It's January....the new year...everyone is making resolutions and goals. Have you? Did you make a goal about organizing? Before you can make a goal you need to know what you want to change or why you want to change. Here are some things that you may be thinking. -I want to get more organized. -I want to declutter my house. -I want to get my house ready to sell. -I don't want to be embarrassed to invite someone over to my home. -I want to be able to … [Read more...]
Do It With Me: Schoolwork Storage Project
Today my oldest daughter, Savannah, had her 5th grade graduation ceremony. It was surreal to think that she won't be going to elementary school anymore. She has a wonderful class of students graduating with her and I just can't believe that she will be starting middle school next year. She's so excited and very ready for this next stage of life. I think I'm ready but today was definitely a huge milestone in our lives. Someone is seriously going to have to hold me … [Read more...]
Sister Sister
I have a wonderful sister. She's four years younger than me. (We have an awesome brother in between us too.) She lives here in Athens with me and we are great friends. Though we share many values and love many of the same things...we are definitely different when it comes to organizing. Me....the organizer from birth and she...well let's just say she won't ever have a blog named "Neat & Pretty". We shared a room for a good portion of our lives. We have many fond … [Read more...]
Time Timer For The Win
I have three children. I have three children who all attend the same school. I have three children who all attend the same school and all need a little help getting ready for school in the morning. Did I mention that I don't like talking to people in the morning...much less prodding children along when they want to stay in bed and play with lego in the morning? Yea, that's our life. I went to visit my good friend Jenni and she introduced me to the idea of using a … [Read more...]
Let’s Get Vertical
I talk with all of my clients about using the vertical space in our homes and offices. So often I see people using their closets to the max or using the floor space but I see vertical space being unused. It's so valuable and can be so useful in your home. I'll show you a few places in myhome where I am using vertical space. Off of my kitchen I have an area where we have some bins for storing headphones and chargers (and the top one has candy...shhh). The … [Read more...]