Good Ideas

A while ago I was looking for toothpaste tube "winders." We had several different types and I was trying to find more of a certain style. While doing a search on the Internet, I came across an image like this. What a wonderful use for binder clips. It does the job - very well! P.S. I remember the day when toothpaste tubes were made from some sort of metal. You could roll up the tube and the coil would hold. The metal tube would sometimes spring a leak. Read more here.                 image 

A cookie package with a clever closing & one that keeps cookies fresh. 

Now that's a good idea!

Shelves with wheels - a fantastic idea!

In our 34 years at West North Street, we had a variety of shelves for our food storage and miscellaneous stuff stored in the basement. We tended towards the relatively inexpensive gray metal shelves. They bent under too much weight. Moving them to dust, paint or for other reasons was a major hassle. When my sister and her husband moved to Columbus, I noticed the shelves in their garage. The shelves had wheels! What a wonderful idea. Sam's Club was selling them so we made the investment. Over the years we replaced all our gray metal shelves. They were sturdy and they moved easily! The shelves crossed the country with us and now fill up one of our garages. 

This week our hot water heater was replaced. It's in the side of the garage with all our storage. All we had to do was move the car to the street and wheel the shelves to the empty garage - a piece of cake!

So - if you're wondering if good shelves, with wheels, are worth the investment - they are!