My daughter doesn’t go anywhere without her coloring books, paper and markers.  The problem we’ve always had was traveling in the car.  She couldn’t deal with lots of paper and her pencil box and a bookbag, etc while being strapped into her car seat.  Well, the car seat wasn’t going to go away, so I had to come up with something else.

A while back, a product called the “project case” caught my eye.  My scrapbooking hobby could get messy and stickers, papers, and photos would wind up all across the kitchen table.  I bought several scrapbook cases, sized specifically for storing paper and materials up to 12″ x 12″.  They do a great job keeping everything together.  I didn’t even think about using a smaller counterpart until one day when we were travelling to Grandma’s house and my daughter dropped a stack of paper all over the floorboard of the car.  Driving with a distraught child in the car is NOT a pleasant experience.  It was time to introduce my daughter to the project case. Continue Reading »

Question: I’m moving from a dormitory to an apartment, and for the first time I need furniture! I’m trying to populate my apartment in a reasonably affordable manner.I purchased a used desk that does not have any drawers, and I’ve quickly realized how much I need some drawer space for all the junk I have. Because of the strange design of my new desk, there isn’t any space on the desk top (it’s a two tiered desk). However, there is plenty of space underneath the desk for some type of drawer unit. I’d prefer it not be plastic. I don’t even know what you would call such a drawer unit, thus I haven’t had any luck finding one. Any ideas? Continue Reading »

It’s about time to break down and get a new office chair.  I like the one I have…it’s fine for sitting in.  But when I lean over to get files out of the bottom cabinet, I’m more likely to wind up on the floor than to retrieve that needed file.  It may just be a loose screw that needs some tightening but I haven’t had a chance to get off the chair, on to the floor and physically LOOK under there.  Besides, I just saw a new chair I WANT so, of course, I need a reason to get it. Continue Reading »