If your personal storage space looks as though you’re preparing for a yard sale, then it’s due time to get organized. Having a cluttered closet is not only annoying and unsightly - it's bad for your clothes.

Here's how to keep your closet clean:

Invest in storage containers and shelves. This way, everything has its own designated place. If you’re seeking custom storage design, check out Eco-Nize for green possibilities. Trying to cram everything onto yet another hanger on that one sagging pole is not the recipe for a clean closet.

Ditch the hangers - especially the wire ones from the dry cleaners'. Many items, like sweaters, are actually better off being folded, gently stacked, and stored in a bin or canvas storage.

Get a hanging shoe rack to save floor space in your closet for plastic drawers. There's no need for shoes to clutter up the floor of your closet - or the hallway - but a shoe caddy can take up precious space. Consider inexpensive canvas shoe racks instead. (Also a good idea if you have a puppy.)

Empty your closet. The entire thing. It's time for the Big Sort. You’ll be surprised at how much fun it is to discover items left forgotten under chaotic piles. Donate anything you haven't worn yet this year - unless it's extremely sentimental - and organize the rest into ...Read More

I have long prided myself on having a lengthy fuse. Not much bothers me. Turns out I may need to update my personal M.O., because I am getting more and more annoyed when I find a really clever, cool item that should be eco but isn’t.

Don’t get me wrong: I’m not a mean, green, ...Read More

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Placemats offer a great alternative to tablecloths because they only need to be wiped off (or perhaps hosed down on pasta night) and not constantly thrown into the wash. Eco designs made with bamboo, raffia or recycled materials make both a stylish and sustainable statement at your table. They also help protect the table top, which I like, ...Read More

During my days of hunting goodies at the mesmerizing Butterfield Estate Sales, I was thrilled to locate a set of vintage Pimpernel coasters decorated with old San Francisco scenes, including cable cars on Hyde Street and the original Gump's store.

Old coasters with evocative scenes and motifs can add a lot of charm to a ...Read More

There's a way of redecorating your home that's healthy, green, effortless and free - though you can only do it in the evenings.

Pity the poor darkness. A few thousand years ago, it was revered as something mystical and sacred in pagan cultures (judging from ...Read More

To escape summer's heat, you've been spending more weekend afternoons lounging out on your veranda with a glass of iced tea and a good book. So we have to ask: would you make the most of these relaxing moments with this ultra-rustic ...Read More

This chair costs $1860.00. And knowing the design house, I think it's probably worth every penny. Or maybe I just love it because I think embroidered upholstery is a little bit more edgy than patterned fabric, but in such a subtle way. This particular chair, the ...Read More

It's never too late to go green, as evidenced in the cool selection of eco clocks hanging on walls and placed on nightstands. You cannot believe some of the quirky materials being used to design these timepieces.

No one is more inventive than Imotime at the Etsy Shop, an ...Read More

Shabby Chic is not my "thing". I've never understood the need to pay 4,500 dollars for a beat-up - excuse me, timeworn - old desk that looks like something you could have found in my first apartment. In truth, though, it's not the price that grates. It's the frills, the pastels, the relentless roses, and the utter lack of something, ...Read More