PROBLEM: My kids play a lot of sports, and they have all these long awkward sticks around the house. What do I do with them? SOLUTION: Alex Dombroski, owner of Red Belly Board Shop in Ann Arbor, has a creative idea. Take out your drop ceiling panels and rest the Read more…
PROBLEM: I have an old ladder. I really like the way it looks. I know that there’s got to be a way to use it to help me organize my stuff. SOLUTION: Claudette Jocelyn Stern, owner of Metal in Ann Arbor, shows us some great ideas. She’s propped the ladder Read more…
PROBLEM: My tools get all piled up on a shelf. I can’t find what I’m looking for. SOLUTION: Use all the surfaces of the shelving area for storage. For example, hammer nails and attach screws or hooks to the shelf sides and back. If the shelf doesn’t have a back, Read more…
PROBLEM: My necklaces and bracelets are in a big knotted ball. I can’t see them much less untangle them to wear. SOLUTION: Alice Liberson, owner of Dogma Catmantoo in Ann Arbor, has an idea. Hang them on a cylinder of some sort. In the picture, Alice took a plastic cylinder, Read more…
PROBLEM: I’m a visual person and I forget what I have unless I see it. If there is anything behind a door, it is gone from my consciousness. SOLUTION: Owner Mary Cambruzzi of Found Gallery in Ann Arbor, has a great idea. She takes the doors off of some of Read more…
PROBLEM: I need people other than me to know what goes where. SOLUTION: The TeaHaus of Ann Arbor has the right idea – use labels. Owners Lisa McDonald and husband Marc Hewko not only facilitate easy retrieval and easy put-away with their labels, Lisa and Mark also use pictures, words, Read more…
PROBLEM: I can’t keep track of the things that I need. SOLUTION: Fourth Ave Birkenstock of Ann Arbor has just the solution. Owners Claire and Paul Tinkerhess collected all the supplies they need to help people try on shoes/sandals and put them in one place. They hung two hooks in Read more…
PROBLEM: I have this old suitcase, which I think is really cool but I’m not sure what to do with it. I have some things that need a home but I don’t want to go out and buy something. SOLUTION: Heavenly Metal of Ann Arbor has just the solution. Use Read more…
PROBLEM: I’m not sure what to do with all my baseball caps. I like to look at them and access them. SOLUTION: Mighty Good Coffee in Ann Arbor has just the answer. They have taken a piece of thick twine and attached it to a screw. Then they attached some Read more…
PROBLEM: It’s hard for me to see what’s inside my shelf and cupboard so I don’t put things away or get things out. SOLUTION: The Peaceable Kingdom in Ann Arbor has a great solution. Add lights! Notice that the two lamps in their display makes everything visible. HINT: The Peaceable Read more…