Friends, you are doing such a great job! I love seeing your homes and all the work you are putting into them! Today, we are going back to one of those things that can easily overtake our lives- papers! If you missed the post about decluttering our paperwork last week, be sure to go back and check it out. It will make completing today’s task much easier. Day 8: Command Center Your family control center, or command center, is the…
This task pains me…. As you probably noticed yesterday, I am not much of a shoe person. Books however, are my lifeline. I am the person who can never have enough books and I have raised my family to feel the same way. When we are bored, we go to the library. When we want to go somewhere for the day as a family, we make sure there is a bookstore nearby. I also have a Nook so I can…
Ok ladies…this one may be tough for some of you! In full disclosure, I have never really been a shoe person. I know, I am the odd one! My mother would be embarrassed to see my admit this, lol. But I just appreciate comfort over style- and I have small, wide feet which makes shoe shopping awkward. Anyway, simply because of my family’s size, we have a lot of shoes. Shoes are everywhere…and yet…we are always missing shoes. The kids…
Welcome back! I hope you enjoyed your holiday weekend and had some downtime. I know my family did…it was so beautiful out and we just relaxed and played outside all weekend long. Some much needed family time! Now it is time to get back to the grind! Today, we are tackling our spices. Day 5: Spices You may have your spices in a kitchen cabinet, on a rack, in a drawer, or something else completely. Today we are going to…
Welcome back! I know yesterday’s task of organizing paperwork was a bit much, I really do. However, it is a necessary evil, and now it done! I loved seeing the pictures you all posted yesterday- you have some great ideas! Let’s keep the momentum going… Today’s task is going to be quick and simple. We are going into our kitchen cabinets to organize all those LIDS AND COVERS. Day 2: LIDS AND COVERS This might be something you hardly ever…
Here we go friends, get ready to clear the clutter from your home! Day 1: Bills and Paperwork Paperwork can easily become the biggest source of clutter. We will be visiting paper clutter a couple times this month, because it is such a problem for most of us. It is important to make sure your home has a functional system for all bills and additional paperwork that come through your door. I know when I walk in the kitchen and see…
The busier I get (and the more kids I have), the more STUFF I seem to accumulate, and the more desperately I long to live a life free of clutter. While I don’t think I will ever be considered a minimalist, I dream of a home that is pared down to just the essentials—only those things I love and use on a regular basis. I dream of order and organization and simplicity, of fewer things and less stress, and of…
**UPDATE: While we aren’t going through this Challenge together right now, you can still grab the printable and all the posts right here.** Friends, we are going to do something exciting and challenging together… For the whole month of July, we are going to DECLUTTER our WHOLE house in just a few minutes each day. I don’t know about you, but I have been feeling a little overwhelmed at the amount of stuff in all areas of my home. We used…
I seem to go through seasons where I feel the need to get organized NOW. Typically, it’s the start of a new year, and the start of school in September, and then there’s the start of summer. I don’t know why summer brings about my need to organize, but it does. Maybe it’s all the outside time we get – then I come inside and always feel like things are in disarray. Regardless of why, I am in one of…
Sunday’s can be tricky, can’t they? They can be seen either as a day to rest and relax or as a day to stress about the coming week. If you didn’t get everything done you thought you would over the weekend, you might be seeing it as the latter. This is especially true if you work outside the home or your kids go to school. You need to pack school lunches, catch up on the laundry, review your plan for…