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Organizing Your Clothes Closet

In general, closets are not my specialty around here. In fact, almost all of them are cluttered and disorganized…or they are at leastheading in that direction. But for whatever reason, the one closet I have always managed to keep together is my clothes closet. You might think I have some great ideas or you might think I’m a little over the top…you be the judge. First, it helps to have a large closet. If you don’t, then utilize your space well. Since the weather is cooler, it’s probably time to pack away the summer clothes. This will leave more room … Continue reading →

Organizing Your Scrapbook Space

You don’t have to be on the receiving end of a Nate Berkus home makeover to whip your scrapbook room into shape. In fact, you don’t have to have a scrapbook room at all in order to use the following organizational strategies. If you have a scrapbooking corner in your basement or a craft table tucked into your bedroom closet, the following tips can help you keep your supplies neat and tidy: Take Inventory: You can have the most lavish scrapbook supplies in the world, but if they are hidden under a bunch of junk, your work space will be … Continue reading →

Creating a Nursery that Will Grow with Your Baby

When I compare a photo of my son’s room before he was born with what I see before my eyes today, I am surprised at how much it has changed. There are several things we had to change as he got older. We did not anticipate how much storage we would need once we started accumulating toys and clothes, nor did we anticipate his ability to get into the storage we did have and make a huge mess. Next time we build a nursery, we’ll be able to take what we learned from adapting our son’s room and apply it … Continue reading →

School’s Here! Organizing Tips

The kids are back in school, and more are returning on Tuesday. We’re the Tuesday batch, with two precious days of summer vacation to go. Of course, we will not be heading to school per se. Our school is at home and at a local part time alternate program that is based on play and your child’s interests. However, this does not mean that homeschoolers have no back to school flurry of activity. If you use curriculum, there is curriculum to ponder and buy and read. There are math manipulatives to stock up on and craft supplies to buy. Classes … Continue reading →

Organizing Shoes

I admit that I have never been addicted to shoes. While friends of mine have overflowing closets full of footwear, I have exactly five pairs of shoes and sandals, plus two pairs of sneakers (one of the pairs is for yard work) and one pair of work boots that double for the winter. I’m always worried about the expense and the practicality of treating myself to shoes. My daughter has no such qualms about acquiring shoes. At four-and-a-half, she has never met a pink, feminine, or sparkly shoe that she does like. Church shoes, jelly shoes, sandals, princess sneakers and … Continue reading →

How to Clean Your Keyboard

The home office is usually one of the places in your home that can get neglected when it comes to cleaning. Here are some tips on how to get it clean without too much effort. In your home it can get pretty obvious to everyone when the bathroom isn’t clean or when there are dishes piled up in the kitchen sink, but the home office is another story. Usually tucked away, we tend not to notice the dust piling up, or we don’t want to disturb the mountain of papers that are piled up. But we don’t have to live … Continue reading →

Easy Tough Love Tips for De-cluttering

While getting rid excess stuff seems like an easy thing to do (just start in one place and keep going), for many of us de-cluttering is tough to do. From not knowing where to start to having an emotional attachment to our stuff, we can be our own worse enemies when it comes to having an organized home. One thing that may help in your de-cluttering efforts is to practice some tough love with yourself. Practicing tough love means that you establish certain rules for yourself and then follow them most of the time. Notice I said most of the … Continue reading →

Tips for Organizing Your Closet

If your clothes closet is bursting with clothes, shoes and accessories, then it is probably time to organize your closet. Asking yourself one simple question can make a closet cleanup easier than you might think. When you first take a look at your closet, you may find some things that you obviously don’t want. Make these items, such as broken shoes or torn clothing your first task. The rest of your closet may prove a little more difficult. Most people tend to hold on to things past their useful life. Clothing can carry associations and memories, and we sometimes wonder … Continue reading →

Managing Your Stockpile 2

Do you have a well-organized stockpile? It doesn’t take too much effort to maintain a stockpile if you know a few tips. Yesterday, I started talking about how to manage your stockpile and avoid waste. Now, let us continue with the tips, including some recipe secrets. When you have a stockpile, it is important to be flexible enough to adapt when there are dietary or taste changes. For example, my husband used to take lunch meat as his lunch to work almost every day. Now he prefers soup. So, I have a couple of jars of mayo and salad dressing … Continue reading →

My Spring Cleaning the Master Closet 2

Come with me and help me spring clean my master closet. Add your tips in the comment section. I’m going through clothing right now, but there is more ahead. So, we are still in my master closet, and regarding clothing, I also got rid of items that needed repair. Since I hadn’t bothered to repair anything in years, there was probably very little chance that I would have the motivation to do so any time soon. Maybe it is wasteful not to repair the skirt with the pulled out hem, for example, but it is just as wasteful to leave … Continue reading →