Home Habitat

For many, gone are the days of china cabinets. Whether you have down sized in retirement, live in a home too small for such luxuries as specialty cabinets, or see them as a thing of the past, plenty of people go without. But, that does not mean that we don’t have china that is expensive, [...]

As we begin to prepare for winter, and cosy fires in the fireplace, I am reminded of something. Last year the dog knocked over the fireplace utensil holder and it broke. Ever since they have been laying over the wood basket looking very decorative with sprigs of lavender resting in a bunch across them. But, [...]

Alright, so the idea of a towel rack in a bathroom may not be newsworthy. However, there are some inventive ways to make this organising tool more effective. For example, concealing it, or creating space for more than one of them might change things up just enough to make the towel rack new and improved [...]

To really clean out your kitchen pantry, there needs a serious approach, and a thorough accounting. It might seem a little extreme, but necessary it is. Once you have all the items out of the pantry, separate them into categories of everyday use, less often used, outdated, and those to be eliminated altogether. While canned [...]

After buying a tiny second home to escape the hustle and bustle of the daily grind it was time to decorate our new pad. Pretty soon it became apparent that more storage was necessary, but floor space was at a premium. It was while looking at some options on the Time4Sleep (Leather bed seller) website [...]

A linen closet, or cabinet can easily become overwhelmed by the numerous items it houses. These storage units often become the home for articles that do not fit, or belong elsewhere. But, if you organise it well, then you can reclaim lost space. So, here is one of our favourite things to use in the [...]

At our country home it is a constant battle over what to do with our dirty shoes. One person in my family wants to leave them outside, day and night, sun or rain. Another likes to drop them right after entering the front door, and I have a totally different idea and it is one [...]

Most people thing of storage as something that needs to be concealed from view. However, there are wonderfully decorative and eye catching containers for storage that can be left out in full view. But with all those choices, you might need to reign yourself in from overdoing it with the patterns and prints. The best [...]

When the topic of storage comes up, the first thing to come to mind is rarely housing wine. But, with such a wide array of wine racks available, it seems a shame not to display all of those lovely labels that artists spent so much time slaving over. Plus, it is a whole lot of [...]