Oct
29
Where can i find bookcases that hang on the wall?
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CrystalDice asked:
Im renting a small room witn not alot of space. I manged to decorate nicely but the bookcase I have is cramped into the room, are there bookcases that I can hang on the wall? I looked on Target and cant find any.
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Im renting a small room witn not alot of space. I manged to decorate nicely but the bookcase I have is cramped into the room, are there bookcases that I can hang on the wall? I looked on Target and cant find any.
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Oct
24
What Two Words Will Double the Space in Your Home?
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Manbeer Singh asked:
Just two words and a bit of explanation about them will help you to double, maybe even triple, the space in your home now. Those two words are “Go vertical.”
FUNCTION FIRST LOOKS SECOND
that means that when you buy bookcases or other types of furnishing with shelves, make sure these items have five or six shelves. Two or three shelves per item are just wasted space. When it comes to home organization, you want to buy furnishings based on the criteria of function first and then look second.
So if two items are both of acceptable appearance to you, always purchase the one that is most functional. If one item is slightly prettier than the other but the other item has more vertical shelving, cubby holes and nooks, choose that second item. The peace-of-mind you’ll get from having a more organized home will be much more valuable to you in the long-run.
DON’T FOLLOW YOUR EMOTIONS
Always remember that stores want to sell to you based on your emotions? That’s a fact. Most marketing research agrees with that statement. If the seller can hook your emotions, they’re closer to a sale. For example, you see a pie safe cabinet that’s outrageously priced but beautiful. So you say to your spouse who’s shopping with you: “Oh, look at that pie safe cabinet. It’s gorgeous. Look at that blue color. It’s a little a high priced but maybe we can get it on credit…”
Stop right there!
As a smart shopper (and a smart home organizer), you want to buy based on what your brain tells you. So for example, now you look at that same pie safe cabinet and say: “Oh, look at that pie safe cabinet. It’s gorgeous. What a pretty blue color. But we need something a bit more functional. That cabinet only has four shelves and the one next to it has six shelves and is cheaper. The second one is maple stained, not blue. But that’s okay. It’s still a handsome piece of furniture and it’s more functional. We’ll get more space to use in our home and more products for our money.”
Use your head, not your heart, to make decisions about furnishing items for your home. Then you’ll have functional home furnishings that double your home storage space. Think like a home organizer versus a home decorator. Think function first.
ANALYZE FURNISHINGS IN YOUR HOME NOW
Look around your rooms. Do you have a two shelf horizontal bookcase? Do you have a tiny three shelf freestanding pantry in the kitchen? Do you have a little three drawer jewelry or lingerie armoire in the bedroom? Go room-to-room and make a list of any type shelving unit like these or others (e.g. microwave cart, television cart/stand, etc.)
Unless these items truly hold sentimental value, it’s worth selling them to a used furniture store or at a yard sale for a bit of cash. (I’ll tell you why sell in a minute.) Or spend a few bucks to put an ad in your local “Pennysaver” type newspaper advertising the item for sale.
SELL HIGH; BUY LOW
Then negotiate with the potential buyer so you get the best price possible for the item you’re selling. That means you must suggest a price that’s beyond what you expect to get. Why? Because these days potential buyers will almost always ask you to come down on the price. In fact, I guarantee three out of four buyer prospects will try to get you to lower the price. So start high so they feel like they’re negotiating the price down.
Why sell the item in the first place? Because you want to use the cash you make to upgrade to a taller unit of the same item. If you watch those home decorating/organizing shows on television, you may recall that there is a certain show that uses just this strategy. They have a big yard sale with all the participant’s useless items and use the money to upgrade to more useful and stylish items for the same space in the home. The difference in the home is usually extraordinary at completion. You’re striving for a similar method and outcome.
NOW DOUBLE YOUR SPACE
You want to use the cash to buy a comparable piece of furniture that serves a similar function as the piece you just discarded. You can even put the new furniture piece in the exact same spot where you had the previous piece. But make sure the new piece of furnishing is taller with more shelving or nooks. Remember, the big two word secret in this article is “go vertical.” So in the end, you’ll use the same floor space in your home but double its storage capacity.
And when replacing your items with comparable items, don’t hesitate to buy used furniture (even from the same shop you sold yours to). If it’s in good shape in regard to quality (e.g. no rotting, flimsy wood panels, etc.) but not exactly your favorite color, you can fix that. Get a four dollar can of spray paint and a primer spray coat and change the color. Or get creative such as use some pretty contact paper to redo the outside. And one final piece of advice: Don’t forget to negotiate when you’re the buyer!
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Just two words and a bit of explanation about them will help you to double, maybe even triple, the space in your home now. Those two words are “Go vertical.”
FUNCTION FIRST LOOKS SECOND
that means that when you buy bookcases or other types of furnishing with shelves, make sure these items have five or six shelves. Two or three shelves per item are just wasted space. When it comes to home organization, you want to buy furnishings based on the criteria of function first and then look second.
So if two items are both of acceptable appearance to you, always purchase the one that is most functional. If one item is slightly prettier than the other but the other item has more vertical shelving, cubby holes and nooks, choose that second item. The peace-of-mind you’ll get from having a more organized home will be much more valuable to you in the long-run.
DON’T FOLLOW YOUR EMOTIONS
Always remember that stores want to sell to you based on your emotions? That’s a fact. Most marketing research agrees with that statement. If the seller can hook your emotions, they’re closer to a sale. For example, you see a pie safe cabinet that’s outrageously priced but beautiful. So you say to your spouse who’s shopping with you: “Oh, look at that pie safe cabinet. It’s gorgeous. Look at that blue color. It’s a little a high priced but maybe we can get it on credit…”
Stop right there!
As a smart shopper (and a smart home organizer), you want to buy based on what your brain tells you. So for example, now you look at that same pie safe cabinet and say: “Oh, look at that pie safe cabinet. It’s gorgeous. What a pretty blue color. But we need something a bit more functional. That cabinet only has four shelves and the one next to it has six shelves and is cheaper. The second one is maple stained, not blue. But that’s okay. It’s still a handsome piece of furniture and it’s more functional. We’ll get more space to use in our home and more products for our money.”
Use your head, not your heart, to make decisions about furnishing items for your home. Then you’ll have functional home furnishings that double your home storage space. Think like a home organizer versus a home decorator. Think function first.
ANALYZE FURNISHINGS IN YOUR HOME NOW
Look around your rooms. Do you have a two shelf horizontal bookcase? Do you have a tiny three shelf freestanding pantry in the kitchen? Do you have a little three drawer jewelry or lingerie armoire in the bedroom? Go room-to-room and make a list of any type shelving unit like these or others (e.g. microwave cart, television cart/stand, etc.)
Unless these items truly hold sentimental value, it’s worth selling them to a used furniture store or at a yard sale for a bit of cash. (I’ll tell you why sell in a minute.) Or spend a few bucks to put an ad in your local “Pennysaver” type newspaper advertising the item for sale.
SELL HIGH; BUY LOW
Then negotiate with the potential buyer so you get the best price possible for the item you’re selling. That means you must suggest a price that’s beyond what you expect to get. Why? Because these days potential buyers will almost always ask you to come down on the price. In fact, I guarantee three out of four buyer prospects will try to get you to lower the price. So start high so they feel like they’re negotiating the price down.
Why sell the item in the first place? Because you want to use the cash you make to upgrade to a taller unit of the same item. If you watch those home decorating/organizing shows on television, you may recall that there is a certain show that uses just this strategy. They have a big yard sale with all the participant’s useless items and use the money to upgrade to more useful and stylish items for the same space in the home. The difference in the home is usually extraordinary at completion. You’re striving for a similar method and outcome.
NOW DOUBLE YOUR SPACE
You want to use the cash to buy a comparable piece of furniture that serves a similar function as the piece you just discarded. You can even put the new furniture piece in the exact same spot where you had the previous piece. But make sure the new piece of furnishing is taller with more shelving or nooks. Remember, the big two word secret in this article is “go vertical.” So in the end, you’ll use the same floor space in your home but double its storage capacity.
And when replacing your items with comparable items, don’t hesitate to buy used furniture (even from the same shop you sold yours to). If it’s in good shape in regard to quality (e.g. no rotting, flimsy wood panels, etc.) but not exactly your favorite color, you can fix that. Get a four dollar can of spray paint and a primer spray coat and change the color. Or get creative such as use some pretty contact paper to redo the outside. And one final piece of advice: Don’t forget to negotiate when you’re the buyer!
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Oct
21
5 Quick and Cheap Garage Organizing Ideas
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Jill Borash asked:
Garage organizing is a project that no one gets excited about. And when you think about garage organizing, the thought of an expensive garage organizational system often comes to mind. But getting your garage in order does not need to be expensive. There are plenty of ways to save money when you tackle this organizing project. Here are a few cheap and easy garage organizing ideas to get you started.
1. Go to thrift stores to find inexpensive or even free garage organizing supplies. With a little imagination, you can get a lot of cheap organizing supplies from a thrift store. When you go make sure that you have a list of what you need so you do not end up buying stuff that will just add more clutter to your life.
2. Recycle old food containers. Plastic and glass food containers make great organizational supplies for your garage. Just make sure you label what you put in them. You can get as creative as you want with this one. Permanent markers work great if you do not want to spend a lot of time on it. Paints work well if you would rather make it into more of a garage organizing project.
3. Check out FreeCycle.org and Craigslist.com for ideas and cheap or free garage organizing supplies. You can get free stuff from FreeCycle.org and cheap or free stuff from Craigslist.com. You might need to check often in order to get what you need. It is a good idea to have a clear idea of what you are looking for before you look at these sites. It is easier to search for an item than to just browse around.
4. Go to garage sales to find cheap garage organizing supplies. Unlike with thrift stores or the websites I mentioned, it is better to go to garage sales with an open mind rather than a list. Be open to thinking about how you can use what you find at garage sales for your organizing project.
5. Look around your house for old or unused furniture and organizing supplies. Before you throw out that old bookcase or table, think about how you can use it for your garage organizing project. Old bookcases make great shelving units in the garage. Old tables can provide a great workspace. Think about how you can use something to help you organize your garage before you toss it out.
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Garage organizing is a project that no one gets excited about. And when you think about garage organizing, the thought of an expensive garage organizational system often comes to mind. But getting your garage in order does not need to be expensive. There are plenty of ways to save money when you tackle this organizing project. Here are a few cheap and easy garage organizing ideas to get you started.
1. Go to thrift stores to find inexpensive or even free garage organizing supplies. With a little imagination, you can get a lot of cheap organizing supplies from a thrift store. When you go make sure that you have a list of what you need so you do not end up buying stuff that will just add more clutter to your life.
2. Recycle old food containers. Plastic and glass food containers make great organizational supplies for your garage. Just make sure you label what you put in them. You can get as creative as you want with this one. Permanent markers work great if you do not want to spend a lot of time on it. Paints work well if you would rather make it into more of a garage organizing project.
3. Check out FreeCycle.org and Craigslist.com for ideas and cheap or free garage organizing supplies. You can get free stuff from FreeCycle.org and cheap or free stuff from Craigslist.com. You might need to check often in order to get what you need. It is a good idea to have a clear idea of what you are looking for before you look at these sites. It is easier to search for an item than to just browse around.
4. Go to garage sales to find cheap garage organizing supplies. Unlike with thrift stores or the websites I mentioned, it is better to go to garage sales with an open mind rather than a list. Be open to thinking about how you can use what you find at garage sales for your organizing project.
5. Look around your house for old or unused furniture and organizing supplies. Before you throw out that old bookcase or table, think about how you can use it for your garage organizing project. Old bookcases make great shelving units in the garage. Old tables can provide a great workspace. Think about how you can use something to help you organize your garage before you toss it out.
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Oct
19
How Photo Sharing Came to Be
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Colleen Welch asked:
Photography as an art form started out as science. Scientist aimed at trying to capture an image in time worked on various methods to make a still photo real. Today, photography is in some ways a science but is really more of an art form and a social norm. Anyone can take pictures. The talented can take artistic photographs. But we all can share them - the moments, the events and the feelings that we capture on film.
This article takes a look at the evolution of photography, starting with the scientific breakthrough of image capture to the present day where cell phones and mini-phones shoot pictures all over the world and upload them to global photo gallery sites where they can be shared with everyone.
History of Photography
Photography as a method of capturing images was not created until the 1830s. Louis Daguerre was able to speed up exposure time by using photographic plates and preserve images by immersing them in salt. It was at this point that middle and upper class consumers began paying for family portraits to be taken and portrait artistry began to stagnate.
These early photographers offered their clients photo albums to display their portraits. At that time, the photo album was incredibly popular because it preserved and sheltered the very expensive photograph. The albums were thick leather covered books with grand embellishments.
Eventually the collodion method of taking photographs was developed bringing the cost of having a photo taken down significantly and allowing more people to take and collect pictures from their lives. As more people collected photographs, photo albums too became more main stream.
In 1884, George Eastman introduced flexible film, taking the need for a dark room out of the picture. This opened up the gates for a slew of amateur photographers who could take a roll of film and have it developed later.
Throughout the late 1900s, photography became common place. It was part of our family vacations, holiday celebrations and weddings. Families began filling shoeboxes with photos. Home bookcases would boast several volumes of photo albums. It is no wonder then that with the digital age, photographs began filling hard drives to the brim as well. With digital photography, happy users could take photos and then pick and choose which to print, which to save and which to delete. Families could also create albums online where they can be viewed by many others any time they wanted.
Social networks like MySpace and Facebook created ways for people to remotely view their friends’ photo albums. It wasn’t long after that when photo networking websites like Flickr and PhotoSpace emerged providing the perfect outlet for everyday and professional photo takers to share the world as they saw it through a lense. Today, it is commonplace for people to view their friends’ cool pictures by browsing an online gallery and even comment on the style, the color or just the image itself. It’s incredible to consider that thousands of people from around the world may appreciate the same photograph online. It’s amazing how much can change in such a short amount of time.
~Colleen Welch, 2009
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Photography as an art form started out as science. Scientist aimed at trying to capture an image in time worked on various methods to make a still photo real. Today, photography is in some ways a science but is really more of an art form and a social norm. Anyone can take pictures. The talented can take artistic photographs. But we all can share them - the moments, the events and the feelings that we capture on film.
This article takes a look at the evolution of photography, starting with the scientific breakthrough of image capture to the present day where cell phones and mini-phones shoot pictures all over the world and upload them to global photo gallery sites where they can be shared with everyone.
History of Photography
Photography as a method of capturing images was not created until the 1830s. Louis Daguerre was able to speed up exposure time by using photographic plates and preserve images by immersing them in salt. It was at this point that middle and upper class consumers began paying for family portraits to be taken and portrait artistry began to stagnate.
These early photographers offered their clients photo albums to display their portraits. At that time, the photo album was incredibly popular because it preserved and sheltered the very expensive photograph. The albums were thick leather covered books with grand embellishments.
Eventually the collodion method of taking photographs was developed bringing the cost of having a photo taken down significantly and allowing more people to take and collect pictures from their lives. As more people collected photographs, photo albums too became more main stream.
In 1884, George Eastman introduced flexible film, taking the need for a dark room out of the picture. This opened up the gates for a slew of amateur photographers who could take a roll of film and have it developed later.
Throughout the late 1900s, photography became common place. It was part of our family vacations, holiday celebrations and weddings. Families began filling shoeboxes with photos. Home bookcases would boast several volumes of photo albums. It is no wonder then that with the digital age, photographs began filling hard drives to the brim as well. With digital photography, happy users could take photos and then pick and choose which to print, which to save and which to delete. Families could also create albums online where they can be viewed by many others any time they wanted.
Social networks like MySpace and Facebook created ways for people to remotely view their friends’ photo albums. It wasn’t long after that when photo networking websites like Flickr and PhotoSpace emerged providing the perfect outlet for everyday and professional photo takers to share the world as they saw it through a lense. Today, it is commonplace for people to view their friends’ cool pictures by browsing an online gallery and even comment on the style, the color or just the image itself. It’s incredible to consider that thousands of people from around the world may appreciate the same photograph online. It’s amazing how much can change in such a short amount of time.
~Colleen Welch, 2009
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Oct
18
Russian girl knocks over bookcase?
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Gossip Girl Alex (: asked:
I’m looking for the video on YouTube of the russian girl dancing all hardcore and she knocks over a lamp and collapses a bookcase, but we have been unable to fild it.
I’m looking for the video on YouTube of the russian girl dancing all hardcore and she knocks over a lamp and collapses a bookcase, but we have been unable to fild it.
It was on failblog but they disabled the video
10 points for whoever gives us the link that WORKS for the video.
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Oct
15
how many inches shorter is the bookcase in class 5b?
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Oct
10
Painting over a varnished/stained bookcase?
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chris asked:
What type of primer should I use before I paint over a varnished/stained bookcase
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What type of primer should I use before I paint over a varnished/stained bookcase
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Oct
1
Ikea Bookcase Pin?
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lost asked:
I bought a bookcase from Ikea and I lost one of the pins that supports a shelf while I was moving. Where can I get another pin, and how much would it cost? I checked the Ikea website and couldn’t find it.
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I bought a bookcase from Ikea and I lost one of the pins that supports a shelf while I was moving. Where can I get another pin, and how much would it cost? I checked the Ikea website and couldn’t find it.
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