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Home Biz Deductions

In my previous post I listed the requirements you need to meet in order to qualify for the home business deduction on your 2011 tax form. Remember: You must be able to show that you use your home as your principal place of business. This can be accomplished by sanctioning off a portion of your house, condo, mobile home or apartment for business purposes only. You can’t use your workspace to host poker games or scrapbook crops on the weekends; rather, the space must be used exclusively and regularly for business. However, there are two exceptions to this rule. According … Continue reading →

Intentional about Organization

I started off this year with a blog about being intentional about my home-based business. I listed several specific things that I plan on being intentional about, with the first pertaining to organization. Organization is a very important component to a successful home-based business. The more organized you are, the more prepared and on top of things you will be. Nothing is worse than having to search for things, which wastes valuable time. Or finding out that you lost or threw away something that was of importance. So make it your goal this year to be intentional about organization. The … Continue reading →

Organizing Your Scrapbook Space

You don’t have to be on the receiving end of a Nate Berkus home makeover to whip your scrapbook room into shape. In fact, you don’t have to have a scrapbook room at all in order to use the following organizational strategies. If you have a scrapbooking corner in your basement or a craft table tucked into your bedroom closet, the following tips can help you keep your supplies neat and tidy: Take Inventory: You can have the most lavish scrapbook supplies in the world, but if they are hidden under a bunch of junk, your work space will be … Continue reading →

The Five Storage Choices in Your Home

There are five different storage choices that you make each day. Are you really choosing the best ones to suit your needs and your stuff, or are you simply storing in chaos with no plan other than to put it somewhere? Here are the five different storage choices in your home and the type of items that are appropriate for each. You can hang it Hanging items seems like a no brainer, but it can go wrong, very wrong. For example, there was the lady that decided to hang every bit of clothing she own, on her living room walls! … Continue reading →

Dollar Store Deals

Some items in the dollar store are better than others. If you want to get the best value for your dollar without getting taken by inferior or dangerous products then keep reading. I’ve put together some of the best dollar store deals that I have seen consistently in various dollar stores. Sunday Newspaper If your dollar store sells the Sunday newspaper for a dollar, then this is a great deal. Our normal Sunday paper costs $1.75 elsewhere. Only spending $1 means that I can stock up on the Sunday insert coupons. School Supplies Looseleaf paper, notebooks, number 2 pencils and … Continue reading →

How to Clean Your Keyboard

The home office is usually one of the places in your home that can get neglected when it comes to cleaning. Here are some tips on how to get it clean without too much effort. In your home it can get pretty obvious to everyone when the bathroom isn’t clean or when there are dishes piled up in the kitchen sink, but the home office is another story. Usually tucked away, we tend not to notice the dust piling up, or we don’t want to disturb the mountain of papers that are piled up. But we don’t have to live … Continue reading →

Home Office Tips

The home office can be one of the busiest and most clutter areas of the house. Paper just tends to collect and multiply. But just what do you file and what do you toss? Here are some quick tips to help you in your home office. Invest in a shredder for your home office. Shredding documents that contain personal information is a must to protect against identity theft. Many people just throw away credit card offers, but those offers can be as candy to a theft who wants to use your credit. Tax returns need to be kept forever. Any … Continue reading →

Home Week in Review: December 10 – 16

Here are this week’s articles. The After Christmas List Start making your list early for the after Christmas shopping you want to do. You’ll have a better idea what to look for when you scan the ads for those post holiday sales. Gifts for Gardeners Here are some nice ideas for the gardeners on your Christmas list. Tour the HGTV Dream Home They call it a dream home for a reason… Is this what your dream home would look like? Two Weeks until Christmas! One minute it’s Halloween and before we know it, Christmas is here. The Christmas Shopping Blues … Continue reading →

Do You Have an Office Supplies Closet?

Having an office supplies closet, pantry or set of shelves at home can help you stay organized and prevent all of that last minute running around. Back in our old home, we had a pantry down in our basement that was kept stocked with office supplies. There was everything in there from printer paper and ink cartridges, to reporter notebooks and expense ledgers, to extra boxes of crayons and craft supplies for the kids. Keeping that pantry well stocked really helped keep the household running. If my son needs something for school or I need something for work, we could … Continue reading →

Letting Go of Old Office Supplies

Recently, I was chatting with another home-business, work-from-home person and she confessed that she had a closet full of antiquated office supplies–paper, and old fax machine, a computer printer that takes that old paper with the holes along the side–we’re talking old, out-dated, and never going to be used again stuff. I am all for thrift and careful consideration of resources and expense when it comes to business operations–but it is time to let that old stuff go! The fact is–even office supplies can become too old. You may not know it, but paper absorbs moisture and can become unusable … Continue reading →