"nice" clothes, originally uploaded by the lulu bird. Gina and I have talked about each wanting our homes to have empty spaces: on shelves, in closets, in drawers. We’d love our homes to have the look of a cute shop so this photo by the lulu bird reminds me to get going and pare down…

Laundry room, originally uploaded by Chez Larsson. Friends are coming over tomorrow to put together some IKEA furniture I bought last month and hang some artwork and shelves. (On a recent strengths/weaknesses assessment, I scored a big ol’ ZERO on craftsmanship. I mean, I was in TEARS over putting together a metal/wood desk from IKEA…

I’ll be doing an organizing project in the new year.  Here’s a corner of my office. Now meet The Box—where mail and papers are tossed but may never surface again. I’ll be working on a simple solution which should hopefully bring order out of the above chaos!

Studio Organization, originally uploaded by pinklovesbrown. a friend and I were exchanging emails today about organizing – paperwork and other items that accumulate rapidly. we both live in places that are mixtures of orderliness and untidyness – a mixture because items that have homes are easily put back in place but items (like mail, catalogs,…