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Back in the day I subscribed to the now-defunct design magazine, Domino. I religiously tore out inspirational pages and glued them into scrapbooks or slid them into clear plastic binder sleeves; I never saved the entire issue. Then I got lazy. I stopped cataloging my favorites and just started stacking past issues on my bookshelves. In retrospect, I’m glad I decided to keep a year’s worth of Domino. It’s fun to flip through them to see what strikes my fancy now.

It’s not practical, however, to keep every single magazine I’ve received, and I receive quite a few of them: Real Simple, Entertainment Weekly, Vogue, Glamour, Lucky and Body + Soul. I also buy several on occasion, including Women’s Health and Psychology Today. When an article piques my interest, I end up setting aside the magazine to return to at a later time… which rarely happens. I’m wondering if I should start saving specific articles again, and, if so, how. I could paste them inside a notebook, file them in folders, store them in binders or scan them into the computer, as this post from Unclutterer recommends.

Do you save magazine articles for future reference? If so, what strategies do you employ to keep everything neat and organized?

I might as well just repost everything from CraftyNest.  Her projects are THAT COOL.

Go check out the before on her blog!

Komplement Baskets from Ikea

Love the name.  Love the way they were used in Domino magazine this month. Love the plastic knit look.

I’ve already admitted that I’m a clutterbug.  But you see, it’s not only because I’m lazy (which admittedly sometimes I am), it’s also because I actually love the look of clutter.  It looks lived-in, homey, and comfortable.

It seems that my decorating style has a name: ”organized clutter”!  Here are some of my favorite pictures (I’d love to have all of this in my home, seriously, and I’d know where every single thing was located in my “clutter”):

{Apartment Therapy via Knack Studios}

{Desalto via Carpe Item}

{ClosetMaid via Home Know-It-All}

{Kate Hutson’s Flickr}

{Elle Decor Italia via Desire to Inspire}

Anyone else want to come out and admit their heart has a soft spot for clutter?

E.