Pickle asked:


I want to find a storage unit thing like this
http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/70115540
that can fit in a bookshelf like this
http://www.ikea.com/ca/en/catalog/products/70115540
but has different colours like blue pink and green

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Mike Andruff asked:


When people think of home staging, they naturally think of well-spaced-out groupings of furniture, artwork, and fresh flowers. However, staging isn’t just for the lived-in areas of your home. Your basement and attic, though unused, should be staged so that their potential for a prospective home owner won’t go unnoticed.

You don’t have to renovate to make your less-travelled areas look their best. Clean them with the same care as you took with your living space. People expect attics and basements to be somewhat dusty and dirty. If you present a space that is clean and smells fresh, it makes the entire property seem newer and in better repair.

This is an excellent time to get rid of old possessions that are no longer of any use or interest for you. Whether it’s a garage sale or a thrift store donation, get rid of them! For more unusual items, find out if your community has a Recycle Center that will take them. Many people are on the hunt for odd items and there is often a depot that will take these things for resale. Local charities also take many items, such as gently used furniture and clothing.

As for the remainder, utilize some plastic storage tubs or some shelving to store tools, out-of-season items and other things neatly out of the way. Make sure that the majority of the area can be accessed easily without a person having to step over or around anything. Stage your storage solutions carefully; they can contribute to the look of the area as a dry and safe place to store belongings.

Attics and basements can sometimes give people that ‘haunted house’ feeling due to poor lighting. Avoid this impression by installing lights or placing lamps in dark corners, angled so they provide light without shining into the viewer’s eyes. Any windows should be cleaned inside and out so that they let in as much natural light as possible. Basement windows can be obscured by shrubbery, so try to trim this away around windows.

You can also stage your attic or basement as a reading nook, recreation room or hobby area by placing things that evoke the image of comfort or amusement. A comfortable chair, bookcase and lamp will create a feeling of cozy afternoons with a book and a cup of tea or cocoa. If you have a work bench or table, highlight it in case a person who wants their own workshop comes to look at your property. A few bright posters, stereo system, table, chairs and a shelf full of family board games and other amusements can create a recreation room with little or no outlay of money.

The point of all of this is to open your prospective buyer’s eyes to the possibilities inherent in your attic and/or basement, which can make them into selling points for your home. With a lot of cleaning and a little staging, these seldom-used areas of your home can end up being the reason a buyer makes an offer for your home.



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All Coat Racks asked:


We all have an entrance area or a foyer that could use some tiding up. It’s the place where everyone walks through and leaves their coats, shoes, gloves, backpacks, briefcases, mail, and so on and so on. You can tidy it up on the weekend, but by the end of the week, you know you are searching for a place to hang your coat, place your shoes and store your umbrella. So how can you keep this area in order while still maximizing the space of your entrance area?

Ideally, the solution would be to get a coat rack bench. However, these large pieces of furniture tend to take up more room than you have. The foyer isn’t generally a large room to begin with, and if you live in an apartment, you are going to need to make the most of the space you have. In addition, large pieces of furniture like this tend to be pretty expensive and may cost upwards of $500!

So instead of spending your money on one large piece of furniture, you can instead mimic the idea of a coat rack bench with a few cleverly placed coat hooks or coat racks, and pair it with an inexpensive bench, hall table or even a small bookcase.

Your first step is deciding what will work best within the space you have to work with. If you can fit a bench and still comfortably walk back and forth through the room, than you may want to select one that includes storage space. If you do not have as much room to work with, then you might want to invest in a hall table. Hall tables tend to be shallower in depth, but still provide drawer space for keys, mail, gloves, and hats. If you require more storage needs, then you might want to try a small bookcase measuring roughly 30” to 37” in height. This should give you at least 2 shelves to place storage boxes filled with your items. If you are planning on placing shoes on the shelves, try lining the shelf with a matching or decorative material that will help protect the piece from moisture and dirt. Try using shelf liner or even an outdoor rug cut to fit the shelf.

Now that you have the bottom half of your own coat rack bench complete, it’s time to move your attention to where you will hang your coats. Before you decide what type of coat hooks or coat racks you will use, you will need to know what types of coats you will generally be hanging. If you generally wear trench coats, or longer winter coats, then you will obviously need more room to allow it to hang without draping over your bottom unit.

With that said, an easy way to figure out how much room you will need to work with, is to grab your longest coat and place it on your wall. You may need a friend to help you measure and visualize about where you should place your coat hooks or coat rack. This step may actually help you decide if you need a bottom unit or not. However, if you really do need that extra storage space, we have a bonus tip for you further down.

Once you have the general idea of where you are going to place your coat racks and hooks, then you can decide on which type you will move forward with. For extra storage space, wall coat hook shelves give you the luxury of coat hooks for multiple coats as well as an extra storage shelf for additional items. You can use this shelf for your everyday items such as purses, briefcases, hats, and winter gear. Wall coat hook shelves come in many different styles including different wood types, or metal and plastic. Most also come with coordinating hooks as well. You choose depending on your personal style!

Another option is to go with the standard coat hook. Coat hooks offer you more versatile possibilities. With so many styles of coat hooks available, you can arrange them on your wall in different ways. You can have as much fun with placing your coat hooks as you can placing picture frames on a wall, so be creative! Additionally, for an eclectic look, try mix and matching colors and styles of coat hooks for something that really fits your persona. Just be sure to give yourself enough room for the coat to hang and to easily be taken off. You will also want to make sure you are hanging the coat hook on a stud or secure spot to ensure that it is stable and will hold the weight of your coats without damaging the wall.

Bonus Tip! Remember when we said we had a bonus tip for those who really need the extra storage and a place to hang their long coats? To get the best of both worlds, try placing 2 extra coat hooks on your wall. Just place one just off to the right of the bottom unit and one off to the left at the same level as the other hooks. This way, you have the look of a coat rack bench, but you are also giving yourself extra room to hang your longer coats. You can do this by using all coat hooks across, or you can mix 2 coat hooks with one coat hook shelf for the same effect.

Setting up your own coat rack bench like this gives you many options and ways you can maximize your foyer space while giving you the best solution. Putting different pieces of furniture also gives you the option to move pieces in and out as you see fit, which can come in handy when you have guests over and would like to add more room in your home. Additionally, using smaller pieces to create the illusion of a larger piece can possibly save you hundreds of dollars.

Most importantly, you should have fun and piece together the right pieces that will welcome you each day and provide you with the best storage solution while maximizing the space you have. After all the foyer is the first place you and your guests will see, so it’s important to keep it tidy and set the tone, so enjoy creating the entrance area to your home!



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Charles Maverick asked:


A computer armoire is closest to a computer cabinet with a difference. In fact they are much more elegant and stylish to look at. The word armoire has been derived from French to mean tall cupboard. These computer armoires have borrowed the French look and fitted it to a modern concept. Office armoires are those computer armoires which have been especially designed for the office.

Office armoires are available in a wide range of variety from dark oak to subtle white. You can choose a particular type so that it blends well with the other furniture of your office without looking odd. The computer armoire which acts as office armoire is great if your office space is small. With the prices of office floor space going up everyday small or new companies can only afford small workspace. Within that they have to fit in all office furniture to make it look decent and elegant. Office armoire serves the purpose by not only providing space for the computer but for other accessories like printer, file drawers, with dividers, storage for CD, etc.

Computer armoires are user friendly in the sense that they really help to save a lot of space and also give your room or office a spacious, stylish look. They are extremely practical to have as the piece will have space for computer monitor, CPU, sliding key board, and holes for accommodating the cords and wires. It is useful to have an office armoire with a writing board. It is often seen that we clutter up our office table with writing material and there is never enough time to clear up the mess before a visit from the client. Almost all computer armoires have four hinged or bi-fold doors to close the desk and computer area. This automatically hides the clutter you may create while writing.

The advantage of the covered office armoire is that it keeps the computer free of dust and hides the computer and other articles when you shut the door. It just gives the look of a cabinet. Typical computer armoires are made from hardwood like cherry oak and teak and can be made to look fantastic with its highly polished surface. These office armoires are made to look exquisite with raised door and desk panels.

You can also have wooden bookcase to match your office armoire. For example, if you are placing computer armoire with cherry wood veneer it will go perfectly with a wooden bookcase made of same shade cherry wood. Some of these bookcases come with movable racks so that you can adjust them according to your need and taste. You should go for compact bookcases which will fit in well with your office décor and leave enough moving space.

Not all computer armoires are covered but most of them are, especially the ones you may use for your small and cute home office. For start up entrepreneurs who often run their offices from home, computer armoire is very handy. During working hours it contains the computer and other peripherals and after office it can turn into a simple closed armoire which is part of the room decoration. The prices of the office armoires vary but a less elaborate computer armoire can be quite reasonable.



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Lily Morgan asked:


It’s fun to buy pint-sized furniture designed to be at the perfect height for youngsters and toddlers, but before you head out shopping, make sure that the furniture you’re buying is safe for your child to use. There are more accident waiting to happen than many parents realize, and even furniture for kids can have its drawbacks. Here are some things to look for when considering which furniture for your child is best to buy:

Choose wood over plastic. Plastic furniture isn’t going to last through rough play over the years or withstand the test of time. Kids are hard on their furniture. Not only that, while molded plastic may seem a good way to go for the budget conscious parent, plastic furniture tends to fade and doesn’t clean well. Colors are often aimed at narrow age groups and are decorated with stickers that peel off, leaving a blemished, worn look. Also, certain plastic items don’t have good stability, such as cheap plastic chairs that tip over easily. Wood offers a sturdier alternative that is easy to clean and care for, as well as being attractive to children of all ages.

Choose furniture that retains its value. Pressed wood furniture or MDF constructions don’t retain their purchase value well at all. These types of furniture are easy on the wallet, but they certainly won’t last the test of time to be passed down to your children’s children. Solid wood furniture retains its value and sometimes can even increase in value. Also, the sentimental nostalgia that adults end up having for their childhood furniture is almost always for the well-crafted and better quality of construction. How many of you fondly remember a pressed wood bookcase?

Choose heavier furniture over light. Light furniture is tippy and can fall over onto a small mountain climber practicing his or her skills. Make sure the furniture you choose is stable and solid. Test it by pushing to see if you can tip it over or pull on it to see if you can make it fall. Also, if you buy furniture with drawers, pull them out as far as they go to know whether safety stoppers have been installed. Otherwise, the drawer will come right out of the dresser, which can hurt young children.

Choose stylish furniture that isn’t based on a current cartoon favorite or with questionable color schemes. Many marketers cash in on the craze to have the latest cartoon favorite’s clothing, movies, music, toys, dishes… almost anything you can think of is prone to being stamped with a cartoon figure’s face and sold to parents who want to provide children with something they recognize. When the cartoon character fades from favor, so do the toys and furniture. Stylish furniture that has classic appeal built to last for years is a far better choice. After all, you don’t want to have to replace furniture every year because trends have changed!

Choose furniture your child fits into. A child’s bed is better than an adult one the toddler will grow into. A chair the child can easily sit on without having to struggle to climb is a better choice. Bookcases with shelves the child can reach or a vanity set built to be at the right height are smart decisions. Everything surrounding a toddler is big and clumsy, so if you’re buying something specifically for your child, choose an item that reflects his or her size and ability to keep frustration levels and the risk of fall low.

With a little careful consideration of your child’s needs and some attention to solid construction, as well as long-lasting durability and style, you can choose beautiful, functional furniture for your toddler. Also, by taking the time to make smart shopping choices, you’ll have furniture that will become keepsake favorites of the family to pass down through the generations.



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hynahtebim asked:


My son delights in pulling books off the bookcase. I live in someone else’s house, so bolting the bookcases to the wall isn’t an option, so I’ve taken to putting the heavier books on the lower shelves (reference books, etc). I just don’t want him pulling them out and ripping out pages. I also want to be able to access them myself fairly easily. Anyone know of a gate or cover or something I could put over the lower shelves?

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bravingtheheart asked:


These are not the “locks” that I have found when I try to look this up. They’re kind funny looking screws. HELP!!

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simon b asked:


i want to get a bookcase to go around a curved wall

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pamelapamela asked:


I’m moving into a house soon & am sick of the plain white walls in my last 2 apts. My living room furniture (all from ikea) is all black and red but now I’m having a hard time picking out a color to paint the walls in my house that will look good with the reds and blacks.

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