQLoeyir-qtFG5CWq8wjEgrX0zYZJDms2OangzgikZhBEnpFMVRu3KayQVj0YL55PcDPW2iC1rRgDTfp5i0hs4RceywslrnyR/s1600-h/DSC07500.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290245601008710242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9ul1V-MHIwm-768G1hwb3nkpsGAto9A5AEyr5QiiMBZbWQLoeyir-qtFG5CWq8wjEgrX0zYZJDms2OangzgikZhBEnpFMVRu3KayQVj0YL55PcDPW2iC1rRgDTfp5i0hs4RceywslrnyR/s400/DSC07500.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 282px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a> Because I only make our bed five times a year, the pretty pillows don't see the light of day much:<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNbG9vBs0tLHwPWwGzeM67yusHl-8XlTezmFh-jwgwHdEzx4AaKZmQXxc4XRry7KsYkp8mRQl6C57-WCCRgcD8lQHauPwRh1bwYyvP_O4P7pRPsoM_EOo1Y8EBFyPwlk4OxSHJJLQY-Dnp/s1600-h/DSC07498.JPG"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290245596020612386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNbG9vBs0tLHwPWwGzeM67yusHl-8XlTezmFh-jwgwHdEzx4AaKZmQXxc4XRry7KsYkp8mRQl6C57-WCCRgcD8lQHauPwRh1bwYyvP_O4P7pRPsoM_EOo1Y8EBFyPwlk4OxSHJJLQY-Dnp/s400/DSC07498.JPG" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" /></a><br />I'll be back to show you more! Now show us yours. If you have an organization tab on your blog, just link to that. Feel free to link to old posts as well! Have fun!<br /><br />Oh, and YOU HAVE TOO MUCH STUFF.<br /><br /><script src="http://www2.blenza.com/linkies/autolink.php?owner=thriftydecorchick&postid=11Jan2009" type="text/javascript"></script><br /></p>

Our Mission: Declutter and Organize!

Welcome to the party ladies! I think I'm most excited about this one. Decluttering makes me giddy. Organizing makes me blissful. I hear...

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