19 Smart Solutions for Around the House

These simple, blogger-approved projects are sure to make your life better.

"My ribbon holder saves me from digging when I'm sewing. Slide spools onto a 14 1/2 inch thin wooden dowel, fit the stick across a slotted plastic bin's top row of holes, and pull ribbon ends through the sides. Repeat with as many rolls as your bin can hold."

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DIY Decorative Tape Storage Holder

Washi Tape, how I love thee!  Do you share the same feeling?  If you do, then I’m sure you can relate to having rolls and rolls lying around — in baskets, bowls, etc.  I recently made a decorative tray from a shadow box and today we’re going to take an unfinished jewelry holder and make use of it as a decorative tape storage holder!  Supplies you will need

Marbled Clay Ring Dish

I've come to a realization, and I have a confession to make—I am a litterer. A ring litterer that is. Ever since I started doing the multi-ring stacking trend, they are scattered all over my house, as I take them off to work outside, do the dishes, or hop in the shower. So far I've been lucky, and I haven't had any mysteriously disappear, but I thought it might be a good idea to keep some ring dishes throughout the house to insure it stays that way. And what's an easy and cheap way to make a ring dish? Why, out of clay of course!  Learn how...http://www.abeautifulmess.com/2014/11/marbled-clay-ring-dish.html