living room decor

living room decor by roseybarn featuring a fabric arm chair

Operation Clean House

We have accumulated a lot of stuff over the years. As you can see, it's already occupied an entire room full of it. I have all these books that have gathered dust. Collection of magazines I am not willing to throw. An increasing number of coffee table books and so many other junk, I can't even tell if I should be keeping or not. Hence the dilemma. I am constantly trying to find inspiration in Pinterest, and they have all these ideas in organizing things and whatnot. I am eagerly trying to find a number of ways to go about throwing stuff but something tells me that I may be able to use them someday. But when? I know that an item becomes vintage when it is already 10 years old. Am I gearing towards opening a vintage shop one day? I haven't got a clue. If you have pieces of advice that would help out a hoarder like me. Please do share them here. Thank you!

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8 Space-Saving Room Tips

1. A pull-out bed is great for a kids room, as well as for a guest room

  

2. Turn a rotating bookshelf  into a full length mirror with cork board and hooks to hang your bags and jackets, great for dorms or small rooms.

3. Utilize your headboard, make a space for pictures and books (and plants!)

4. Make use of the wall leading to the kitchen, this one made it into a storage for ceramics and some books

5. Opt for a fold-able dining chair, this one is an Ikea chair. Be creative and play with the colors. Different colored chairs are better. (Remember Monica's dining area in Friends?)

6. Use curtains as room divider, this one had two different curtains matching the kids color palette on each side.  

7. Consider a shared work space, it's not only space saving, it's also practical, cause you get to share office supplies.. and it's sweet!

8. Lastly, turn a plain wall into a wall of art, the frames are not limited to pictures only, artwork is essential to put together a wonderful set like this. 

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How to Pimp your Dish Rack

I wanted to protect the side of my dish rack from water so this is what happened. 

• I bought some insulation from Japan Home, good thing it has this cool polka dot design that went with the color of my dish area. 
• It's easy to put in the dish rack, but first you need to cut the insulation according to size. 
• This is a bit tricky but still pretty easy, you want to turn the insulation around with the foil side facing you and cut around the edges of the dish rack's side, making sure it's fit. 
• Then, just put on double sided tape on the very edge of the insulation to really make it stick to that side. Never leave any spaces empty without tape. Just so its secure, I put tape on the middle section of that insulation, vertically and horizontally. 
• Smooth the whole thing into the side of the rack and make sure it's all flat.

And there you have it, all water protected and pretty!