Thank you for all the positive feedback about our Home Office Reveal. That was so fun to show you! I had some messages about how we added fabric to the back of the shelves. The fabric gives a bit of interest and depth to otherwise boring shelves. I’m happy to show you the simple tutorial! […]
Encourage Your Child To Invest In Organizing
Encouraging your child to invest in the organizing process is so crucial. It means you aren’t in it alone, your children have officially enlisted as your helpers in keeping their spaces organized. When I organized my seven-year-old twins’ bedroom, I added bins to their closet to make cleaning up in their room super easy. While […]
Storing Seasonal Decorations
One thing I’ve learned helping many different types of clients, is that everyone has a different comfort level with clutter. I think this directly relates to the amount of holiday and seasonal decorations you enjoy putting up in your home. I’ve learned my personal comfort level is about one bin of holiday decorations per holiday/season […]
Seasonal Kids Wardrobe Change-Out
Among my circle of friends, one of the most commonly complained about homemaking duties is the dreaded “changing out of children’s wardrobes for the seasons.” What fits? What doesn’t fit? What to do with what they grow out of? What to hold for the next season? What to do with all the unwanted? What to do […]
Ritz Marshmallow Puff
Because you probably won’t eat enough candy this week, I want to share one of our Favorite Treats Ever. I will have my seven-year old Allison show how easy and quick these are to make. This “recipe” is so simple that your kids could do most of it without you, except the oven portion. These […]
Uses For A Timer!
I love my timer! It is one of my most versatile household tools. Here are the uses I’ve found for a timer: Time-out: Rule of thumb is one minute per year old. I think if you’re a mom, that is how long of a nap you should get to take … one minute per year old […]
Home Office Organization: The Reveal
When I start a new project with my clients, I always ask what they want the room like when we’re done. I don’t believe it is a coincidence that all my clients want their home offices to be a simple, peaceful space with self-maintaining systems. Not so shockingly, that is what we want for our home office too. There are so […]
Home Office Organization: Before Pictures
I took these before pictures in June, and took my sweet time completing this organization project. Of course, I started in the midst of morning sickness and pregnancy-onset-insomnia, so I had my reasons to go slow. Really, though, organizing our homes isn’t a race. The whole point is to start and progress, so I started […]