Organization

What’s in Your Junk Drawer?

My husband is a regular contributor to a radio talk show. Each week, he’s given a topic to discuss. It’s a fun exercise in creativity for him. A few weeks ago, the topic was junk drawers. I wondered what he would say. Lately it feels like every drawer in our house is a junk drawer. [...]

How to Organize Your Digital Life

by Michelle 4 comments

The new year always seems to inspire a fresh start, doesn’t it? There is this natural desire to organize, clean out and otherwise simplify life. One area that tends to neglect in the annual clean up is our digital content. Just like physical clutter, this digital clutter can get us bogged down, interrupt our processes [...]

Another Way to Organize LEGOs

by Christina Brown 2 comments

Ever since Michelle shared her ideas for organizing LEGOs, I was on a mission to get our LEGO bricks organized in a similar fashion. For weeks, I lusted after her LEGO organizing system. I e-mailed her questions asking her about it. I even put all the parts in my online IKEA shopping cart. But I [...]

How to Organize Accessories on a Budget

by Michelle 4 comments

One of my recent projects has been my master bedroom closet. With use by two of us each day for over 15 years, it has taken a beating. It is not a huge space – it is considered a walk-in, but it is more of a turn-sideways-and-slide-in-so you can see what you need to find [...]

Use Evernote to Save Time and Money

by Christina Brown 5 comments

I’ve always been in love with the power of technology. From the moment I touched the keyboard of the Apple IIe in elementary school to today, I love finding new ways to do more with computers. One of my most favorite ways to save time and money is with Evernote. Evernote is a FREE app [...]

Organizing on a Budget: Get a New Kitchen Feel

by Michelle 0 comments

Sometimes, when I am feeling not so content with my surroundings, I find that simple little projects or tweaks to make my environment more functional keeps me happy and less likely to spend on high end changes. Take the kitchen. We replaced our flooring last year and redid the ceiling (thanks to a water [...]

Staying Organized with School-Aged Kids

by Michelle 1 comment

With kids in Kindergarten, 3rd, 9th and 11th grades this year, if there is one thing I have had a lot of practice with, it is managing everyone’s schedules and activities. Over the years, I have learned to streamline, cut out what I can and which things I HAVE to maintain in order to keep [...]

Family Room Makeover on a Budget

by Christina Brown 0 comments

Our family room or “rec room” as it is usually called in our house was really looking like a “wreck” room. The toys were out of control, there was clutter everywhere, and no one really wanted to spend any time downstairs. The less we used it, the more junk the family room seemed to collect. [...]

Ideas for Organizing Legos

by Michelle 2 comments

With three boys, over the years the Legos really start to add up. We had all sorts of sets which had been reduced to just pieces in bins here and there. I tried to sort them over the years – windows and doors in one, blocks by like size. Nothing really seemed to work in [...]

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