My mom’s kitchen basically backs up to ours. She has an awesome pantry. I think I’m so jealous because I don’t have one at all. While we keep most of our food separate, we have a take-what-you-need-when-you-need-it policy. Whenever I need something in her pantry, it drives me crazy. First of all, I’m not tall […]
In preparation for welcoming 2 additional kiddos into the house, we needed to do a little re-organizing and re-arranging. Phase I: The Front Hallway Regardless of the big kids coming, this was a problem. BEFORE We used to have wall-to-wall white carpet which made it a necessity for the kids to drop their shoes on […]
What are your favorite resources (Products, Apps, Books, Websites, etc.) to help you get organized? Get yourself a calendar and use it. I’ve fully embraced the digital age but I used to carry a student-planner-sized calendar that was my spiral-bound brain. I’m visual so I used lots of colored pens to categorize goings-ons. I’m a […]
How do you organize paperwork both online and off? Share your tip(s) to managing physical and digital clutter! Naming and taming your photos. I’m a photographer, so I take lots of pictures. I have over 120 gigs of pictures on our server. Wrangling the pictures can be cumbersome but one trick I love is using […]
What are your favorite spring cleaning tips? Do you have any to add to Alicia’s 10-minutes-or-less list? I have to laugh that I was assigned this particular part of the Getting Organized campaign. My first thought was, “Spring Cleaning?!?! What’s that? Do people still do that?” Here’s my two-cents: Do a daily 10-minute declutter (read: […]
We love having people at our house. I hate cleaning. I know, bad combination. Over the years, we’ve figured out how to make it work for us. Lower your standards. I know…much easier said than done. But let’s be honest. When was the last time you stepped into a friend’s house and judge her for […]
Because we have a rancher, our basement is huge. It’s also the only area in our house that we really share with my parents who live in an apartment in our house. When we first moved in, everyone claimed their corner. There’s Patrick’s office, a game area, Pops’ gym, and a couple kid areas. The […]