Bin There Dump That: One Man's Trash Blog

Surprisingly most of us don’t give much thought to the everyday clutter in our lives. At least we don’t until it becomes overwhelming.

Clutter will drive you up the wall if you let it. We all have a little bit of the procrastinator in us and he/she is happy to leave that organization project on the side burner for another day. If you’ve had enough of that particular alter ego there is help.

8 Quick and Easy Bathroom Organization Ideas

If you are like so many others that have grown tired of the corporate world and working for someone else, what to do next is usually the most daunting step. You know you want to be your own boss and be in charge of your future, but where do you begin?

Jumping headfirst into a new business venture without any real world experience could be a recipe for disaster. The journey from “great idea” to successful, sustainable business is always littered with obstacles, and if you don’t have a sound plan and a little luck on your side, you may end up as just another small business statistic.

The garage shouldn’t be a space where junk is left to accumulate and be forgotten. There are so many ways to put this space to good use and it goes beyond just storing your car. It can be a woodshop, a space for road hockey or somewhere to do work on your bike and car. With so much potential, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t make cleaning out the garage your next home improvement project.

But if you haven’t been tending to your garage on a regular basis, you could be in for a big job. It’s not easy to get rid of all the years’ worth of stuff that have been accumulating in there.

Fortunately, this blog is here to help with these 5 garage organization tips.

It’s that time of year again — time to clear out all the useless junk in your house, spread it out in your driveway and make LOTS of money with a garage sale!

Just because you have no use for that crocheted fly swatter cover and set of Mickey Mouse cheese knives doesn’t mean they don’t hold great value for someone else. Right?

But the most confounding part of hosting a yard sale is the garage sale pricing. Price items too high and they won’t sell. Price them too low, and why go to all the trouble?

Experts in the yard sale experience tend to agree on basic prices for common items. Stick with the prices most people use, and your toddler’s shoes, paperback books and kitchen gadgets should go home with happy new owners.

The crocheted fly swatter cover might be a tougher sell. More on the “Free” pile later…

It’s almost garage sale season, when eager homeowners everywhere are convinced that SOMEBODY will pay good money (maybe two bucks!) for that toaster that sort of works and the clock that quacks like a duck every hour.

Let’s be optimistic and assume there’s a willing buyer for all your unwanted stuff. The next step is knowing what NOT to do when you launch your garage sale.

There’s more to this time-honored art than piling all your merchandise in the driveway and hoping for the best. Memorize these eight garage sale tips and your next sale might be a sell out.

We all know a square-shaped object won’t fit in a round hole, no matter how hard you try. Similarly, there are some things that just won’t go into a dumpster rental.

Dumpsters range from 9 to 12 feet long and 5 1/2 to 8 feet wide, with 20-yard bins also available for large projects. If your items are larger than these parameters, they are not going to fit.

So, instead of (unsuccessfully) stuffing things like vehicles, play sets and storage units into a dumpster, you can try these ways of disposing large items.