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Bit of news to share this morning. You can find me writing on design, decor, organizing your home at the Portico Fashion Blog. Also I am surrounded by some obscenely talented ladies, do drop by because I am sure you are going to love it. 

This month I share my love for baskets and how they help me organize my home better. Also they make the home so much prettier, don't they?

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This month

This month like all the other months of the year I have a lot on my plate :)  

• A birthday to plan & host. What fun!
• Amongst all the other wonderful work (deadlines I share a love-hate relationship with you, don't I) another workshop to put together for rural artisans & designers. I am smiling.
• A short break to look forward to. Yippie!
• BIG news about purplehomes to share with all of you. Yes! Its not just a revamping exercise.Wink.
• Painful playschool visits to handle ( yes unlike week one when lil S was happy she is not liking the idea of going to school without her mom. She says a week without you was enough and you need to come in now. At least she likes going there, I keep telling myself)

Now only if I could keep track of all of my to-do lists & deadlines on a wall like this. No risk of forgetting anything :) And a pretty wall to flaunt.

I came across this here and would love to have this on the wall behind my desk. Just like this please. Whats absolutely wonderful is that the chalkboard wall is actually vinyl stickers so take them off when you are bored. Also no chalkdust terror. You use a chalk ink pen. 

Can it get better than this?

Image : here

Pretties to hide your clutter & pretty printables to keep you organized

Since we started with the week with de-cluttering here are some more ideas I came across and liked. Here's how to keep your kitchen pretty with all the clutter!!

Wicker baskets, ceramic canisters not only look great in the kitchen and add that cozy feeling to it; they work so well to hide all the little things we don't know where to put

If you have a lot of space in your kitchen, under-the-island-cupboards work beautifully to store the summer table linen & all that crockery you don't use frequently. 

Custom partitions in the kitchen drawers works wonders. Helps to keep things organized & drawers always look clean. And while we are still talking how to organize things better here are some great printables I came across! Heres to a more organized month! Click here to download them for free! 

     

Images : here  & Printables : here via here

Organized Spaces

Ever since the De-cluttering bug bit me...I find myself spending a lot of time looking at creative spaces that are organized well. Once I am done with taking the excess out of the house the next step obviously will be rearranging & reorganizing the whole house. I will keep you posted about my progress. Till then let's look at these two pictures and pick us stuff that inspire us.

What a lovely & clean workstation! 

Such great patterns!

Pretty baskets, tabletop self standing drawers, colorful bins...all go a long way in organizing stuff and make it so much fun!

Images : here & here