Fall is quickly approaching and if you're looking for creative ways to transform your home, so that it's ready for the season, you won't want to miss out on these designer-approved tips.
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We’ll soon be trading in lazy summer days for long nights of studying. So, it’s important to make sure you have a space to ease you into back-to-school season. There are lots to consider when setting up the perfect study area: you want a space that’s organized, helps you focus, and feels comfortable (and stylish) enough to sit around for hours.
Some of us might have separate rooms to allocate for studying. But oftentimes, we have to get creative and set up our study areas in bedrooms, dorms, or even library desks. Curious about how to make it work? We called on two pros—one designer and one expert organizer—for their best tips on how to create a cool, collected study space no matter where you are or what you’re working with.
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When it comes to creating a study area, experts agree that the space needs to be free of unnecessary distractions. That means keeping things organized.
“I am a big fan of using clear bins or drawer organizers to group items together for storage,” Megan Evans, principal of Megan Evans Interiors, says. “Consider using them for your writing utensils, paper products, chargers and cords, or miscellaneous items like a calculator or stapler.” Keeping your desk free of clutter can help with productivity, she notes.
A storage system that is clearly labeled and stocked means students don’t waste time trying to find things they need, adds Kathryn Lord, founder of More to Organising.
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As for how to stay on task and on top of deadlines? Incorporating a cork board to tack on your schedule and important papers comes in handy, as well as “utilizing a dry-erase board for daily reminders,” Evans says.
Though, there are design elements that can
Fall is quickly approaching and if you're looking for creative ways to transform your home, so that it's ready for the season, you won't want to miss out on these designer-approved tips.
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In Once Upon a Time I Lived on Mars, Kate Greene talks about Shannon Lucid, the NASA astronaut who spent six months living on the Russian space station Mir. Shannon, it turns out, was a bookworm. During her stay, she read 50 books and improvised shelving from old food boxes, complete with straps to stop the books floating off. This was in 1996, a good decade before the invention of the Kindle, and so these were real books. She apparently chose titles with the highest word to mass ratio, since launch weight is a critical factor! Lucid left her library behind for future spacefarers, but it burned up when Mir was de-orbited in 2001.
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Kathy and Stuart Pickering created their rustic cottage garden in a stretch of field.
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Somehow, back-to-school season is upon us, and you know what that means: shopping and shopping some more. Between school supplies, dorm must-haves, and fresh outfits, getting your kids back in the classroom can put serious pressure on your budget. That’s why we turned to Dina Sweeney, director of merchandising for Kidpik, who knows everything about school shopping season and how to save. Luckily for us, Sweeney has been around the back-to-school block many times with her two college-age kids and is full of wallet-friendly advice. Read on for Sweeney’s top five tips for sticking to a back-to-school budget without sacrificing style.
Your lawn is a crucial part of the beautiful landscape of your outdoor space. That’s why you have to do your best in caring for your lawn. Achieving a lush and healthy lawn is more straightforward than it may seem, even if you are a beginner. Several lawn care aspects must be considered for maintaining a beautiful and green lawn.
Today, we bring you an external expert to the table to tell us some nifty gardening tricks. Nicky Roeber is the Online Horticultural Expert at Wyevale Garden Centres. Here, he shares his top tips for creating a garden that can be packed up and moved — perfect for green-fingered members of “generation rent”.
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