Home Organization 101 Week 9

Maybe this week's target area will be an easy goal to accomplish. The dining room is not typically a difficult area of the house to organize and keep clean. My sweet little darlings love to hide in the dining room so ours may see a tad (as Isabelle says) more action than normal. I am blessed with a beautiful china cabinet Tim and I found on clearence when we bought this house eight years ago. I keep our china in it and a few pretty knick-knacks from Ukraine (my family heritage) and a pretty Disney platter.

Check out BFOL's dining room!  Happy organizing!

Home Organization 101 Week 8

Are your kids' closets out of control with clutter? Finding a way to organize their closets in a way they will keep it organized is challenging. We have four to contend with and the organizing challenge of it is overwhelming to say the least. We are planning on building organizing systems ourselves rather than spend $$$$ on custom designed closets systems. This will be a work in progress. Here's my inspiration. Happy organizing!

Kid Keepsakes Clutter taking over?

With four kids keepsakes have taken over our house! I would love to get it under control. As I'm looking at Facebook, instead of focusing on what I should be, I see a blog update from ABFOL on organizing your kids keepsakes. I love this so I had to share!  Happy Organizing!

Home Organization 101 Week 7

Each week is a little closer to my goal of an organized home! (I am WAY behind but refuse to say uncle!) This week my focus will be the Linen Closet! I divided ours by shelves. The top shelf is for bathing suits, beach bags and beach towels. The next shelf is for medicines and first aid needs. The rest of the shelves are for this bathroom's towels and everyone's bed sheets. I keep a laundry basket in the bottom for the kids dirty clothes. Periodically I have to go through medications to check for expiration dates to keep it organized. Here's an interesting take on a linen closet and some inspiration! Happy organizing!

Home Organization 101 Week 6

The master bedroom is supposed to be a sanctuary for mom and dad. A messy and unorganized master bedroom is not a sanctuary. If your master bedroom is overflowing with stuff (like mine) then it's time to purge! To be organized everything needs a place and if it doesn't have a place then quite simply get rid of what you don't need to make a place for everything. I feel like I have too much and my sentimental ways have created chaos in our master bedroom and throughout our home. Maybe it's inherent because I keep things for fear of not having it one day and needing it. I'm working towards overcoming my irrational "keeping" and creating a calm, happy and organized home. My inspiration comes from here. Happy organizing!

Organizing...WHERE DO I START?

I truly want an organized home but get very overwhelmed when I look around at all the excess stuff we have in our house. Where do I start? I really like the encouraging way this blogger puts it... It took you years to collect all this excess stuff so it will take time to get rid of it and organize (hopefully not years). Set small goals and enlist the help of everyone. It may take me time to get it together but I will do it! Happy organizing!!

Home Organization 101 Week 5

Laundry rooms typically unorganized looking on laundry day which at our house is almost every day... We have a very small laundry room (more of a hallway than a true room). I try to utilize the space well and take advantage of the cabinets for storage.

I tried to find a place for everything and use baskets to keep cleaners together. Here's some more inspiration. Happy organizing!

Home Organization 101 Week 4

I think an organized home is a good thing. It cuts down on the chaos. With six people in our house it's easy to let things slip and then clutter TAKES OVER very quickly! I am trying my best to get more organized and stay that way. It really makes me happy to have everything put away and for my home to be an example of how much I appreciate God providing it for our family.
This week the area to work on is the office. Since we gave up our home office for the children to have a much needed playroom, I will focus on organizing our office supplies. Here's a little inspiration! Happy organizing!