It would almost be a shame to use this bright dust pan for actual dusting. $9.95 at Crate and Barrel.

These Rugby Stripes Bins are a great way to hide papers, supplies and anything else that doesn’t quite fit in your cabinets and closets. I’m thinking of getting a few to put on top of my built-in shelving unit to hold extra paper towels, toilet paper and linens. $10-15 each at the Container Store.

These wooden bike hooks are a lovely, minimalist way to get your bike out of your way. Etsy seller Fluo has them on offer for $88 (shipping from Europe), but I can’t help but think that, with a little DIY ingenuity, I could make these myself.

I have a terrible time finding a place to keep my jewelry. Mostly because I have had a terrible time finding a jewelry holder that I would leave out in my room (and I have to face it, I’m too lazy to put my jewelry in a drawer or somewhere else hidden away). I ran across these Forbidden Fruit Marie Antoinette and Louis Auguste jewelry holders on Apartment Therapy last night and I am smitten. The best part is that they cost just $59.

I’ve been looking for a new utensil holder forever and never find anything I like. Until I saw this Phrenology vase from Safari Fusion repurposed as a utensil holder over at Kitchen Life. Too bad it’s a wee bit pricey.

Many of us host guests for the holidays. Making them comfortable is certainly a priority and this idea from CB2 is an easy way to make anyone feel at home. They took their lucite tray ($40) and displayed it as a guest welcome kit complete with houseslippers, soap, towels and everything else you need to get comfortable.

I absolutely love these wallpockets from Ampersand featured today on Fab.com. I thought they would be ridiculously expensive – as most well-designed, environmentally-friendly things tend to be. But the recycled cardboard cubbies are just $16 a pair.

I love this tray/glass storage box from Alessi. But at $150 it’s a bit out of my price range. It reminds me a bit of vintage wood packing crates. So, I headed to Etsy to see if I could find any alternatives. Here’s what I found:

Vintage wooden biscuit box, $49.

Dovetail box, $27.

Vintage wood crate, $25.

From designer Hiroshi Sasagawa (but not available for sale anywhere in the US that I could find), these whimsical animal dividers would be easy to reproduce with templates and some heavy card stock or lightweight plastic.

Fantastic metal Jayden Shelf Units from World Market starting at $80. These would be perfect in the kitchen or in your closet as roll-out storage for purses and accessories.