Organizing Your Whole Home
Tips and ideas for organizing your whole home: a Ten Week Organizing Challenge to create an efficient and functional home for a busy family. Have you had organizing on the brain lately? I must confess that I did some organizing right after Christmas but haven’t had much of a chance to think about it again…
Playroom Organization
Playroom organization ideas for a duel function playroom and family room space. Hello friends! It is now Week 8 of the Ten Week Organizing Challenge and our entire upstairs has been purged and organized. This includes the bathroom, both boys’ bedrooms, and now, as of this week, our playroom/family room. I’m pretty thrilled to know…
Room Organization Ideas for Kid’s Rooms
How to organize kid’s bedrooms and setup a functional kid’s room that is easier for them to keep tidy and organized. Week seven of ten! Yay! Tackling this week’s challenge means that you are nearly there and I’m sure you are feeling thrilled to have made so much progress in the organization of your home….
Bedroom Organization Ideas
How to organize your primary bedroom and walk-in closet with these tips and bedroom organization ideas. If you’ve been following along for a while, then you know I’m currently tackling my TEN WEEK ORGANIZING CHALLENGE again. This time I’m organizing our entire new build home. So far I’ve worked through the first five weeks of…
Linen Closet Organization
How to organize your linen closet to make it a functional and pretty space in a few simple steps with tips for linen closet organization. It’s Week Five! We are halfway through the 10 Week Organizing Challenge! Hopefully some parts of your home are feeling really good to be in, use, and function in again…
How to Organize Bathroom Cabinets
The bathroom is one of the most frequently used spaces in our home; get your bathroom cabinets organized with these ideas and tips and make your daily routine that much more efficient. The bathroom… One of the most highly used spaces in our homes, but one that can often become overlooked when it comes to…
Tips for Organizing a Family Entryway Mudroom
As part of the Ten Week Organizing Challenge, I’m sharing tips for organizing a functional and efficient family entryway mudroom in your home. One of the key things that I have always dreamed about is a big mudroom / family entryway in a home. In the past we have had small entryway or foyers that…
Laundry Room Organization
How to organize your laundry room and mudroom so that everything you need has a home within your home. Welcome to Week Three of the Ten Week Organizing Challenge! You can read all the details about this challenge in my introductory post here. So far in this organization challenge we have dealt with paper clutter and…
Seven Simple Steps to Completely Organize Your Kitchen
Seven steps for organizing your entire kitchen and setting up a functional organization system for your kitchen and pantry. Welcome to Week Two of the Ten Week Organizing Challenge! You can read all the details about this challenge in my introductory post here. Last week we tackled our paper clutter and setup a family command…
How to Setup a Family Command Center
How to deal with your paper clutter and setup a family command center that functions efficiently to keep your home organized. Setting up a family command center in our home has always been a big priority for me. In our lake house, I shared how I turned a small front coat closet (that we never…
Free Printable Weekly Planner
This free printable weekly planner is a great way to keep track of all the things going on in your busy life during the week. This year has been our busiest on a day to day basis in many ways. The boys both have multiple sports and activities scheduled each week and, along with my…
The Ten Week Organizing Challenge
Get your home in order with my ten week organizing challenge. More than just decluttering and purging, this challenge helps you setup organizing systems that work. Since moving into our home a few months back I don’t feel that we’ve ever gotten truly organized. Basically we moved in before everything was finished (including the kitchen),…
Free Printable Family Planner Academic Year Calendar
Today I’m sharing Free Printable Calendar for the Academic Year of 2021-22. It’s a perfect thing to help keep you organized whether you have a busy family, you’re a teacher, or even a student! It’s hard to believe that we are about to launch ourselves into the 2020-2021 School Year. Some areas of the world…
How to Organize a Small Reach-in Closet for Multi-Purpose Storage
Today I’m sharing five tips for organizing a small reach-in closet for multi-purpose storage. Having recently moved into our lake cabin for the next several months as we build a new house from scratch we’ve had to downsize and reorganize many parts of our home and lives in order to make things functional in a…
Simple Tips to Organize & Refresh Your Linen Closet
Today I’m sharing my best tips for purging and organizing your linens and towels and creating a beautifully organized linen closet. Welcome to Week five of the 10 Week Organizing Challenge! We are half-way there! This week we are tackling the linen closet. I remember a few years back we had a lovely family…
How to Organize Your Bathroom (even without much storage space!)
Today I’m sharing how to get your bathroom(s) organized even if you don’t have very much storage space. Welcome to Week four of the 10 Week Organizing Challenge! This week we are tackling the bathrooms. When we moved into this house late in the fall of 2019 we didn’t unpack everything as we knew we…
How to Organize Your Laundry Space with a Rolling Cart
Today I’m sharing how I created a functional and organized laundry alcove by setting up a cart dedicated to laundry supplies. Welcome to Week 3 of the 10 Week Organizing Challenge! This week we are tackling our laundry room and mudroom. If you live in a new home with a huge laundry room and…
How to Organize Your Kitchen and Pantry in 6 Simple Steps
Today I’m sharing how to completely organize your kitchen including your pantry with 3 simple and easy steps to an organized kitchen as part of the 10 Week Organizing Challenge Welcome to Week Two of the 10 Week Organizing Challenge. This week we are tackling the kitchen! There is no doubt about it. Organizing your kitchen…
How to Setup a Command Center in a Kitchen Cabinet
Today I’m sharing how to create a family command centre in a kitchen cabinet. Create an efficient and functional system for keeping your family organized in a small amount of space. Welcome to Week One (part two) of the Ten Week Organizing Challenge! Today I’m continuing to share how I tackled our paper clutter issues…
How to Purge & Organize Your Paper Clutter
Today I’m sharing my tips for how to sort out all your paper clutter; what to keep, toss, shred, file, and store. Welcome to Week One of the Ten Week Organizing Challenge! This week we are dealing with paper clutter and learning how to setup a command centre in our home. I like to…
DIY an Organized Closet {big or small!} with the Ikea PAX Wardrobe System
Today I am sharing a collection of ideas for using the Ikea PAX wardrobe system to create a highly functional and efficient clothing storage and closet organization system in your home. Closets. Who would have known that they are such a big deal? We tend to think of our closet space as simply a given…
Making Sense of Ikea PAX: How to Choose the Right PAX Configuration for Your Space
It’s no secret around here that we love ourselves a little PAX. And with the new year upon us and so many people working on getting and staying organized, I’ve had a lot of reader questions and emails lately about the Ikea PAX units that we installed in our old house. The main issue seems…
Tips, Tricks & Printables to Help You Get Organized for the Holidays
Today I’m sharing some awesome posts full of tips, tricks, and printables to help you get totally organized for the holiday season this year. I am honestly having a hard time believing that it’s a week into November here people. The holidays are just around the corner and I have not thought about them or…
Cute & Practical DIY Shoe Storage and Organization
Today I’m sharing some cute and practical DIY shoe storage and boot storage and shoe organization ideas to help you keep your entry or foyer organized. You know how there is an area in your home, that no matter how many times you tidy it up and organize it, it seems to fall apart before…
20 Fab DIY Family Wall Calendar Organizers
Today I’m sharing a collection of ideas for creating a DIY family wall calendar organizer in your home to help you get and stay organized. Calendars. I love them! They’re like a planner for your wall… I clearly remember going off to University as a young, fresh 18 year old and purchasing my first giant…
20 Super Functional DIY Garage Mudrooms
Today I’m sharing some DIY garage mudroom spaces where people have used created mudroom style storage in a part of their garage. I know I’ve talked several times before about how our dream home would include a huge mudroom area. A full wall of storage cabinetry and a bench as well as hooks for taking…
Small Reach-in Closet Makeover with Ikea PAX
Today I’m sharing about how we used an Ikea PAX wardrobe unit for a small reach-in closet makeover and organization. Some makeovers are all about the pretty. Some are all about the function. But I have to tell you; I think a good closet makeover bridges both these things. Not only does a well organized…
20 Gorgeous, Functional, & Organized Mudrooms
Today I’m sharing 20 gorgeous, functional, and organized mudrooms full of practical shoe storage, mudroom locker style cabinets, and mudroom benches. This time of year I’m always just about at my wit’s end when it comes to our “Mudroom”. And when I say the word “mudroom”, I’m using it very loosely. It is, in fact,…
Small Reach-in Closet Organization Ideas
I am sharing the best small reach-in closet organizational ideas that will make your closet life much easier! They say size doesn’t matter but when it comes to closets I think that I can argue differently. Many of us are not blessed with giant closets in our homes and so we have to make our…
Genius Ideas for Storing & Organizing Christmas Decor
I have put together some ideas for organizing and storing Christmas decor that I think is brilliant! While Christmas should live in our hearts all year; it can’t possibly live in our homes 24/7. Eventually comes the day when we have to take it all down. Pack it all up and store it away for…
7 Things to Organize Before the Holidays
November is already underway and, as every year, time seems to speed up exponentially as we approach the holiday season. Before we know it December will be in full swing and if you’re anything like me, then you want to enjoy everything that comes along with it as much as you can. There is so…
Get Organized for Christmas with Free Printable Holiday Planners
It’s officially November, friends! Halloween is over and for my US friends, Thanksgiving is drawing near. We’ve already had our Thanksgiving in Canada, so I’m ready to launch myself fully into Christmas planning! I’ve shared in my Friday posts recently how I want to get organized ahead of time this year so that I can…
Pretty & Functional Small Entry Ways
Here are some creative ways to add pretty and functional to small entry ways in your home. Pretty is great. Everyone loves a beautifully decorated space; large or small. Of course huge grand foyers can be beautiful, inviting, and create that perfect welcome for family and guests. But small entry ways pose their their own…
20 Fab Garage Organization Ideas and Makeovers
With my husband out of commission with his achilles tear, I knew that tackling a room makeover for the one room challenge this fall was out. I just can’t manage an entire room makeover on my own in addition to all the other extra tasks I’ve now been granted. But maybe that’s a good thing?…
How to Organize Children’s School Work
It finally feels like summer vacation has begun around here. School didn’t finish up for me until June 30th this year and then I had a major project due the week after (about which I can’t wait to share more details soon!); so it wasn’t until today that I feel like summer has finally arrived. I’m…
My Favourite Organizing Tool: My Emily Ley Simplified Planner
Life is busy around here; as it is for most of us. Between school, work for both of us, kid’s sports and activities as well as projects and blogging it seems that days and weekends are generally pretty jam packed. Keeping track of it all can be a bit overwhelming, which is why I love…
How to Stay Organized {After the Ten Week Organizing Challenge}
Now that the ten week organizing challenge is over I will show you how to stay organized! If you have been following along with my ten week organizing challenge then you know that as I’m writing this, I’ve finally tackled all the weeks of the challenge and have reached the finish line. Or have I?…
Organizing Paperwork with a Colour Coded File System
Mail. Bills. Newsletters. It all turns into paper clutter far too quickly and easily. I know that I’m not the only one who has trouble keeping on top of this issue. In fact, the post I shared early on in this series about tackling paper clutter has been hugely popular. The truth is, many of…
25 Fab Ideas for Organizing Playrooms & Kid’s Spaces
I am sharing 25 of the best ideas for organizing your kid’s playroom decor and space! Good morning friends, and welcome back for another week of my ten week organizing home challenge! We are nearly at the end of the challenge; so far I’ve tackled paperwork/the command center, the kitchen, bathrooms, laundry room, mud room,…
Creative, Thrifty, & Small Space Craft Room Organization Ideas
Hello my organizing challenge friends. Today I’m here to share all kinds of Creative, Thrifty, & Small Space Craft Room Organization Ideas with you! I hope that you didn’t think I’d forgotten about you with all the spring posts I’ve been sharing the past few days {you can check out our spring living room here}! I…
Fantastic Ideas for Organizing Kid’s Bedrooms
I am sharing the best organizational tips for a kid’s bedroom that will change your life! Kid’s Room. Keeping them tidy is an ongoing issue for the majority of us. And organization? It is not some inborn trait that you are born with or not born with. Of course, some people are naturally more organized; just…
How to Completely Purge Your Clothing
I will show you how to purge clothes and live free from clutter! Master bedrooms are often the last place we decorate, organize, and keep tidy. They become an afterthought. A hidden room. A dumping zone. Or a messy little secret that you close the door to when guests are over. The “public” rooms in…
25 Ingenious Jewelry Organization Ideas
You guys! We’ve made it half-way through the ten week organizing challenge! This week I’m super excited to be tweaking our master bedroom. It isn’t in half bad shape because I did a little bit of purging and organizing in here last Fall when we gave it a makeover for the One Room Challenge. But…
How to Completely Organize Your Linen Closet
Here is my step by step tutorial on how to organize your linen closet! We’re on week five, friends! Half way through the challenge! {If you aren’t sure what I’m talking about, then you can read about my ten week organizing challenge here}. And although I thought this week’s challenge would be an easy one;…
How to Completely Organize Your Bathroom
Good morning, friends! We’ve been hit with quite a week full of snow around here which is pretty unusual for our west coast climate. While it’s very pretty, I don’t love driving in it. But, at least it’s bright and white! And, I do love things that are bright and white. Clean and crisp. And…
Five Steps to a Super Organized Small Space Mud Room or Entry
It’s been snowing around here again. It started on Friday and snowed on an off throughout the weekend. And snow always leads to all kinds of outdoor fun… and requires a whole extra assortment of outdoor gear. Snow makes me thrilled to have a “mud room”, however tiny it is, to deal with all that gear….
30+ Organized Inspiring Small Mud Rooms & Entry Areas
I have put together a list with pictures of inspiring small mud room and small entry ways! Okay, you guys, I have to admit it. I’m kind of obsessed with mud rooms. I’m talkin’ about dreamy, huge, beautiful, white panelled mudrooms full of custom built perfectly organized cabinetry. So, in other words, I’m obsessed with a…
Beautifully Organized Small Laundry Rooms
I am sharing the best tips on how to organize a small laundry room. Morning, friends! And welcome to Week 3 of my ten week organizational challenge and plan! This week’s focus is on the laundry room specifically a small laundry room! In our home, the laundry room is combined with a bit of a…
How to Completely Organize Your Kitchen {Week Two Organizing Challenge}
Good morning, friends! I’m pretty excited about today’s post. Because I’m seriously thrilled with how amazingly clean and organized our kitchen feels after completing this week’s challenge. I LUUUUUV it. And I think you’re gonna love these before and afters, too! Have you been following along with my 10 week organizing challenge? Last week I…
DIY Giant Chalkboard Kitchen Weekly Planner
I will show you how to create your own DIY giant chalkboard which will keep you and the family organized! Good morning!! Have you been following along with my 10 week organizing challenge? Today’s project is kind of a combo between the week one and week two areas: paper work/ command center and the kitchen,…
Command Center Organization {Week One Challenge}
Good morning, friends! Have you been following along with my 10 week organizational challenge? I shared all the details about the whole challenge last week… This is week one of the challenge, and my goals for this first week of the challenge were to: Go through, purge and then organize your paperwork Develop a system…
Get & Stay Organized with a System: Essential Elements of a Command Center
You guys! I can’t tell you how excited I am about today’s post. I tackled it. Got it back in order… Dealt with the paper clutter that had built up over the busy past few months and got our system fully functional again. I feel like a 10,000 pound weight has been lifted off my…
How to Organize Paper Clutter {Organizing Challenge Week One}
Are you ready to tackle some serious home organization with me? Last week I shared my 10 week challenge and plan for organizing your entire house. In this series we will be tackling these areas: Welcome to WEEK ONE! I’m super excited about this week because paper clutter is one of those things that weighs on…
Join Me! A Ten Week Organizing Challenge for Your Entire House
Okay, guys. This is the year. The last few years we’ve had a lot on the go. I’m sure you have, too. I mean, doesn’t everybody? And that’s great. It’s great to be busy! To be out enjoying life… Last year we undertook several big room makeovers, went on three major trips, and kept up…
Small Walk-in Closet Makeover Reveal {with Ikea Pax & Removable Wallpaper}
When I started out with the One Room Challenge six weeks ago, I originally thought that we would focus on the closet. If you had a chance to check out our bedroom makeover reveal the other day; you may have noticed that the project kind of snowballed to include pretty much our entire bedroom… But…
20 Incredible Small Walk-in Closet Ideas & Makeovers
A walk-in closet can be quite a luxury. Who doesn’t drool over those beautiful closets you see with miles of shelving and hanging space and even an island in the middle full of storage drawers?! But just because you have a closet that you can “walk” into, doesn’t mean that you have a huge closet….
My Five Favourite Tools for Staying Organized
This week is the first week back to school for my kids and I {with me heading back as a teacher}… It’s always bittersweet; the end of the summer. I love the long sunny days; the chance to spend extra time and take fun adventures with my kids; and the more relaxed timeline of summer vacation. But…
20 DIY Super Creative Storage Solutions
Storage. Let’s be honest. It’s always a bit of an issue. No matter how much you purge and organize; most of us still have a lot of stuff. And we don’t alway lives in homes with acres of built in storage solutions. Which means that these DIY creative storage solutions just may come in handy…
How to Make This Your Most Organized School Year Yet
This year I have a goal. A big goal. It’s to make this school year our most organized yet. To tackle all the issues that seem to plague our family and our home from September through June. To put some systems in place so that our mornings aren’t so hectic. So that paperwork, mail, homework,…
6 DIY Shelving Solutions
If you have organizational problems then these 6 do it yourself shelving solutions are for you! One of my biggest goals this year is to get super organized before the back to school rush begins again. I’m hoping to tackle our linen closet, coat closet, and our master bedroom closet over the course of the summer…
Pantry Makeover: Free Printable Weekly Meal Planner and Shopping List Planner
I am sharing my free printable weekly meal planner to make shopping for groceries easier! Grocery Shopping. Meal Planning. They are as much a never-ending chore as laundry seems to be. I have to admit that they aren’t my favourite tasks, but when I don’t stay on top of them it feels like the world…
How to Completely Organize Your Pantry
So on the scale of world problems, pantry organization doesn’t exactly rank very high up there. I think it fits somewhere in between chipped toenails and stains on the rug. But, honestly, having an organized pantry can make your life better. I think that we tend to underestimate the little things in life. We put all…
20 Incredible Small Pantry Organization Ideas and Makeovers
I’m pretty inspired this weekend to tackle a big project that has been weighing on me for a while. A loooooong while. It’s our pantry. It probably couldn’t get much worse right now if I just opened up the doors wide and let some wild pigs have a heyday inside of it. Instead of looking…
Real World Organizing: How to Keep Your House Tidy {with kids, pets, jobs, & a life}
This post has been niggling at me for a long time. Living in my brain… slowly forming itself into being. For months now. It’s tough to write about this topic because, frankly, I’m not perfect at it. I don’t have a “completely-purged-organized-everything-in-adorably-labelled-baskets-and-matching-storage-containers” home. But you know what? It’s pretty good around here. It’s definitely organized….
Wrapping Up My Sparking Joy Journey {My Honest Review of the KonMarMethod}
Good morning! If you have been following along for the past several Sundays then you know that I have been slowly working my way through our home decluttering and attempting to follow Marie Kondo’s method as outlined in her book “the life-changing magic of tidying up”… I’m thrilled to be in cahoots with these bloggers…
15 Fantastic Ideas for Organizing and Storing Children’s School Work
I have put together 15 of the best ideas for storing and organizing your children’s school work. If you are a regular reader then you may have seen my big confession a couple of weeks ago. About the disorganization. And mess…. And the difficulty I am encountering with purging and organizing and storing children’s school…
Purging and Organizing Children’s School Work {Part One}
Good morning! I’m back again for one of the last official days in this series all about tidying and organizing and today I am talking about purging and organizing children’s school work. If you have been following along for the past several Sundays then you know that I have been slowly working my way through…
Purging Paperwork & Tweaking Our Command Center Closet
Good morning! I’m pretty excited about today’s topic! Purging Paperwork!! If you have been following along for the past four Sundays, then you know that I am part of a group of fabulous bloggers who are gradually working their way through their homes {purging and organizing}; following the Marie Kondo Method as outlined in her…
#Sparking Joy: Purging Books following the KonMari Method
Tips on how to purge books based upon the KonMari method! Good morning! And welcome back to Week four of my #SparkingJoy journey following the Marie Kondo Method as outlined in her book “the life-changing magic of tidying up”. This week’s focus is Purging Books. Ugh. This has been a bit of a tough one….
#Sparking Joy: Tips for Purging Your Closet & How to Host a Clothing Exchange
I am sharing some tips for how to purge and organize your closet, plus host a clothing exchange. Good morning! Ready to get organized this week? You might remember from last Sunday that I have started an organizing journey along with some of my blogging friends. We are following the Marie Kondo Method as outlined…
Sparking Joy – My Journey in “Tidying Up”
I’m popping in this morning to fill you in on an exciting new project that I have brewing. Well, maybe project is a bit of a strong word for it? Or perhaps it’s not… It will definitely be a bit of a challenge. It will definitely be a lot of work and effort. And it…
DIY Pallet Sign Menu Board
Here is my DIY pallet sign menu board that keeps the family in the loop for our weekly meals! It’s been a busy hectic summer. Lots of renovating. Remember that big house reno I shared about way back when? Ya. That. I have SO.MUCH.TO.SHARE! Once I can find the time to sit down and get…
Craft Room Progress: A Gift Wrapping Station {ORC Week 2}
You guys!!! I. Am. So. Excited!! About this craft room makeover! There are so many things in the works with it right now… Do you remember what it looked like last week when I revealed the-mess-I-call-a-craft-room??!! I told you all about how I am taking part in the One Room Challenge and trying to makeover this…
DIY Under Bed Rolling LEGO Storage Cart
I will show you how to store all that Lego in a DIY under bed rolling cart! Welcome back for Day two of BOY MOM MADNESS!! Yesterday I revealed our boys’ shared bedroom space (fiiiinaaaallllyy!), and today I am sharing a little DIY organizing idea that we did to help store and manage all of…
Easy DIY Cabinet Hardware Jewelry Organizer
Today I am super exciting to be partnering up with Porch.com and Hickory Hardware to share some #outofthebox ways to use cabinet hardware. If you aren’t familiar with Porch, it is a home network website where you can find accredited professionals, browse over 130 million projects, and check out the advice section on all things Home…
Learn to Love Packing Lunches with Rubbermaid LunchBlox {Seriously!}
Are there any chores that you really dread? Daily tasks that you CAN. NOT. STAND…repeating day after day after day. Packing lunches used to be that chore for me. Well, that, and laundry. I pretty much can’t stand putting away laundry, either. I’m not sure what it was about packing lunches. Probably that it HAD…
26 Cute and Thrifty DIY Storage Solutions
I have put together 26 cute and thrifty storage ideas to solve all your clutter problems! Storage. Can you ever have enough? Well, perhaps if you are a minimalist it isn’t such an issue. But, for most of us, storage is a critical part of maintaining an organized and functional space in your home. And it…
Turn Clear Plastic Shoe Bins into Cute Cheap Storage Solutions
Here is a storage solution, by using a shoe bin in a creative way! So I have to admit it. I am a little bit cheap. I don’t want to spend a fortune but I still want things to be nice. Years ago, while shopping in Pottery Barn, my husband took one look at the…
15 Fabulous Organization Ideas to Get Your Life in Order
I am sharing the best 15 organiztion ideas so that you can get a handle on the clutter! Have you boarded the organization train this January? I have been working on some serious purging and organizing around my house and was thrilled to see all the amazing DIY organization ideas that were shared at our…
Get Organized in a Small Space with a Cloffice {Office Closet}
Often getting organized and making your life more functional comes down to making the most of every inch of space available to you. That, and purging. Getting rid of stuff you don’t need is always crazy satisfying… And once the purge is done, finding a space for all the important stuff is so much easier….
Command Central Station {Getting Organized with a Command Center in a Closet}
Are you in full-on organizing mode these days? Does the onset of January inspire you to make changes and simplify your life? It seems to for me… Maybe it is something about cleaning up and purging after all the busyness and excess of the holiday season. It’s like putting your house on a diet. Getting…
DIY Fabric Covered Cork Board using a Picture Frame
Woot Woot! It’s Wednesday again! Welcome to Week Two of the One Item Challenge! Do you remember when I shared my One Item Challenge project last week? The theme was TWIGS and I shared an easy tutorial for how to make your own Twig Letters…. Well, this week’s theme was fabric. When Shauna told us our…
DIY Decorative Clipboards using Wrapping Paper {& Season in a Trunk Giveaway!}
This fall is about getting organized. Back to school season always motivates me to purge and organize. And this year, I want to come up with a system to keep up with the crazy daily onslaught of paperwork. For reals this time. Actually, I don’t want to just keep up with it. I want to MASTER…
20 Fabulous Command Centers to Get Your Life Completely Organized
It’s time to get organized in your life and these 20 amazing command centers provide just the right inspiration! Back to school is nearly upon us. This weekend is the Labour Day weekend…kind of the unofficial “last” weekend of summer around these parts of the world. Kids will be piling into their brand new skinny…
Pretty Washi Tape Clothes Peg Push Pins
I guess it is a bit of an organization theme around here this week. First, our linen closet. And now, these super easy and pretty Washi Tape Clothes Peg Push Pins. I have a confession to make. Sometimes it is more about the storage being pretty then me actually using a system. I am still…
Awesome Linen Closet Organization!!
I love an organized closet. A few years ago my old neighbour told me that she didn’t like to waste her time doing things like organizing closets. I pretended that I agreed. Pretended that I would rather be outside enjoying the sunshine instead of inside itemizing and labeling and organizing my closets. Truth be told, I…
One Bliss – fully Flowered Chalk Painted Stencilled Filing Cabinet
Today I can’t wait to share a beautiful little furniture transformation: a Chalk Painted Stencilled Filing Cabinet. But before I start, I have something to admit. Ya, um….the truth is we kind of started a whole new project around here. If you are a regular reader you may be thinking “but you still haven’t finished your…
DIY Dry Brushed and Distressed Chalk Painted Numbered Crates
Kids come with a lot of stuff. Books. Toys. Games. Puzzles. Clothes. Sports gear. etc. etc. And even though we have a playroom… the ‘stuff’ seems to spill over. And sometimes it can feel like it is taking over the house. Do you know what I’m talkin’ about? What we need (besides a good old…
DIY Tiered Jewelry Tray from Dollar Store Finds
I whipped up this super pretty little DIY Jewelry Tray using only items from the Dollar Store (oh, and some glue and paint from Walmart) to help me out with the jewelry organization. I can’t wait to show you how easy it was!
DIY Wood Round Magnets and Push Pins
Happy Monday! I hope you all had a fantastic weekend. Today I want to share a super easy craft that will add a little pretty to your attempts to stay organized this year: DIY Wood Round Magnets and Push Pins.
15 Fabulous Organizing Ideas for Your Whole House {DIY Challenge Projects and Features}
Are you in organization mode these days? Are you trying to put some systems in place to make your life a little smoother and more relaxed? I know I am… so I was super inspired by all the amazing ideas shared recently at the Get Your DIY On Challenge: Organizing Ideas. Here are some of our favourites in case you may have missed one of these incredible organizing projects or ideas…
Easy DIY Chalkboard Labels {from laminate samples}
Today I can’t wait to share this simple and frugal way to make these easy DIY chalkboard labels from (wait for it…) laminate samples! The great thing about these is that they come in the perfect size, with a little hole at the top that makes them easy to attach to baskets.
DIY Chevron Hook Rack {for easy closet organizing}
I have to admit something to you. I am a secret “closet slob”.
I like to keep our house fairly tidy (it just makes me feel better and more in control of my life when things are all in their ‘place’)…but everyday I just drop my clothes on the floor in our closet. And I finally figured out why.
Some Serious Closet Organization – and a $325 Home Goods and Lallitara Tote Giveaway
Hello everyone! I hope you had a great weekend. Mine was amazing… well if you consider cleaning out your closet amazing. I must admit it is a job I put off but once I finally got going on it on Saturday I managed to shed a quick 50 pounds of clothing in only a few hours. My purge resulted in a wardrobe reduction of about 50% – I went from two full dressers and two closet rows full of clothing down to one dresser and one closet row! What a satisfying few hours. I wish there was a diet plan out there that could provide the same speedy results.
Now that the clothing has been purged it is time to come up with some new organizing solutions… so I thought I would share some inspiring closet organizing ideas with you today.
Getting Organized with a Vintage Tool Box Charging Station
Today I can’t wait to show you our new Vintage Toolbox Charging Station. It is the answer to my dreams. Or at least is a remedy to one of my organizational nightmares. Do you have technology-charging clutter issues? Up until recently, we had some serious issues. Like… phones and tablets strewn across our kitchen counter as I tried to…
Get Organized with a DIY Fabric Covered Bulletin Board
Today I am sharing a simple, fast DIY Fabric Covered Bulletin Board that I created for my friend’s daughter’s bedroom. Getting organized for fall seems to be on everyone’s minds these days – and this quick and easy project can definitely help put a little prettified order into your day. Why stick with a boring…
Linen Closet Simple Stenciled Sign Tutorial: Over at The Cards We Drew
Come see my simple stenciled sign tutorial for my linen closet! Today I am over at The Cards We Drew with a guest post about how I made that simple wooden sign that I showed you during my linen closet rescue mission a few weeks ago. It is a really quick project to add a little interest to your closet…
Spring Cleaning: Linen Closet Rescue Mission
Do you have any little dark secrets in your home? Like a closet that is so disorganized and messy that projectile flying items may launch out at you upon opening the door… I admit it. I have such a place. And it was time. Definitely time. To face IT. The linen closet. And to hope…
A Very Revealing Look at Our Laundry Mud Room Revamp
Here are pictures of our laundry/mud room. Done! Today is all about pictures, not words. For additional details, I will put links to previous posts at the bottom of the page. Here we go! Remember when the laundry room looked like this… And now… Come on in and hang up your coat… It’s time…
DIY Hang It Up!: A Hook Hanging How-To
Do you love hanging things on hooks? I find it very convenient so here is my hook hanging how-to! I hope everyone had a great weekend! We are on spring break here and enjoyed an amazingly rare warm day full of beautiful clear skies and sunshine… my boys loved all the outside playtime! It was a little glimpse…