Function or Beauty?

For the last 4 1/2 years, I have had a toddler and an infant concurrently. "How?" you ask. We've stacked 4 children pretty closely in age. Therefore, we have constantly had 2 diaper users and a one consistent trash-digging hobbiest as resident. Ah, a problem. It is important to have a trash for the diapers close by, and we weren't impressed with the Diaper Genie. Now, I prefer to keep things as pretty as possible. However, when stinky, yucky, doo-doo trash is strewn about out of my pretty, little, unobtrusive wastebasket, I start to rethink what is attractive. So, we asked ourselves, "How do we nail the trash to the wall?" And this is what we found:

Now we have our trash displayed for all to see. But, it is terribly convenient to the diaper-changing area, it's out of reach of our precocious toddler, and we can easily reuse our grocery bags. Beside the trash there is a little Sack Sock that we picked up at WalMart. I think you can usually find one at most craft shows or on Etsy.

Nail it to the Wall

My husband and I were both begotten by clutterers. Not your run-of-the-mill clutterers, but full-on, garage-sale-shopping, Sam's membership, that-might-come-in-handy-someday, antique-collecting clutterers. They raised us well and loved us lots, but we were not forced to put everything in its place, since often things didn't have a place to call their own. As a result, we are passionate about reducing clutter (which = chaos = stress), especially since we have 4 children so far. This usually means throwing or giving stuff away when there's no need for it. My husband likes to "store things as money" or not buy it before you need it. But, there are times when you actually need (or want) something, just not all the time. For these things, there is an obsession with finding a way to "nail it to the wall", and unspeakable joy that comes from finding elegant ways to do so. Come with us on our exciting journey to use the space we have in an efficient and organized way.