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Remember how nice my basement looked after it was power washed and painted? Now, imagine it with rivers of a silty rain water headed to the drain and an earthworms buffet. That’s what happens when you have an outside stairwell drain that cannot handle a heavy rain and it floods in under the door [...]

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closet mirror

Originally uploaded by udandi

Last year, I used the Ikea square mirrors for a craft project (etched mirrors) and I had three leftover. When I moved into my house, I did not have a full-length mirror and a little mirror in my bathroom. I decided to mount the extra three mirrors inside my linen closet [...]

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shoe organization

Originally uploaded by udandi

When I lived in an apartment, I kept my shoes in a Rubbermaid bin–classy. Once I got settled into my house, I decided I needed to find a better way to organize my shoes to sped up my morning routine.
My front hall closet is very deep and with nothing on [...]

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Storage Shelves

Originally uploaded by udandi

I mentioned that I use a magnet to cover the vent in my basement, which makes the basement chilly but ideal for storing extra food. When I started blogging in 2006, I was reading mostly personal finance blogs and wanted to be more of a stockpile grocery shopper. However, I lived [...]

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