Thursday, September 20, 2012

Organizing can save you time and $

I recently reorganized our laundry room at our house. Previously I had beautiful linen baskets that looked very pretty however they were very deep and you couldn't see what was in them making it extremely hard to determine what was in there. Even though organizing is what I do in I have made the mistake to let beauty take over for function.

We are limited in space at our house and need a place to store the many cleaning supplies, dog stuff, beauty supplies you name it.  The first step was to take everything out and sort what we had. Interestingly enough we had duplicates of the same product; probably because I had no idea we already had an item, thanks to our deep, lovely baskets.

The next step was finding something that was useful, i.e. it held our stuff and I could see what we have, but also nice looking because I'll admit it--beauty is important!

I found some great blue and green ones at Dollar Tree! Once all like products were grouped together I put them in their own baskets. Final touch was finding some great clips and adding handwritten tags for a quick glance of baskets contents.

I was able to refresh our laundry room as a useful, efficient space that will save me time and money and that is also nice to look at.



Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Using found or vintage objects to transform your home








Join me for Ready Aim Redo Launch night 
and celebrate the Grand Opening of St. Johns Vintage!


Thursday June 14th
5:30 - 8:00 pm
St. Johns Vintage is located at 8416 North Lombard Street, Portland OR 


I will be creating home vignettes using the timeless treasures found in this special shop.
 I'll also be answering questions and offering advice
 on how to use found or vintage objects to transform your home. 

Light appetizers will be served


















Tuesday, March 13, 2012

DIY Projects for a pop of color or fresh look

I was recently inspired by Do It Yourself Magazine Spring 2012, Page 63 "Swatch Watch" where you choose three shades of acrylic paint, tape off the canvas and paint light, medium and dark or vice versa, like the paint chip(s) you might get for a project. Once the paint is dry, remove the tape to divide each "swatch." Feeling inspired, I decided to do several canvases at once to try out different color combinations and was really impressed with the results. This is project is perfect for someone that needs a pop of color added to their walls.


My other DIY project I just completed was an old ottoman I found at a used furniture store. I saw its potential and certainly couldn't go wrong with the $14.00 price tag. I uncovered the fabric, repainted and recovered with new fabric. The theme I was going for was pretty princess throne! Total cost for this project $29.00!






Sunday, January 29, 2012

Home Organization-Oregonian

Today there was an interesting tidbit in The Oregonian's Metro section about home organization. I think a lot of people want to be better organized. Organizing can be more than overwhelming, especially when it's been months or even years of putting off a major project.

I've worked on many organization projects ranging from large to small and I think they all follow the same concept:

  • Discovering what you have
  • Deciding what to keep
  • Donating what you don't need
  • Organizing like items
  • Cleaning 
  • Putting everything away and merchandising the space

When you're ready to take on that organization project that you've been meaning to do, be in touch--I'm ready to help.


Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Baby's room

I just finished designing a baby's room. I absolutely love designing baby/children's rooms. I love the playfulness, bringing items into the room that are important to parents and what they want to share with their child(ren) or working with a particular color or pattern. At the end, everything is pulled together, fitting perfectly like pieces in a puzzle.

In this particular design project the parents wanted a room that wasn't "too baby." They wanted a room where their baby could grow, and not grow tired of a particular theme. The parents had found a picture frame tree to go in the room. It fit perfectly behind the crib--making it a wonderful focal point in the room. I really like the thought of the baby looking at the pictures of mom, dad, grandparents and friends from the crib. It really seems very special. On the tree is the word "family" and with that I created artwork that represented that feeling. One framed artwork spells out love and the other one is a story about how special their little one is.





The walls went from white to a nice sage green. The bedding design is circles and the colors are a mix of warm chocolate brown, blue, green and a really bright orange. I created four little circle prints to complement the bedding.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Hello! Are you ready?

I've recently started my own home organization, room redesign and staging business, Ready Aim Redo. I wanted to share with the world some of my ideas, inspiration and what truly makes me happy: great home design and DIY projects.

Check out my website http://www.readyaimredo.com, like me on Facebook, or follow me on Twitter. Most of all, be in touch with me when you're ready to take on the home project you've been dreaming about.

Here are a few images of recent projects: