Hellooooooooo Monday! (Can u tell I am very AWAKE!). How was ur weekend? Mine was filled gardening (hubby revamped a garden wall, I took pics so I can share them w/u on another Monday. So, onto today’s post … Messes simply STRESS me out … I can’t function well around mess, so today’s tip is my sneaky way to avoid mess when drilling holes into your walls! The test guinea pig = my kitchen! I wanted to add hooks to hang some pans and my tea cups, but the busy (aka: hates cleaning!) gal that I am, I didn’t want to clean up all the crazy dust that gathers (or shall I say .. scatters) after a drilling party. So to my rescue …. envelopes! Yep, ENVELOPES = a no mess make-it remedy!
I grabbed a standard size envelope (like we really use envelope much these days for actually mailing letters, right???!!!). I taped the envelope to the wall where I was going to drill the hole for the hook, and the envelope (sooo beautifully!!!!) picked up the drywall dust. Ohh so simply sweet!
Here’s a horrible photo of me (with my goofy glasses)
Hole made, anchors added, hook placed … and I didn’t have to take out the vacuum!
I love the look of hanging pots (PLUS ….. I love how easily accessible they are = which is a biggie for this busy family over here!).
Next is the tea cup hooks. Steps: mark hook placement with pencil, envelope up with tape, add anchors, twist and turn hook in and … enjoy accessible tea cups! Tea anyone????
Here’s the end result. Do you like our white shelves? Can u tell I have a ‘thing’ for white dishware (I find them sooo serene, especially next to our aqua blue walls!
Here’s a closeup below:
I do have other none white dishware in our kitchen (I swear I do!!!) … I even have polka dotted bowls. But, as you can see from our cereal containers below … we are LOW on cereal so I have to make time to head over to the supermarket, so I am ending the post here today. Next Monday, I will show more peeks of my kitchen content including my chalkboard painted wall. Have a beautiful day!!!
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Great little trick. So simple, yet it might have never occurred to me.
Glad u like the TRICK – saves time NOT cleaning yeaaaah ; )
Great idea! I hate the cleaning part too. I just love the color of your walls. So cheery.
Glad u love my serene wall color …. I also have a chalkboard painted WALL in the kitchen (pics to follow on anotehr post).
What a nifty little trick! Also love your wall color!
Happy Monday!
THANKS Nina … the wall color was inspired by my honeymoon … bora bora’s beautiful waters!
I’ve been surfing online more than 3 hours lately, yet I never discovered any interesting article like yours. It is lovely worth sufficient for me. Personally, if all webmasters and bloggers made good content as you did, the net can be a lot more helpful than ever before.
Hey – nice shades! And great tip with the envelope, will definitely use that one. Your tea cups are so pretty – definitely worth displaying
Hi Niki .. glad u like my teacups, and envelope tip
wow! cant wait to see more of your kitchen! and thanks for the tip! i would have never thought of doing so but sounds easy and great!
Glad u like my kitchen peek … I hardy use envelopes for mailing sooooo NEW usage : )
The envelope is such a clever idea to catch the dust. I’m definitely going to use that in the future
they look great and easy to do – Great organisation too!!
THANKS Anastasia!
Brilliant! I love anything that makes clean-up easier! Also really digging your glasses
Hahaha … hey a gal has to wear her STYLISH ‘glasses’
This is such a great idea. I’m definitely going to use the envelope next time, the dust gets everywhere. The fruit loops look so pretty in the jar in the photo.
The envelope idea is such a great idea. The dust gets everywhere.
Glad u like …. yep, I procrastinate certain projects to avoid MESSES, so this is an incentive for NO procrastination!
What a great idea! It’s so simple yet something I never would’ve thought of – thanks for sharing
You are very welcome Rose