Keep Your New Year's Resolution To Get Organized

Every year, one of the most popular New Years Resolutions is to get organized. This resolution is one of our favorite resolutions, because it is a resolution that is achievable. The experts at The Shelving Store can help you achieve organizational bliss and cross off one of the resolutions on your list.

Many people do not know where to begin when it comes to getting organized, which is why we offer custom design services to take the guesswork out of home organization. Our experts can design a storage unit for your home to help you organize just one, or all the areas of your home. Once your unit is in place, it is easy to stay organized.

If you feel like taking on the job yourself, we offer the most comprehensive line of home storage products to help you get your home organization project accomplished. We carry several shelving lines, including versatile Chrome Wire Shelving, fully customizable Schulte Shelving, and eight lines of Decorative Shelving. Plus we offer all kinds of storage accessories, such as stackable plastic boxes and bins, lockers, kitchen carts and more.

On our website, you will also find comprehensive articles and tips on how to get organized, and stay organized. On our You Tube channel, we also have instructional videos to help you assemble your shelving units. In 2010 our mission, as always is to help everyone get organized!

Keep Your Home Organized
-The Shelving Guy

Effectively Storing Seasonal Decor

No one likes this time of year, when the dreaded chore of taking down holiday decorations must be done.

This year, putting your seasonal decor away properly, and in an organized manner will ease the stress of unpacking and repacking it in future years, making holiday decorating a much more enjoyable activity.

To pack your holiday decor most effectively, eliminate all those odd shaped cardboard boxes that your outdoor lights, and other bulky decorations came in. Instead, purchase plastic storage boxes. Our Akro Storage Boxes and Bins are a good choice. By using plastic boxes, many items can be placed in one box and labeled, so everyone knows which items belong where. Plastic boxes of the same size are easy to stack and arrange, making the most of your storage space. The use of plastic storage bins instead of cardboard boxes also protects the contents from water damage and other environmental hazards in storage areas.

Sort your items in an organized manner, such as all lights in the same box, all ornaments in one box, exc. You can also sort the decorations by room, for example, living room decor or foyer decor. Finally, label contents of each box and ensure you return the correct items to their proper box each year.

These techniques can be used to store seasonal decor from all holiday celebrations. You can even further your decoration organization by color coding your holiday storage boxes. For instance, store all your Christmas decor in red or green boxes, use orange boxes for Halloween decor, and perhaps purple or blue boxes for Easter.

Keep Your Seasonal Decor Organized
-The Shelving Guy

Business After 5 Event

To help start off the New Year on a positive note, we decided to host another networking event for local Metro-Detroiters!

After a hard day of work join us at our Madison Heights Showroom for the Business After 5 Event on Thursday, January 28, 2010 from 5:30pm - 7:30pm.

For the Business After 5 Event, The Shelving Store is partnering with the Ferndale Chamber of Commerce so you can come and network and socialize with local business leaders. Leaders from The Shelving Store will be on hand for answer all of your questions, as well as many other prominent local business leaders. There will be plenty of finger foods and beer and wine on hand as well!

For a complete list of leaders and guest speakers and for more information, check out our Facebook Events Page!

Please RSVP to Amy Knowles aknowles@shelving.com

Hope To See You At The Business After 5 Event!
-The Shelving Guy

Join Us At The Coffee Connection Event

Because of the tremendous success of our Home Based Business Event, The Shelving Store has decided to host another networking event, our Coffee Connection Event!

After the hustle and bustle of the holidays, join us for a relaxing and energizing start to your work day by joining us for coffee and breakfast in our Madison Heights Showroom on Tuesday January 19, 2010 from 8am -9am for The Coffee Connection Event.

The Shelving Store is proud to partner with the Ferndale Chamber of Commerce for this event! Enjoy coffee, bagels, and other breakfast items while socializing and networking with other Metro-Detroit Business Leaders before you begin your busy day!

For a complete list of guest speakers and leaders who will be in attendance, check out our Facebook Events Page!

Please RSVP to Amy Knowles, aknowles@shelving.com

Hope to see you at The Coffee Connection!
-The Shelving Guy

Use Existing Shelving For Festive Holiday Displays

When it comes to holiday decorating many of us are constantly looking for unique and different ways to change up our yearly display. Often we get in a decorating rut, placing the same items in the same spot. Sometimes we also discover new items to display that we purchased the previous year on clearance, and realize we do not have a spot for that adorable new Santa figurine that we just HAD to have!

One of the best ways to showcase your favorite holiday items, use different types of shelving! We often never have a place for that village that seems to grow in size each year, using one of our decorative shelving lines is an easy solution for village dilemmas. The customizable design of our decorative shelving allows you to create a one long shelf, or several shorter shelves to fit your collection!

Chrome Wire Shelving offers a way to tack on additional holiday lights to your display holiday lights. The ventilated design of chrome shelving allows for strings of lights to be wound through easily. Weaving garland through the vents would be just as easy!

Finally, for a special and decorative way to display Christmas figurines, snow globes and other holiday collectibles try utilized a Linon bookcase! Linon bookcases add a modern touch to any room throughout the year, and switching out your everyday items for holiday collectibles is easy!

Keep Your Holidays Organized!
-The Shelving Guy

New Linon Products

Just in time for the holiday season, The Shelving Store is debuting a new line of creative storage products from Linon! Linon offers a stylish selection of modern bookcases and kitchen islands to help bring beauty and storage space into your home.

Linon bookcases feature modern designs with small details to best display your most treasured possessions, such as yearbooks, decorative vases and photo frames. Just think how wonderful a new bookcase to display your favorite holiday decorations would look in your living area. Bookcases are also ideal storage for a number of rooms in your home, such as the home office or even a study or bedroom.

If it’s more stylish kitchen storage you seek, look no further than Linon kitchen islands. Available in a variety of finishes to match your existing kitchen, these kitchen islands offer additional storage space for your kitchen, that can come in handy this holiday season. Kitchen islands are mobile, giving you the ability to easily transport holiday food from room to room, and can be used throughout the year for outdoor entertaining.

This holiday season, give your home a additional touch of warmth and beauty with a Linon Bookcase or Kitchen Island.

Keep Your Home Organized
-The Shelving Guy

We're Hosting A Home Based Business Event

Join The Shelving Store for an fun and informational evening as we host The Home Based Business Event in conjunction with the Madison Heights Chamber Of Commerce from 4:00pm-8:00pm on Thursday, December 3, 2009.

This evening will be filled with opportunities to meet and mingle with fellow Metro-Detroiters while enjoying fabulous food and drinks! You can also enter to win one of 3 fantastic prizes!

The Shelving Store has helped arrange for a series of guest speakers to help you learn how to get organized and create your own Home Based Business to supplement your income! Earn extra cash for the holidays, save for college, retirement, or even earn enough to quit your day job. Our guest speakers include an Avon Representative, a Send Out Cards Representative, and a Professional Home Organizer! They will be on hand to present you with valuable information as well as answer any questions.

Of course, Design and Organizational Experts from The Shelving Store will also be on hand to provide advice on getting organized for the holidays and offering holiday gift ideas for everyone on your list!

For more information on our Home Based Business Event, visit our Facebook Page!

Please RSVP to Amy Knowles aknowles@shelving.com

See You At The Home Based Business Event
-The Shelving Guy