I mentioned this before but I wanted to come back around to this topic of similarity and discuss how it works in organizing. I suppose one might call this a secret to creating an organized space. I think when we are organizing a space there is some confusion about what to use, how to group and how to decide what goes together. Most of the time the goal in organizing is to help make it easier to find things that we are looking for. But sometimes the goal is to make … [Read more...]
Five On Friday | Five Favorite Organizing Tools
I have a few favorite things when it comes to organizing. Today I'm going to share five of them with you. If you have ever worked with me you can probably name a few because you're probably using them in your house. It will also come as no surprise to my friends and clients that you can find everything I suggest at Target. That's not to say that you can't buy these things at other stores...I just may or may not have a bit of an obsession with Target. In fact, I … [Read more...]
Q & A Hour Success
Tap, Tap, Tappity Tap, Tap, Tap, Tappity Tap, Tap, Tap, Tappity Tap That's all that could be heard at my house for the past hour. I hosted an online question and answer session for locals interested in organizing. They posted questions about and pictures of problem areas. I encouraged them to post the things that are stumping them in their organizing process. I then offered them different solutions for how to choose the right storage containers and ways to think … [Read more...]
My House Grew Three Sizes Today
One of my favorite parts about the Christmas holiday is putting away Christmas Decorations. I love how my house feels so much larger after all the decorations are put back up into the attic. Today was that day. I thought I would share just a few simple things that I do to make it a bit easier to get the decorations out and put them away when we are finished. For the record I had great plan to get these things photographed before hubby put them up in the attic but I … [Read more...]
Tis The Season…For Catalogs
I'm sure if your mailbox is anything like my mailbox....it's filling up with catalogs. I really enjoy getting them in the mail because it helps get me in the holiday spirit and it's also a great way to start getting ideas from the children about what they'd like for Christmas. They start making lists and circling things instead of doing homework and eating their breakfast. Well...at least that is what happened this morning. But, if you're like me, you also end up … [Read more...]