Something to hold your ideas
Albums : Now that Justin and I are all settled in our condo, we want to start painting! We plan to start in January, so I have started gathering ideas. To stay organized I use old binders and photo albums as my "Interior Ideas" - Stash fabric swatches, paint chips, pictures from Traditional Home and Real Simple in the album so you can make sure that wall art matches perfectly before you make a special trip to Z-Gallerie.
Something to hold your papers
Shoe Boxes : Save your shoe boxes to use to store small items- don't waste your money on small crates at Target and TJ Maxx when you can make shoe boxes look fabulous with your own creativity. Cover the shoe boxes with old wall paper, fabrics, magazine pages, etc. I love this look mixed with an old rugged piece painted in white.
{photo credit: www.realsimple.com}
