I read The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up years ago. I remember all the buzz and praise the book got and couldn’t wait to read it myself. When I finally did I had mixed feelings. Although I felt the book had tons of valuable advice, I’ll be honest, I didn’t agree with everything. I love…
Organizing
Organize Your Spice Drawer in 5 Simple Steps
No matter where you keep your spices, it’s safe to say you probably have more of them than you need. Maybe you bought a spice you were going to use in that one recipe that you didn’t like and then completely forgot about it. Or maybe you hoard your spices and hold on to them…
5 Simple Steps to Declutter Your Medicine Cabinet
These are the first two shelves of my medicine cabinet. I’m not going to lie, I don’t actually know what’s in here except for the stuff I can see in the front. As you can probably tell, I have no organizational system happening here. It’s time to declutter because I’m tired of buying things I…
How to Store Kids’ School Papers
The end of summer vacation for my kids is fast approaching so it’s time to make room for the deluge of school papers coming my way in September. In my previous post, I tackled how to sort two years’ worth of my kids’ school papers that sat in a drawer for four years. My next…
How to Declutter Your Laundry Room
Laundry rooms are one of the busiest rooms in most homes and mine is no exception. I needed to seriously declutter my laundry room because it was a disorganized catastrophe. It was so bad sometimes I just closed the door between the laundry room and the kitchen and pretended the mess wasn’t there. I mainly…
How to Decide What School Papers to Keep
If you have school-aged kids you know how much paper comes home on a daily basis. It’s pretty crazy. I don’t know exactly how many pieces of paper my kids bring home over the course of a year, but it feels like thousands. And since I’m sentimental about their school work and artwork and pretty…
Organize Your Pantry in 30 Minutes a Day
My pantry is a problem. Having to use it on a daily basis is not fun. It’s a hot spot or pain point or whatever term describes an area in your home that makes life a lot harder than it needs to be. Maybe I started out with an organizational system that I just didn’t…
The Simple Way to Organize Kids’ Board Games
Some families have a tradition called family game night. It goes something like this: you get together with your family, play a board game, and (hopefully) a good time is had by all. Sounds awesome, right? Sign me up! I’m all for giving this a try and getting my kids away from their computers and…
Desk Organization In Under an Hour
I was preparing for a small party for my son’s birthday so I ran through the usual tidying steps to get the house ready: dust surfaces, check; vacuum floors, check; clean bathroom, check…then I walked by the desk in my kitchen. Eeek!! It was scary! I knew it was bad because it had been messy…
How to Organize Kids’ Art Supplies
My kids’ art supplies cabinet was a horrific mess. I was avoiding it for a variety of reasons that I go over in my post What to Do with Sentimental Clutter. At some point it finally became unusable; the boys just weren’t able to find what they needed a lot of the time. After finally…