home organisation
Remind Yourself Where You Hid Stuff via Email
1:29PM Gina Trapani | Blogger Jenny says that when she puts an important item in a “safe place” so she won’t lose it, she usually winds up forgetting where it is and, well, losing it. Her solution is to make a private, searchable database of locations via email: I put my passport back where I found it and then I emailed myself: Subject: Passport Message Body: In your backpack in the closet. I also copied my brother on the email and applied the label “Stuff.” This way when I lose my passport next time I can simply pull up my email and see where it is located. Looks like a good way to “index” stuff when you’re defragging your home. Quick Tip: Never Lose Anything Again [hackaddict.net] More »
Organise Cable with Paper Towel Tubes
10:00AM Gina Trapani | If you’ve got a pile of tangled extension cords (or any kind of long cable) stuffed in your closet, save your toilet and paper towel cardboard tubes. The Unclutterer blog recommends wrapping the long cords and slipping the tube over them for easy, no-tangle storage. You can also use twisty ties, but the cardboard tube seems better suited to thicker cable, and from the looks of it, strings of holiday lights, too. Storing extension cords [Unclutterer] More »
