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Too Many Clothes and Not Enough Bedroom

The commercial and residential building trend for today is more living area space and less bedroom space. When an apartment complex has to compromise - the large bedroom and its accompanying storage space will be the first to get the pink slip.Lack of storage space is a flash from the past, when storage was not in walls or in shelving but in massive pieces of furniture each had a specific purpose and the grouping seemed to take up the whole room. As a renter - you'll have to supply your own storage.What's the solution? Consider how America used to live. Small bedrooms herald back to way before the fifties, when people accumulated fewer things and consumerism was less focused on the individual and more on the common good of the family. That changed substantially after World War II and the birth of the "Me" Generation - better known as baby boomers.

An exhilarated nation lavished new goods bought cheaply from around the world on its families, children and grandchildren, and consumerism has never taken a step back. No longer are we happy with one of everything (one winter coat, one TV) - now we have been enculturated to appreciate variety over value.Increased availability and reduced prices for consumer goods has created an enthusiastic consumer for collecting small goods - clothes, trinkets, and accessories. For those who love to shop at The Gap and The Limited , and can afford to buy a whole new wardrobe every season, lack of closet space and smaller bedrooms can be a real inconvenience.If space is a problem, look to the past on how to solve it and make it work for you in the meantime.1. Revamp Your Wardrobe.How did our grandmothers manage with those tiny closets and fancy carved wardrobes that we now use to hold our TV's? The answer is simple - they had fewer clothes and they took better care of them.Throw out anything you have not worn in over a year. Be brutal.

Clothes hanging in your closet won't give you any additional value, they just keep getting limper until you never wear them at all.Assess what is left for wear and tear. Weed out some more. Again be brutal.Try to make a mix and match plan with what remains. Any item that doesn't go with at least two or three other items, you don't need. A blouse should go with at least a skirt and a pair of pants, and perhaps, jeans.

A sport coat should complement at least two different pairs of slacks. Some clothes can traverse the seasons and work layered under other things. A T-shirt can add warmth to a medium weight sweater that will get you through most cold days.2. Buy fewer clothes and take better care of them. Any new item you buy automatically makes at least two items in your wardrobe obsolete.

Don't believe me? Do the math. You'll likely wear a new item as often as twice in the first week you own it, then you might wear it as often as once a week or more for a few weeks more. You'll also stop wearing items from the same "era." Why? The psychological associations are simply too strong. If you really want to buy something, look at how long the season is to wear it - 3 months to six months depending on the climate in which you live then divide the number of wearings (once a week) into that period. That is a quick way to decide if you realize that the great blouse you just found is going to cost you $30 a wearing because the seasons are about to change.Joan Crawford was right.

No more wire hangers...ever. The thin wire wears a groove into clothes and causes unsightly lumps in anything with a knitted fabric. Knits should be folded and stored. Wherever possible, get your hands on coat hangers or plastic hangers and use those for your hangables.3. Decorate with some of your favorite wearables.

Is your hat collection taking up too much room? Hang one on your bedpost, make an arrangement on the wall. Accent with bunches of upside down dried flowers. No way to keep your ties neat? Create a rack on one wall or use as a headboard. Ties can add color and style. Add to your collection with funky ties from the back of Dad's closet or the Salvation Army.4.

Put everything on the walls that you can, including lighting. Lamps take up a lot of room on small bedside tables, room you may need for other things. Brace small shelves on the wall on either side of your bed and present your lamps like works of art. Invest in shelves that you can take down and take with you when you move. Create vignettes on the shelves that can be useful and bring color and urban wit to your bedroom - books, memorabilia.

Decorate with items that are distinctively you.One of the most charming decorative items from the past are wall shelves, brackets and sconces. If you go into new furniture stores, you will see that wall storage is making a huge comeback and at very expensive prices.5. If your bedroom isn't large enough to accommodate the kind of furniture you really want, paint a tromp-l'oeil version of what you want. Tromp-l'oeil is the art of painting or fabricating something so that it looks like the real thi ng. One decorating style book suggests painting a canopy on the wall and ceiling behind and above the bed to give the illusion of elegance.

Rooms with small windows can be similarly fooled with paintings that feature windows and pictures of beautiful views.6. Change the way you study, pay bills, or work at home. Move the "home office" out of the bedroom and find a convenient place in your more spacious living room area.Psychological studies show that when you study, read or do work that requires concentration, you will perform better away from areas associated with relaxation and sleep. The reverse is true also. You will sleep better away from demanding reminders of projects due.7.

Keep it simple. A few large pieces of furniture will have more utility than scaled down versions of more items. Use one nightstand instead of two, but make it a large one. Use a large dresser that can accommodate all your foldables. Out of season items can be stored in boxes and put in the closet or under the bed..

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The Key To Key Biscayne - Sonesta Beach Resort

The Key To Key Biscayne, the Sonesta Beach Hotel and ResortRead Jetsetters Magazine at www.jetsettersmagazine.comRead this entire feature with photos at:http://www.jetsettersmagazine.com/archive/jetezine/hotels/florida/miami/beach/sonesta/miamibeach.htmlSure, it's hot in Florida in the middle of July. But I live in Baltimore . . . it's hot here too in the middle of July! So, what better time to head to a beach...especially one that wouldn't be as crowded in high summer as the closer Maryland beaches where everyone heads "down-y ocean," as they say in this part of the world.So, off I went to sunny (and yes, hot *and* humid!) Florida for a summer beach vacation.

And you know what? Summer or winter, Florida is an ideal vacation destination (Not that that's a major newsflash, of course, but I thought I'd confirm it just in case you had any doubts!).I flew from Baltimore to Ft. Lauderdale, not Miami. The airports were equi-distant from my hotels, and I found the Ft. Lauderdale airport...

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Time for Sleep..A Guide for First Time Parents

If you don't want to fight your two year old for space in your own bed, you must start early in establishing good bedtime habits.
Good bedtime habits will allow your child the comfort that he or she needs to fall asleep in their own room by themselves.
Good bedtime habits for your child are the gift that keeps giving because it pays off with better sleep and more comfort for you as parents.First time parents always have anxieties about putting their child to bed in their own bedroom for the first time.
Mothers may be anxious about their baby growing up so quickly and leaving the comfort of the bassinette that is right next to the bed.
Both parents may feel uneasy about the baby being alone in a big dark room.

The biggest cause of anxiety may just be the unknown amount of time it will take before your child goes to bed without crying hysterically before falling asleep.
Hopefully some advice from a parent that has been through this stage...

Time for Sleep..A Guide for First Time Parents

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How to never have a messy office (or house, garage or shed) again!

Copyright 2006 GettingAGrip.com

I learnt something as I unpacked my bags recently.
I'd just returned from a 3-day trip to regional towns around New Zealand.
I pulled out some items I needed immediately and then caught myself thinking, 'I'll finish unpacking later.'

'No you won't.
You'll do it now!'
said the little voice on my shoulder.

With a brief flutter of resistance my procrastinating self crept back into her hole.
Within five minutes the job was done, the room was tidy, and I knew I could come back into the room later without that awful sinking feeling of 'Darn it, I've still got to put all this stuff away!'

I noticed something else.

It's easier to shift a moving object than a stationary one, it generates higher energy, and it's less time-consuming.
It's when we have to go back to something that we end up in a muddle, it slows us down, procrastination becomes a familiar...

How to never have a messy office (or house, garage or shed) again!

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Home Fragrance In Vogue

The home fragrance market is booming. From perfume, toiletries, and cosmetics to pre packaged foods. It is currently a multi billion dollar industry that continues to show strong growth. The strongest growth has taken place in the last 5 years and is expected to continue through 2007 and beyond. Western Europe, Japan, and the US continue to lead with 65 percent of demand and over three-quarters of world wide production of home fragrance products.

Rapid growth of home fragrance sales has also been registered in Asia/Pacific, Latin America, and Eastern Europe.Market researchers attribute the growing trend of home fragrance popularity in the US to the fact that we are spending more time at home. We are using home fragrances to UN-stress ourselves and make our indoor environment a healthier and more pleasing place to be. And we like it, it makes us feel good. Consumer research is quite convincing. People feel better about themselves and are more comfortable at home when a home fragrance...

Home Fragrance In Vogue

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