KISS Challenge

Sometimes Occam's Razor applies to tasks. On my resolutions list was to take one of my many baskets, fix a broken strut, fit & sew a lining with pockets into it, and dedicate it to taking to knitting classes - a job that would take the better part of a day, if not a weekend, and involve a run to the crafts store.

Tired of staring at it and running out of time till my deadline, I grabbed another basket - one that didn't need to be fixed - tossed all my little bits and bobs into a compartmented box I already had and threw that in the new basket, and personalized it by making a pair of beaded danglies that read "LINNEAS KNITTING." Total time, including finding all the letters in a big bag of plastic beads: 40 minutes. With no special trips or extra expense. (Yeah, someday I want to do something involving paint, a wood burner, or decoupage on the temptingly flat and plain piece of wood that serves as a basket lid, but the point is, the task I needed to have done is done, and in a fraction of the time.)

What project do you have that "Keep It Simple, Stupid" could clear out of your way? Do you have something that is just so elaborate that you'll never do it? How else can you get it done, with less fuss?

ETA: Why do I have this mental block about putting homekeeping posts here? (But since they get more comments here, I think I'm going to start crossposting.)