Organize (and Decorate) Your Home on a Budget with Baskets
What's an item that can help you organize every room in your home, helps create the appearance that you're a tidy housekeeper (even if you're not), and perks up your decorating scheme?Need another hint?It comes in all shapes, sizes, colors and materials and can be found in many local retail stores, including craft stores and discount retailers, and at flea markets and craft shows and well basically it's a universal item found all over the world. You probably have one right now in your home.It's a basket! So the next time someone gives you one filled with anything from sweets to colognes, don't discard it once you've used what's in it. Once the items are gone, the basket's job has only just begun. Read onward to find out how to use this wonderful item in every room in your house. For instance, in the kitchen, you can use hanging wall pocket baskets, which have flat backs, to store dry sponges and scrubbers as well as pot holders, oven mitts, dry dish rags and spare kitchen hand towels.And in your family room or den, you might use a deep, round or cylindrical shaped basket on the coffee table to hold television or other electronic remotes.
A basket made of rags will slide without scratching (or put a doily underneath). (Imagine never losing the television remote again because you have an assigned place to put it in full view--that blends in with your home decor.)And in the bedroom, a wicker hamper with a lid in the closet can store extra pillows and keep them dust-free. If you see openings in the wicker slats or don't like your linens snagging on the inside of the basket, line the hamper with a sheet or large gallon trash bag.The ideas for using these globally designed and sold products that have been around for decades are infinite. And probably no product is so practical and useful as well as beautiful. (And modestly priced too!) Baskets are handmade works of art that are functional.
Imagine serving drinks on that glorious one-of-a-kind painting you have hanging on the wall. Not! But with baskets you can literally put your most unique artwork into daily usage and daily view.Baskets come in many sizes, shapes and materials such as willow, rattan, bamboo, rope, palm leaf, wire and rags. And many are adorned with metal garnishes, dried coco flowers, gugo vine handles and more.It's that variety of qualities that make baskets so easy to organize AND decorate with simultaneously. And you don't have to take a basket as it comes. Dress up any of your baskets by gluing on your own garnishments.
For example, craft stores sell all types of trinkets you can glue on your baskets. Be creative. Try personalizing your baskets with anything from buttons to plastic candy canes to miniature toy figures or mini cloth stockings. You could also buy miniature toys and figurines from typical large discount retailers or smaller dollar stores. (What fun to do by yourself or with your children).
And when you're done, you can still put that basket to work in an organizational function in your home---only it will have twice the value to you (the purchase price plus the priceless sentimental value).(c) 2004 Karen Fritscher-Porter.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASELexington, SC (ContentDesk) November 3, 2005 -- Gift Baskets & More by Latanya will host its 1st annual bridal show on Saturday, November 19, 2005 at the Jamil Temple in Columbia, SC.Gift Baskets & More by Latanya is excited about hosting a unique bridal show that will offer a brunch, 2 fashion shows, & 3 seminars on strengthening a marriage.
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All About Gifts & Baskets Launches Gift Baskets Tip Site at LifeTips.com
Boston, MA (ContentDesk) February 17, 2006 -- All About Gifts & Baskets selects LifeTips for content development services and link building strategy, and together with LifeTips announces the launch of the Gift Basket site in the LifeTips network to millions of knowledge seekers at LifeTips. All About Gifts & Baskets will now become the exclusive Gift Basket client in the LifeTips network. All About Gifts & Baskets is a great company for consumers looking for creative ideas for sending gift baskets, said Byron White, President of LifeTips. Everything you need to know about purchasing gift baskets online, and creating your own gift baskets for weddings, showers, and birthdays, can be found on the Gift Basket Tip Site at LifeTips. Sample Gift Basket Tip:* Healthy Foods Gift Basket"With so many people becoming more conscious about their diets, it only makes sense to create food gift baskets that are filled with natural and healthy foods. You can order or create a healthy foods gift basket...
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Where to Buy Wholesale Picnic Baskets
Perhaps you are a vendor who would like to begin offering picnic baskets at your deli, grocery store, hardware store, gift shop, or other retail outlet. You might be wondering where you can get wholesale picnic baskets.
Or perhaps you are a person who absolutely adores giving picnic baskets as thank-you gifts, anniversary or graduation presents, and for just about every other occasion. You can save money by buying many baskets at once.
No matter your reason for wanting to buy a number of picnic baskets all at once, you can find a manufacturer, outlet, distributor, retailer, third party, or someone else who will be willing to sell you more than one basket. For your massive business, they will reward you by giving you discounts up to 50-percent or even more -- sometimes 60- or 70-percent off!
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A Taste of Tahoe
A Taste of Tahoe: Just as the majesty of the tall pine trees complement the beautyof the crystalline waters of Lake Tahoe, so does the cuisine ofthe many fine restaurants visitors can expect to find fromStateline to South Shore. Whether it's grabbing a burger and fries or relishing a savorybit of filet mignon, the dining options at the lake arelimitless and can accommodate any appetite. Atmosphere is essential to any successful restaurant and forsuch establishments as the Riva Grill, Llewellyn's,...
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Costume Contact Lenses - Be Noticed In The Crowd!
Costume contacts have always been a favorite tool of movie costume designers. What makes a werewolf appear like a real monster and not just an actor in a costume? The eyes, of course! The eyes make the entire image seem real and very believable.But the days when theatrical lenses were available only to movie stars are long gone. Now everybody can get a pair of costume contacts that makes their eyes appear bright and inhuman. The only limit is your imagination.Many people think of theatrical contact...
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Caribbean Travel Cruises
The Caribbean is a group of many distinct island countries offering the most spectacular and pristine beaches around the world. This makes a cruise to these islands a spectacular adventure. A lot of tours are organized from around the world to visit the islands. The most attractive of the islands are St. Vincent, Martinique, Grenada and Barbados.
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Home Purchase Loans
When you begin window-shopping for a home, you will soon find out that the number of houses available is almost outdone by the number and variety of home purchase loans available. Every year, lenders come up with new and innovative ways to package mortgages. They tweak them with complex interest rate schedules, they simplify them with basic low-cost approval and closing processes; and they trick them out with bells and whistles that are the latest up-to-date version of the reinvention of...
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