Parade of Homes by Daily Herald

40 Tips on getting your house organized

Inside:

This Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Parade Homes

A product of

Modern convertible furniture

2011

Parade of Homes

Fairbanks Homes

D A I L Y

212 E. Spinnaker Bay Drive, Saratoga Springs Features an open floor plan, huge kitchen, wall of windows enabling panoramic views of Utah Lake and the Wasatch Mountains, and bridge from loft to art studio.

McArthur Homes

H E R A L D

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Arete Devco

2392 S. Lakewood Drive, Saratoga Springs Spectacular lake and mountain views, low-maintenance exterior with energy-efficient design and appliances.

Ezra Lee Design

3791 Meadow Springs Lane, Lehi

5161 N. Ravencrest Lane, Lehi

Wide open spaces, 9-foot ceilings, owners retreat with an upstairs laundry and tech center loft.

Water feature at the front entry, whole house audio and theater controlled with an iPad.

Patterson Construction Inc. 1033 W. 3350 North, Lehi

Large functional kitchen, spacious walk-in pantry, his and hers closets, beautiful views of the valley, Jack-and-Jill bath.

Ivory Homes

493 E. 3270 North, Lehi Floor plan designed for active adults, Colonial-style architecture with brick and fiber-cement exterior.

Sunday, May 29, 2011

D A I L Y

H E R A L D

Schaffer Homes

D A I L Y

Sunday, May 29, 2011

McEwan Custom Homes

6557 W. Normandy Way, Highland

10466 N. Iverson Lane, Highland Materials used were locally sourced, certified “green” home, Prairie Style Craftsman home.

Horizon Building Group

H E R A L D

Indoor basketball/sports court, custom-finish carpentry, outside fort/ playhouse and underground game lounge.

E Builders

316 E. Deer Crest Lane, Alpine

1233 N. Elk Ridge Lane, Alpine

30-inch interior water feature, dance studio, home theater, swimming pool, custom tile work and cabinetry.

Golf simulator, theater room, children’s Toon Town playroom, two-story master closet and exercise room.

Carter Construction

628 W. 3300 North, Pleasant Grove 18-foot ceilings, second-floor terrace, suspended slab floor over third-floor garage.

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Cadence Homes

D A I L Y

1924 N. 1150 West, Pleasant Grove True Craftsman Architecture inside and out, full James Hardie Exterior Cladding, fun loft with study area, natural stone interior.

Chatwin Homes

84 W. 225 North Westwind Circle, Lindon Fantastic views, open floor plan, master sitting room, lots of storage, 19-foot ceilings, wood beams, oversized garage.

Hatfield Homes

102 S. 140 West, Lindon Hand-dipped exterior cedar shakes, reclaimed barn wood oak flooring, retreat-style master bathroom, exquisite tile detail.

H E R A L D

D A I L Y

H E R A L D

BMA

Sunday, May 29, 2011

788 S. Palisade Drive, Orem Covered semi-wrap-around porch, unique windows, oldfashioned arch combos, beautiful crafted French doors, hardwood floors.

Gray Hawk Construction

1366 S. 1140 East, Orem

Geothermal HVAC, solar panels in roof, 20x40 indoor pool, commercial elevator, hidden skating floor, themed rooms.

Davies Development

3377 Cottonwood Lane, Provo

Free-standing stairs and custom balustrade, soft arches, cathedral ceilings, Old-World cabinetry, copper accents.

1460 N.

D A I L Y

Provo Temple

H E R A L D

a ev en . Rd

900 E.

Hospital

820 N.

212 E. Spinnaker Bay Dr. (3950 S.) Saratoga Springs

Provo

Center St. 300 E.

EXIT 265

Fairbanks signature Homes

University Ave.

189

UTAH LAKE

n St.

1600 N.

1600 S.

Sl an t

EXIT 258

le to n ap

Spanish Fork

18 Maple St.

800 W.

Conoco

6400 S.

1600 S.

Main St.

327 E. 2660 North, Provo Benjamin 7300 S.

1800 E.

Mill Rd.

yon

8800 S.

115

Home #7

Horizon Building Group LLC

316 Deer Crest Ln. (1300 N.) Alpine

e us

6 89

Walmart

11200 S.

Spring Lake 198

Mcewan Custom Homes

6557 W. Normandy Way (11270 N.) Highland

1233 N. Elk Ridge Ln. (500 E.) Alpine Home #10

Cadence Homes

1924 N. 1150 West Pleasant Grove

Home #11

Chatwin Homes

Home #12

84 W. 225 North Lindon

BMA Construction & development

788 S. Palisade Dr. (1050 E.) Orem U TAH VAL L E Y

No parking on east side of road during the Parade

Hatfield Homes 102 S. 140 West Lindon

ASSO CIATIO N 3377 N. Cottonwood Ln. (400 W.) Provo Home #17

Elk Ridge

Pepperdign Homes

MEMBER 841 W. 675 South 19

1366 S. 1140 East Orem Home #16

Ivory Homes

327 E. 2660 North Provo Home #18

Mapleton

Santaquin EXIT 244

Gray Hawk Construction

Home #15

HOME BUILDERS

Please park off pavement as much as possible to accomodate the residential traffic

Home #14

davies development, Inc.

Home #8

e Builders

Home #9

628 W. 3300 North Pleasant Grove

Woodland Hills Mail Boxes

493 E. 3270 North Lehi

Home #13

Woodland Hills Dr.

600 E.

800 S.

Main St.

EXIT 248

1600 W.

Payson

Carter Construction Company

Salem EXIT 250

Home #4

Ivory Homes

Home #6

10466 N. Iverson Ln. (7050 W.) Highland

Rd.

147

141

Can

Mapleton

Coffered great room ceiling, walk-out basement and 164 15 back. mountain views in front and EXIT 253

5161 N. Ravencrest Ln. (2575 W.) Lehi

Home #5

schaffer Homes

Main St.

1750 W.

Walmart

Main St.

Ivory Homes

ezra Lee design & Build

400 S.

1033 W. 3350 North Lehi

Springville

EXIT 257

Patterson Homes

EXIT 260

2392 S. Lakewood Dr. (144 E.) Saratoga Springs Home #2

Home #3

EXIT 261

4000 S.

Arete devco

Home #1

3791 N. Meadow Springs Ln. (3000 W.) Lehi

McArthur Homes

1860 S.

EXIT 263

HoMe Addresses

S t.

Main

te S ta

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Maple shade Construction

375 S. Woodland Hills Dr. Woodland Hills

Home #19

Home #20

2010 PARADE BUILDER

EXIT 242

Pepperdign Homes

91 841

W. 675 South, Mapleton

Granite counter tops throughout, craftsman-style interior finish, vessel sinks, wood and travertine floors.

20 Maple Shade Construction 375 S. Woodland Hills Drive, Woodland Hills

Nestled in a beautiful natural setting, terrific views, heat pump, “green” features.

The UVHBA welcomes you to the 2011 Utah Valley Parade of Homes. Tickets may be purchased at www.UVParade.com, AmBank or at any Utah County Macey’s grocery store. U TA H VA L L E Y

HOME BUILDERS A S S O C I AT I O N

* Map is not to scale. All locations are approximate.

What’s This? Find out how to get more information on each home using these QR Codes. Details on Page 8.

H E R A L D

D A I L Y Deer Crest Ln.

Suncrest Dr.

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Eastview Ln.

Elk Ridge Ln.

Main St.

Heritage Hills Dr.

Homestead Dr.

Center St. 3350 N.

4800 W.

Cedar Hills

Mt. Timpanogos Temple

700 N.

1150 W.

1800 N.

2600 N.

Canyon Rd.

American Fork

89 EXIT 276

Purple Turtle

EXIT 275

Lindon

. St

400 N.

200 S. 2000 N.

Home Depot

Eagle Mountain

Open

Pleasant Grove

1100 N.

EXIT 278

146 3300 N.

e at St

Pony Express Pkwy.

1120 N.

Para

10400 N.

1100 E.

Pioneer Crossing

Highland

EXIT 273

1600 N.

Fairway Blvd. Shorewood Dr.

Orem

EXIT 271

Sleepy Ridge Golf Course

900 E.

Scera

Palisade Dr.

700 S.

800 S.

400 W.

Main St.

University Pkwy.

Timpview High School

Wills Pit Stop

Carterville Rd.

Timpview Dr.

350 E. 2550 N.

Sta

McGregor Ln. 4000 S.

189

Harmons

300 W.

400 S.

EXIT 269 Spinnaker Bay Dr.

800 N.

Center St. 400 W.

Saratoga Springs

400 E.

EXIT 272

800 E.

2 Geneva Rd.

Lakewood Dr.

Canyon Rd.

Ranches Pkwy.

9600 N.

Alpine

Provo Temple

te St.

1460 N.

Hospital

900 E.

820 N.

University Ave.

Provo

Center St. 300 E.

EXIT 265

189

UTAH LAKE

1860 S.

EXIT 263

Fairbanks Homes

212 E. Spinn (3950 S.) Saratoga Sp

McArthur

3791 N. Me Springs Ln. Lehi

St.

EXIT 261

Patterson

1033 W. 33 Lehi

Springville EXIT 260

400 S.

Main St.

1600 N.

1600 S.

Conoco

800 W.

an le to

M ap

Spanish Fork

1600 S.

PArAde oF HoMes® Goes INTerACTIVe!

If you don’t have a smart phone: • Take a picture of the QR code with your phone’s camera. • If you’re on AT&T, Verizon, or Sprint you can text/MMS that picture to 43588*. • Visit the link in the automatically generated text you receive. There is also a link where you can download a free QR application to your phone; with more than 170 phones supported, you’re almost sure to be included.

r we

147

Horizon Bu Group LLC

Carter Con Company

Rd. d.

6 89

10466 N. Iv (7050 W.) Highland

316 Deer C (1300 N.) Alpine

628 W. 330 Pleasant Gr

Chatwin H

84 W. 225 N Lindon

Woodland Hills Dr.

Salem EXIT 250

Payson EXIT 248

800 S.

Walmart

11200 S.

Spring Lake 198

BMA Cons developm

davies developm

Woodland Hills Mail Boxes

Santaquin EXIT 244

yon

8800 S.

115

141

Can

schaffer H

Mapleton

1800 E.

164 Mill Rd.

600 E.

To use the Qr Codes: • Open the application on your phone. • Scan the QR code with your phone. • This will ask you to open a webpage link that will take you to specific information about that product, builder, sponsor, or even open directions to the home on your phone. • Once you’ve scanned your first product, you’ll receive an email to access your Parade Notebook™ or you can visit www.uvparade.info/MyNotebook.

Main St.

New for 2011, the Utah Valley Parade of Homes® is going interactive. This exciting development allows you to gain more information than ever about homes, builders, services and products advertised in the Parade Throughout this magazine and the entire Parade, you will notice QR codes. A QR code can be scanned with your smartphone (iPhone, Android, Windows Mobile, Nokia, etc.), iPad or tablet device using a free QR reader application such as RedLaser, Scandit, Xzing, etc. On Android and Nokia phones, this is likely already installed on your device.

EXIT 253

Main St.

Benjamin

7300 S.

Maple St.

EXIT 258

EXIT 257

6400 S.

Walmart 1750 W.

4000 S.

1600 W.

rt R

EXIT 279

Redwood Rd.

r da

800 W.

Main St. Smith’s

Iverson Ln.

Alpine Hwy.

125 E.

500 W.

EXIT 282

Lehi

Clubview

3200 N.

6000 W.

Chevron

100 W. 100 E.

EXIT 284

Thanksgiving Point

Normandy Way

11000 N.

1200 W.

Thanksgiving Way

Highland Blvd.

Traverse Mtn. Blvd.

900 W.

300 W.

Meadow Springs Lane

7200 W.

Cabelas

900 W.

New Land Loop

Please park off pavement as much as possible to accomodate the residential traffic

Elk Ridge

No parking on east side of road during the Parade

788 S. Palis (1050 E.) Orem UT

3377 N. Co (400 W.) Provo

Pepperdig

MEMBER 841 W. 675 19

Mapleton

If you’re not on one of the above networks: • E-mail your photo to scan@scanlife.com* from your phone or desktop computer and it will respond with the information from the QR code.

2010 PARADE BUILDER

Elberta

*The Parade of Homes provides this service for free to attendees; however, standard SMS or data charges may apply dependent upon your mobile contract. Consult your carrier or plan contract for details.

EXIT 242

T H A

Sunday, May 29, 2011

D A I L Y

H E R A L D

D A I L Y

H E R A L D

Happy medium By Marilyn Kennedy Melia, CTW Features

Get happy — that’s the collective message home- and interiorproducts makers are telling folks this year. The world has been a pretty tough place for the past decade, racked by war and recession. For 2011, expect to see some “happy” colors in everything from dishes to furniture to throw pillows, says Leatrice Eiseman, director of the Pantone Color Institute who also writes the morealivewithcolor. com blog. The Pantone Institute, which tracks color trends, declared honeysuckle pink its 2011 Color of the Year because “it’s an instant pick-me-up,” Eiseman shares. But color is just one way to add a dose of cheer. Of course, just as each of us

defines happy in our own terms, mood boosters are a matter of individual taste. Still, experts can point to several themes that make a home a happy refuge:

Clear and Comforting Sure, a bright throw tossed over a sofa can lift your mood - but only if the view isn’t obscured by piles of unread mail or other anxietyinducing clutter. “What do we want to see, and what do we hide?” asks Seattle architect Milan Heger. Developing an “aesthetic discipline” to get in the habit of clearing away clutter is the primary step towards a happy home, he says. “First we create a good way to store objects,” Heger says. Book shelves, cabinets or even neat piles keep the distractions in their place, he adds.

Sunday, May 29, 2011

With happy-go-lucky hues like honeysuckle pink, it’s never been easier to organize with mood in mind

Color-Coded

Flower Power

Organization clears your space, which in turn clears your mind. Our own reluctance to organize is the only obstacle in the way to clear-headedness. Combine another mood lifter - namely color - to spur yourself into action. Kate S. Brown, a certified professional organizer in Sarasota, Fla., shares that colorful organizing tools and files prompt people who hate to put objects in their place or file get started. “For instance, I’ve seen people who have purchased photo files in a color that coordinates with their room get really excited about using the files - and then after they’re through they’re even more satisfied,” Brown shares. Emotion-enhancing hues vary according to the individual and with the space involved, underscores Anitra Mecadon, host of the DIY Network series “Mega Dens.” “For example, red is a passionate color that stimulates the senses - it’s great for adding life to an active room,” says Mecadon. On the other hand, Mecadon adds, you can achieve happiness with “some great soothing earth tones, or pale shades of green-blue, which are peaceful and calming.” Eiseman adds, “Our favorite colors in surroundings always make us feel better. Each color has a different effect, but all bright colors can give us a lift.”

Take time to smell the roses. And put them in a vase. And set them out where you’ll view them often.

This ‘Sunset’ rug from Angela Adams adds both a burst of color and texture to a room.

Scientific studies, like one recently conducted by Rutgers University, find that flowers prompt immediate positive responses, and are even related to better social behaviors and memory skills. Moreover, the researchers find the boost is likely to last even after the bloom fades a bit. The Rutgers study finds women who received flowers reported more positive moods three days later.

Small Change Just as you may need a break from your routine to rev up your spirits, adding a dose of difference to a couple of rooms every season can rev up the senses. “Utilize new candles, colors and scents,” suggests Kristin Andress, who runs the Web site imaginebeing.com. “Add different throw pillows to the couch or a lively rug to your foyer. The energy of your rooms will improve with simple changes here and there.”

Sunday, May 29, 2011

D A I L Y

switcheroo Forget the futon. Today’s convertible furniture is easy to store, easy to move and doesn’t look like you’re living in a dorm room. Here’s what to look for when buying a new piece By Margaret Littman CTW Features

Paula Holt’s situation is alltoo-common. Her home office in Hyde Park, a bustling Chicago neighborhood, doubles as her guest room. When she had the room arranged as a traditional guest room, it looked great, but it sat empty often and her work papers were scattered elsewhere in the house. When she created a professional office for her business, friends and relatives had to crash on a less-than-desirable (in terms of comfort and style) sofa bed or air mattress. Her solution: a custom-made Murphy bed. With built-in bookshelves and closet space, the Murphy bed (with a “real” mattress and even a box spring) helps to hide the office clutter, and gives Holt’s guests a comfortable night’s sleep. The Murphy bed is just one example of today’s convertible furniture that looks nothing like the futons and card tables of yore. Ron Barth imports CLEI srl Italian designs through his New York-based Resource Furniture LLC (resourcefurniture.com). These European systems include sofas, tables and beds, just to name a few, that look good and save space without requiring heavy lifting. In fact, Barth says most can be folded or unfolded with one finger, and books and other knickknacks don’t need to be cleared before making the switch. Bright colors and sleek design make them something you want to own, rather than something you need to own. Rather than focus on the extra

sleeping quarters, designer Akemi Tanaka Blanchard was motivated by the desire to entertain in a small space. “If you want to entertain at home, 90 percent of the time, you don’t want all this extraneous furniture around.” Through her company, Akemi Tanaka, Inc. (akemitanaka.com), she has designed sleek coffee tables that can turn into additional seating for a party, cat beds that hang on the wall and other creative space-savers. “Customers today are very educated about design,” Tanaka says. “People don’t just want their place to look nice. They want it to be accessible.”

Three questions to ask: 1. Is it is easy to fold and unfold? If it takes two people and 30 minutes to set up, you’re unlikely to bother. 2. Do you need to leave space for the folding and unfolding? If so, it isn’t much of a space-saver, and you’ll have to contend with the dead space on a daily basis. 3. Is it sturdy? Materials have grown-up, just like convertible furniture. Check to make sure you are selecting something that will withstand all the folding and unfolding.

H E R A L D

Float On

D A I L Y

H E R A L D

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Anchor the family room with a ‘floating’ furniture arrangement to create space — or at least the illusion of it By Dawn Klingensmith CTW Features

Challenge: Open floor plans, though still popular, put design skills to the test because there are few walls to place furniture against. On the other hand, small spaces can feel as though the walls are closing in. Proposed solution: Pull furniture away from the walls and “float” it in the room. In an open floor plan, this provides a cozy seating area. In a small room, it creates the appearance of airiness. Bigger challenge: Getting the proposed solution to work.

Airy Arrangements A floating arrangement is difficult to pull off, since anything other than perfect placement can make furnishings look like “ships cast at sea” or as though someone cleaned the walls and forgot to move the furniture back, says New York designer Scott Salvator. For the average person, and even for pros, a successful outcome “requires a lot of arranging and rearranging,” says designer Dawn Falcone, also of New York. “You have to set aside time to work with your furniture. Sometimes just pushing something back

Elaine Williamson Designs

“If the room is big and open in all directions, a floating floor plan works great,” says designer Scott Salvator. Face the sofa toward the room’s focal point, then angle in other pieces to create a balanced conversation area.

one inch makes all the difference in the world.” In certain rooms, a floating arrangement simply won’t work, no matter how many rounds of “musical furniture” you undertake. “It’s really an architecture-driven thing. If the room is big and open in all directions, a floating floor plan works great,” Salvator says, though an island of furniture in the middle of the room requires at least 3 feet of walking space around the perimeter. To begin experimenting, remove everything from the room except your largest furnishings, such as your sofa and love seat. Identify the room’s focal point, or create one. In a living room, it’s usually the fireplace or television. The focal point is your anchor, Falcone says, and guides the placement of your remaining furniture. Generally, the sofa looks good directly across from the focal point, facing it at a comfortable distance. Other pieces can then be angled toward the focal point or oriented around the sofa to create a balanced arrangement conducive to conversation. Alternately, you can place the sofa and a love seat to form an L, with the arms close together for cohesion. You probably will need to place furnishings with comparable “visual weight” across from the love seat for balance. An area rug can be used to define and unify your arrangement, Falcone says. With your primary pieces in

place, you need to figure out how to use the rest of the space. “In a huge room, if everything’s in the middle you need to have other groupings of furniture,” Falcone says. Against one wall, you could place two chairs with an occasional table between them, for example. In the best-case scenario, these groupings would accommodate other activities, such as reading, Falcone says.

Off the Walls A floating floor plan leaves you with blank, gallery-like walls. If smaller furniture groupings aren’t possible, fill in the space with framed photos and artwork, or place a console table against the wall and hang a striking piece of artwork above it, Falcone suggests. For smaller rooms, consider moving furniture off the wall at an angle instead of unmooring it altogether. For example, angle your sofa off the wall slightly and put a table and table lamp behind it in the widest part of the pie-shaped space you’ve created. Or keep the sofa parallel to the wall but bring it out far enough to put a rectangular table behind it. One problem with floating floor plans is that there’s no place to plug things in, though in some homes it’s possible to retrofit floor outlets. Make no mistake: “You’ll need table lamps and floor lamps no matter how much natural and overhead lighting you have,” Falcone says.

oneStepataTime

Sunday, May 29, 2011

D A I L Y

H E R A L D

40 fresh ideas to get your house in order

By Dawn Klingensmith, CTW Features

It starts in hidden spaces like drawers and closets. Before long, it spills out and takes over horizontal surfaces and even entire rooms. It’s household clutter, and it breeds to the point of chaos. Clutter can seem overwhelming, but it’s simply an accumulation of things to be dealt with one item or corner at a time. Here are 40 fresh ideas for reclaiming your living space and restoring order. Whether you take baby steps or go the distance with comprehensive spring-cleaning, you can achieve a sense of calm where chaos once prevailed.

Foyer

1. To create an airy, inviting space and a positive first impression, have a landing pad for things like keys and mail. “Trays are my all-time favorite home accessory. Even the most utilitarian items can look purposeful and tidy when they’re collected on a tray,” says Oma Blaise Ford, a senior deputy editor at Better Homes and Gardens. 2. Inside the coat closet, “Those over-the-door shoe organizers with all the pockets are genius, especially the clear ones, for stowing items that leave the house with you like hats, gloves, dog leashes, travel chargers and sunglasses,” Ford adds.

Mudroom 3. Buy a bench with under-theseat storage and a high back with hooks for hanging outerwear. 4. Pegboard above the bench provides added storage space for sports equipment, ball caps and backpacks. 5. Hang a towel by the door so you can wipe the dog’s muddy paws. 6. Keep a box on hand for items

you plan to donate. Put it in your car when full and drop it off on your next outing or when your errands take you by the thrift store.

Kitchen 7. Visit spicecheckchallenge.com to use the “fresh tester” and pitch any spice that’s past its prime. 8. To create more usable counter space, take your knives out of the wooden block and put them in a drawer or on a wall-mounted magnetic knife holder. 9. Use square or rectangular food storage containers in your fridge and pantry. They fit into the corners and optimize space better than round ones. 10. Purchase space-saving, interlocking plastic storage containers and collapsible kitchen gadgets like colanders, funnels and measuring cups, says Dana Korey, founder of Away With Clutter in San Diego. 11. Store extra trash bags in the bottom of a wastebasket so when you take out the garbage, there’s a new bag waiting to line the can.

Family Room 12. Start using a “penalty box” for toys or belongings that kids leave out. Items that end up there are then off-limits for a specified period or can be earned back by doing an extra chore, suggests Donna Smallin, author of “A to Z Storage Solutions” (Storey Publishing, 2008). 13. Don’t let magazines pile up because you intend to read one or two articles out of each. Clip the articles instead and put them in a “grab and go” reading file. “Next time you have to go to the doctor or are waiting to pick up your kids, bring the file with you and read while you wait,” Korey says. 14. While it’s not necessary to rearrange your home library

Continued on Page 14

Clothes belong in your dresser, not on your bed. Making it every day forces you to put away the clothes you may have piled atop it.

D A I L Y

H E R A L D

Sunday, May 29, 2011

Continued from Page 13

Sharpie marker on a shelf to store all the extra buttons that come with new clothes. Use the marker to write a brief garment description on each button enclosure, Albright suggests.

according to the Dewey decimal system, do designate a shelf for unread books and for those you refer to often.

Linen Closet

Kids’ Bedroom 15. Put labels or pictures on drawers or cabinets to teach young ones where to put things back. 16. Have a designated drawer for uniforms and activity attire so there’s no last-minute scramble to find team jerseys and coordinating socks, Korey suggests. 17. Use over-the-door or underthe-bed shoe storage containers with clear windows or pockets to store small toys, such as Barbie dolls and their accessories. 18. In the nursery, a crib trundle provides for tucked-away storage space.

Master Bedroom

19. A lot of us share our beds not with family members or pets but with reading material and clothing. The solution: Make the bed every morning. “It forces

ClosetMaid Too many catalogs cluttering the office? Sign up at 41pounds.org to get off junk-mail lists.

you to clear off and put away any clothes that you may have tossed there,” Korey says. 20. Bed risers, sold at most big-box stores, elevate your bed to create more storage space underneath.

Bathroom

21. Store only frequently used items in the medicine cabinet, and put the rest under the sink or in a drawer. 22. Place a rectangular container in the medicine cabinet so you can stand tubes up and gain shelf space. 23. Hang necklaces on the inside of the medicine cabinet door using damage-free adhesive hooks by Command, recommends professional organizer Diane Albright, All Bright Ideas, Emmaus, Pa. 24. Kitchen flatware trays are handy for keeping makeup supplies organized. 25. If you rotate purses and also tend to accumulate hand lotion from hotels, take a few minutes to put a bottle in each handbag. Do the same for lip balms and pens.

Clothes Closets 26. After an initial purge, hang all the “keepers” and “maybes” the opposite way over the closet rod. Once you wear and launder a garment, switch its hanger back to normal. Put a note in your calendar to purge again in six months to a year, and get rid of all the items that are still reversed. 27. UDesign is a free, downloadable closet-design tool at closetmaid.com that enables you to click and arrange components to your satisfaction, and then print out your plans and parts list. 28. Keep a small box with a

29. Relocate sheet sets to the bedrooms where they belong. Tuck them in a drawer or on a closet shelf, or between the mattress and box spring (in a single layer, not stacked), Albright suggests. 30. Keep shared laundry hampers at the bottom of the closet – one each for whites, lights, darks and possibly reds – and either remove hampers from bedrooms altogether or have family members pitch in on laundry day by consolidating and presorting the dirty clothes from their rooms.

Laundry Room 31. Hang scissors near the washer and dryer to snip loose threads. 32. Keep a container for buttons and items found in pockets prior to laundering. Garage 33. Use the walls, not the floor, for storage. 34. Use a clean garbage can to contain sports balls. 35. Keep potentially hazardous chemicals together in a locked compartment. 36. When buying storage cabinets, make sure the doors will open when your car is parked inside. 37. Clean garden tools thoroughly for winter storage. Remove rust with steel wool and coat metal parts with a protective spray lubricant.

Home Office 38. A pretty napkin holder can be used for time-sensitive mail like bills and invitations requiring an RSVP. Arthur Court and Alessi offer nice designs at department and home stores. 39. Sign up at 41pounds.org to stop receiving 80 to 95 percent of unwanted catalogs and junk mail. 40. Find out where in your area to recycle electronics and all manner of household items at 1800Recycle.com.

Sunday, May 29, 2011

D A I L Y

H E R A L D

D A I L Y

H E R A L D

Sunday, May 29, 2011