I just watched this excellent video online called Reuse It, made here locally by Bring Recycling, an Oregon-based waste reduction organization and used building materials retailer. You can watch it here. What does this have to do with organization or budget home design? Well, when we organize, the first step we take is to sort through all of our […]
Skip these 5 organizing tasks
Some people (I’m talking to you, Martha Stewart!) go overboard when it comes to organizing. That is, they waste time organizing things that don’t have to be perfectly compartamentalized, sorted and arranged. Here are five organizing tasks you can ignore: 1. Putting all of the non-perishable food in the pantry into their own separate glass containers. […]
Sell old electronics, make cash the easy way
Do you have outdated electronics in your home that you are reluctant to part with? Maybe you don’t want to toss them because even though they are old, they are still functional. Or maybe you don’t want to throw them away because you have heard that many old electronics have mercury in them. Whatever your […]
3 new stores on NE MLKJ make it your go-to zone for funky, quality resale
In the past year or so, a handful of new resale shops have opened up along Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd in NE Portland. This is great, because now you North and NE Portland readers have even more places to sell or donate your unwanted clutter, and you DIYers have more places to shop for funky […]