Organizing Project - Cluttered Desk, Small Space

Small area to work with

Problem:  I share an office with my husband.  I only have a small desk, it's overcrowded and not very feminine.  I run my business from here but work out of the office for the most part, so I don't need a bigger space.  I just need my space to be more be more functional.

Solution: Remove the wooden cabinet and lamp - they are very masculine.  Replace with stackable Martha Stewart Desk Organizing Items, using the cream, to blend with the desk but accent with the teal to make it pretty!  With everything housed in the tower we have reclaimed 60% more desk top space. With the final touch of a pretty lamp that projects a much better light, we have a solution!

Source: Staples - Martha Stewart Stack+Fit Desk Accessories.  We used the drawer base, two filing trays and an organizer bin on the top in cream, then accented with teal lever arch files to which we added stick on metal bookplates.  The lamp was the clients own.

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There are more options available, but we didn't have the space or need them as the clients desk also had three shallow drawers we could use.

Back to School/College Shopping. Want to save an extra 6% this weekend?

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  Vera Bradley Fall 2014 - Backpacks .... a d o r a b l e !
  
  

It’s that time of year!  Everywhere you turn stores are offering deals and promotions in an effort to win our business to buy the items we have to buy for our students returning to school and college.  According to Brad Tuttle, of Time.com/money, you can save an additional 4% - 6% (depending on the state in which you shop) on your back to school supplies!  “Every year around this time, states host sales-tax holidays,  in which the usual sales tax is waived on a wide range of purchases. In most cases, tax-free purchases are limited to back-to-school items such as computers and traditional school supplies like notebooks, protractors, and pens, but clothing, footwear, and accessories are typically on the table as well".

South Carolina - August 1-3, with sales tax exemptions for all clothing, footwear, school supplies, computers and electronics, college dorm supplies like pillows, blankets, and shower curtains, and even delivery charges on all of the above

Georgia - August 1-2, limited to $20 school supplies, clothing priced at $100 or less, and computers capped at $1,000”

Check out the full article for a list of other states that participate at http://time.com/money/3047694/sales-tax-holiday-back-to-school/

Not sure what you need for your K-12th grader? Go to http://www.school-supply-list.com/ enter your zip code and identify your school, for a list of essential school supplies.

Love the Vera Bradley fall collection?  

Pop in to The Scottish Mill Shop at 1200 Fording Island Road Bluffton, SC 29910 to check out the new fall designs. We are open Mon-Sat, 10 - 5:30 I'm there on Thursdays and would love to meet my readers!

Pantry Makeovers - Organization

Deep Pantry - Make use of pull out shelves for heavy items, such as cans.

Wire Shelving in a walk in pantry lends itself towards baskets and totes, to keep like items together.

Use a variety of storage containers.

Use different heights - so you can see at a glance.

Top Tips for June

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Are You Ready for a Garage Sale?

I Have Sprouts!

I am delighted to see that all but my sweet peppers, have sprouted in my deep bed, Miracle Gro pod garden!  So far only the peas are big enough for thinning.