Let's Be Thankful For Our Space! ("Transforming Apartment" VIDEO)

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

On this holiday, let us be thankful for all the space we have in our homes to live the life we want!

You live in a small space perhaps? Well...you should STILL count your blessings!

A "Transformers" apartment!  "More than meets the eyes!"

See what Hong Kong architect Gary Chang did to his TINY 344 square foot apartment with his creative design skills!

What an inspiration to live efficiently, simply and clutter-free!

For such a small space, Gary Chang is living LARGE!

I am thankful for all of your support as I've grown the ORGANIZED. By Jenny business this year!

Holiday Organizing Tips: The Not-So-Martha-Stewart Guide to How to Be A “Dignified Slacker” [My Guest Blog on Diggerslist.com!]

Party people!!!! It's the Holidays!  It's time to do it up in the ways of the "Dignified Slacker"!


Here's an excerpt below and be sure to click through to read the full post! I hope you enjoy it! Let me know what you think and comment below! (And thanks to Skaie Knox of the DiggersList.com Blog!)

Holiday Organizing Tips: The Not-So-Martha-Stewart Guide to How to Be A “Dignified Slacker”

November 21, 2011

Comedian and professional "Dignified Slacker", Andy Samberg with Martha Stewart.

If you’re looking for tips to help make this season’s holidays “absolutely perfect,” please move on!  There is nothing for you to see here, folks.

[Cue the string quartet rendition of "Glory Glory Hallelujah"]

This blog post is for those of you who wish not to achieve the unattainable “ideal”, portrayed so effortlessly by Martha Stewart and her perfectly proper staff of “Home-Bots”. This one is for those of you who want to survive the “Ghosts of Horrible Holidays Past”, saving your loved ones from dealing with an overly-emotional, extra-complicated and stressed-out version of you.

BEHOLD!  The Dignified Slacker!

[End instrumental music]

DiggersList's guest blogger, Jenny as "Dignified Slacker"-In training, circa newly immigrant status. "Never Let Them See You Sweat." That old anti-perspirant slogan on the TV screen had it right all along.

What is the “Dignified Slacker” you may ask? Well…I made it up. It’s just my term for recovering perfectionists who believe that “perfect” is the enemy of “good.” It is for people who choose to live in the reality of happiness-land rather than fairy-tale-perfection-land. The Dignified Slacker is an attitude! It’s a way of being! And it’s a strategy for managing the craziness of the winter holiday season. Now, to the list…

5 simple ideas to enjoy the holidays and live the charmed life of the Dignified Slacker:

Continued here at the full blog post at diggerslist.com!

Create a Guest Room Out of Nothing: Tips for All Budgets [My First Guest Blog Post on DiggersList.Com!]

Well, lookee here!  It's my first ever guest blog post on behalf of ORGANIZED. By Jenny!  It's quite a little milestone for me! Yay!

Here's an excerpt below and be sure to click through to read the full post!  I hope you enjoy it!  Let me know what you think and comment below! (And thanks to Skaie Knox of the DiggersList.com Blog!)

Create a Guest Room Out of Nothing: Tips for All Budgets

Oh, dear.  Guests are coming for the holidays and we don’t have a spare bedroom! What is a holiday host to do?  Whether you have a champagne or beer budget, here are some strategies for finding space for guests and being a gracious host this holiday season.

Create Space for Guests on The Champagne Budget

Pop that cork! You can afford real French bubbly for the holidays!  You might not have the budget to punch out a wall and add a spare room, but you do have enough champagne money to upgrade your furniture.

• Get a Sofa That Doubles as a Bed for the Office or Living Room

Photo: bhg.com

There are many options on the market for sleeper sofas – from smaller scale love seats to massive couches that open up to queen sized beds.  Not loving the idea of a fold-out mattress?  Consider getting a sofa with a deeper or longer seat cushion, so that it can easily be converted into a bed by just adding fresh linens...

Read the full blog post at diggerslist.com!