Color Changes Everything - Part 2

I'm coming back to you with Part 2 of Color Changes Everything {thanks Ikea for suppling these} - now for the Living Room.

Again we start with a neutral background and then add color.

Black & White neutral Living Room.  Curtains, art, throw & rug.  Simple room to change up so easily in the future.  Could even add a pop of color...purple maybe.

This is blue/purple color with the neutrals.

I would love these browns for the Fall season, but I would add a splash of burnt orange.

Green in all different types of shades.

Creamy Beige is added here, keeping the room extremely neutral.

Adding some navy to the creamy beige adds some warmth to the room.

You can check out Part 1 here.

Do you have a neutral room at home?  How do you decorate it?  Do you use pops of colors?  What colors?  I would love to hear all about the colors you use.  :)

Thanks for stopping by everyone!!!  Have a great day!!!  :)



Shoe Storage Solved + A Little Purging

Ok, I could not take the way this closet looked anymore.  This closet is in our 2nd bedroom.  We use it for my extra shoes, our jackets, some misc clothes and some more misc stuff.  We don't have a really large closet in our Master Bedroom {I still have to show you that closet} and this closet and the closet in our 3rd bedroom all have "stuff" in it.  Yup it's just me & the hubby and we take up two regular sized closets and one double closet.  Yeah, we don't even have room for kids.  haha!!!  Well we are hoping for at least one child, so I really have to start to clean out and organize what we have.  Ya never know when you might need more space.

I had to purge some of these shoes.

I had to do something with my shoes that were in boxes.  Yes some of them had pictures of what shoes were inside, but sometimes I still had to open the box to see which shoes were in there.

Not sure yet which shoes these are.

Oh lookie, there are the shoes!!!  Ok, way to much to do to get to one pair of shoes.  If these were in something clear I would have known which shoes I wanted from the start.

  So off to Target I went to find something clear to store them in.  In walks these clear storage containers from Sterilite.  haha!!!  Sorry I couldn't help myself with that pun.  ;)

They fit my 6.5/7.0 size shoes perfectly.  But there is extra room for bigger sizes, but not a man's 11 size shoe because I tried.  ;)

So after I went through all my shoes, I had to go through the other stuff.

Now this is what the closet looks like.  I can actually fit more jackets or other stuff in there now because I purged a good amount of stuff.  There are curtains in this closet also, plus my tree skirt from Christmas.

Now I can see all of my shoes.  I even have one storage container left over right now.

Here is a "before" and "after".  It isn't that huge of a difference, but it is in person to me.

Have you organized your shoes recently?  What organizing tool did you use?    I would love to see how you organized your shoes.  Do share please.  :)

You can also check out this post when I organized my flats in my bedroom.

Thanks for stopping by everyone!!!  Have a great day!!!  :)

Sorry, but I should have added how much I paid for them.  Oops!!!  $2.99 each at Target.  They are 6 qt.  Here is the link on Target.  They are out of stock online, but I did buy them in the store in New York.  Hope that helps.

Free Printable Labels from BHG.com

I've really been on an organizing kick lately and I really want to take it one step further with some labels.  I've been trying to find some free ideas that were cute and colorful.  Thank you Better Homes & Gardens.  Look at how these are.  They are free and you can type on them.  All you have to do is print and cut them out and attach.  You could even print them on an Avery full sheet label and cut out the labels to make stickers instead.  Each label comes in Green, Blue & Orange.  When you go into each label to download, there are three full sheets of each color.  Use the colors you want or use them all.

Link to labels

OH-MY-GOSH.....the inspiration you are about to see.  I was so inspired, I wanted to share with all of you.  Now you can take those pretty labels above and use them somewhere in your home.  Right?  Enjoy!!!  :) 

Address Labels

Book Belongs To Label

Calendar/Planner Labels

Jarring Labels

Supply Drawer Organizer Labels.

File Folder Labels

Kids Room

Girls Room Organization Labels

Key Tag Labels

Basket Labels

Basket Labels

Labels inside luggage tags

Menu Organization Labels

"To-Go" Bag Labels

Pantry Labels

Jar Labels

Bucket Tags

Shelf Labels

Canister Tags

Toy Basket Labels

Toy Basket Labels

Kids Closet Organization Labels

Desk/Office Organization Labels

Link to label ideas

{all pictures via BHG.com}

Label Size ideas and other links next to each picture.

Some of the labels in the above pictures can be found right on BHG site.  Each picture has a little description of the picture next to it and some links to more labels, like the file folder labels.

So which labels do you love?  What are you going to use them for?  Which ideas do you like best?

Thanks for stopping by everyone!!!  Have a great day!!!  :) 

Valentine's Day Linky Party

 There is a Linky Party for Valentine's Day going on over at The Scott's Crib today.  Link up your Valentine's Day related posts.  You can link up through February 18, 2012.  Enjoy!!!  :)








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Make sure you check out all the other blogs that joined in on this series.

Thanks Latoya for hosting this awesome 14 Days of Blogosphere Love.  Loved all that the ladies brought to this series!!!  I found some new blogs I want to follow.  Awesome talent!!!  :)

Thanks for stopping by everyone!!!!  I hope everyone has a great Valentine's Day!!!  Have a great day!!!  :)