A month by month plan to get your home storage organized: May is the garage

Yuck. The garage. Not a very fun one to organize is it? Unfortunately it's one of those chores that must be done, and being that it's a long weekend you might have more time to get it done. Here is BHG's plan for organizing your storage in the garage.

Create Task Kits. Create kits for various outdoors projects by filling 5- and 10-gallon plastic buckets with all the tools, products, and accessories you need to complete specific tasks such as car-washing, weeding, bicycle repair, and more.

Stash Sporting Gear. Fill tall kitchen trash cans with large and odd-shaped sporting gear. Drill holes in the bottom of bins if drainage is important. Stabilize containers by securing to a wall with short bungee cords.

Organize the Trunk. Clean out your vehicle's trunk. Toss every item that is expired or damaged. Place all trunk gear in a canvas bin or box. Make sure the container doesn't slip by adding rubber or hook-and-loop tape to the bottom.

Tidy Up the Tools. Hang hand tools on a wall near your workbench from hooks on pegboard, magnetic board, or a wall-mount strip system. Label each tool's spot. Put extra tools in a tool box or clear plastic boxes and store on floor underneath workbench.


I've rounded up a bunch of images that I hope you find inspiring and help you rally the motivation to organize the garage.

The chalkboard cabinet and drawer fronts is a great idea.  You could always paint yours with chalkboard paint.

A magnetic kitchen knife strip works great for holding drill bits too

Use magnetic spice containers to hold small hardware in the garage

This space has to be the prettiest garage I've ever seen

In the garage, bins and hooks and boxes are our friends

A rolling cart with most used cleaning supplies and tools is a great idea!
images above via BHG

Take a cue from Julia Child's kitchen and do the same for your tools!
via Martha Stewart

Best of the Week on BB&B

It's a gorgeous day, and we are out planting in the garden! Enjoy the links from the week and see you back here tomorrow.

photo by Laura Trevey

Studios Magazine 2011 Feature - My Art Studio

Top 10 Home Design Blogs and 4 Time Management Tips

Healthy Living: Snack Ideas

Beautiful Living Rooms ~ and Outdoor Wedding Inspiration

Bold Paint Colors for your Walls

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garden secrets..

Sometimes I find that when I take a minute to see things in a different light  I can really find 

inspiration..

We visited some really beautiful gardens while we were in France and I must say that I have a whole new idea of how I want to transform what I have..

So far my garden has basically remained untouched for the past 3 years, simply because I was not sure what exactly we should do with it.  Now I am inspired and hopefully will take some action!

These gardens have been cared for deeply maybe that is what I need a loving hand to make it work.

Images by christina for greige of a lovely chateau in Miesery France

Etsy Finds: How Does Your Garden Grow

For today's Etsy Finds, check out these wonderful items for your garden. I don't know about you, but I am excited to get outside and start planting.

garden stakes, garden sign, hanging planter, herb garden stakes

More Etsy Finds

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Pretty Garden Swing

If I didn't have a million things to do today, I would love to sit on this romantic swing and sip on some ice cold lemonade... What is on your agenda today?

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Falling for Two Maisons...

 

This is so beautiful!  See how this space started and became so absolutely 

lovely here!

images via two maisons

Perfect in purple..

 

Oh so lovely on a Spring day...

Not to mention chairs like our Camden lounge chair in the first pic 

and my most favorite type of yogurt from Paris in the collage on the bottom...

Images via a thoughtful eye and little brown pen

Friday Find: Colorful Iron Garden Chairs

A week of non-stop rain has me longing for sunshine and outdoor entertaining. Wouldn’t these colorful iron garden chairs by British designer David Le Versha be delightful on any patio? This playful collection was inspired by wrought iron fencing would be great paired with traditional, contemporary or modern outdoor furnishings.

 

This turquoise beauty would be my first pick! All are available at Anthropologie.

Happy Friday!

Celebrity Home: Sting's Backyard

Today we are visiting Sting and Trudie Styler’s farm in Tuscany, near Florence. A terrace with stunning views of the vineyards and the Chianti hills beyond. The landscape design is by Arabella Lennox-Boyd. How I wish we could see the interiors as well!


Sting and his wife bought the property in 1997.

Typical Tuscan architecture. The 16th-century villa was built as a hunting lodge for the dukes of San Clemente.


Chinese wisteria covers the 118-foot-long oak pergola.


An antique marble fountain rises out of the boxwood parterre.

Clipped boxwood frames beds of lavender, santolina, and white oleander.

An ancient cedar of Lebanon overlooks the parterre, formally known as Il Giardino dei Limoni, or garden of the lemon trees.

Sting came up with the idea for the oversize chessboard.

Lunch on a gravel terrace in the shade of an oak tree.

The pool, installed by a previous owner, overlooks the Valdarno Superiore valley.

Photography by Giancarlo Gardin

Portrait by Jaime Travezan

All images and information from Architectural Digest.

Photographer Robin Stubbert

Good Monday morning to all of you dear readers!

Back in April 2010 I featured the work of oh so talented photographer Robin Stubbert. I'm not quite sure what happened but after some time the pics looked fuzzy so I have deleted that post and am making a new one with the same photographs and some new ones she has added to her site as well.
Robin specializes in interiors, still life, gardens and lifestyle, and books and magazines.
Come enjoy with me!

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More beautiful photographs in Robin's portfolio right here.