When you’re organizing a playroom you want to consider how your kids play. What are they interested in? How well do they clean up? Are they currently drawn to a certain type of toy? Do they combine lots of different kinds of toys when they play? Or do they stick to one category of toy …
I had a client once ask why I fill every available space when I’m packing boxes instead of throwing stuff in them. The short answer is, it saves money. Lots of money. When a box is packed efficiently with no empty spaces there is less chance of things breaking. You also use fewer boxes, which …
Kids end up accumulating so many toys. And every so often it’s good to go through and edit out the outside toys that are being played with from the ones that aren’t. Especially with Christmas right around the corner. First, we gathered all the toys on the back porch and sorted them into categories. We …
Linen closets need to work for you. But this closet had gotten out of control. We categorized, folded, organized, and labeled so that, in the future, this area could stay organized longer or be re-organized quickly. It’s easier if you maintain your space, but every so often a space just needs a quick tidy to …
Sometimes in order to fix a problem, we need to change the way we look at it. Instead of thinking, “My house has no storage” maybe say, “My house does have enough storage, I just need to find it.” No matter how much storage you do or don’t have. If you look at your problem …
This overflow cupboard is used to hold extra supplies that the family uses often but doesn’t need right now. It was working pretty well, but a little tweaking made it much nicer. Games We sorted games by who would play them. Kids games on the left, older games, and games that take a long time …
If you have organized a place over and over again, but it keeps getting messy, then your problem is probably too much stuff. The same thing applies when you think you don’t have enough storage space in your home. You need to edit and declutter what you have in that space if you want to …
Organizing a pantry is one of those things that need to be done every once in a while. I try to go through mine once a year or so because we have a lot of people using it. It also helps us catch any food that has expired. I tidy small areas throughout the year …
Having off-site storage units can be tricky. Don’t get me wrong there are definitely times when they are necessary, but many times they are being used to delay decision-making. I would recommend never paying for one for longer than 6 months, without reassessing what’s in there. How much does your storage unit cost? Now times …
There are some things that may need to be stored: holiday decorations, seasonal equipment, hand-me-downs for the next kid, etc. Remember that, if you’re putting things into storage without analyzing its usefulness or purpose, you are just putting-off decision making. Take the time now to make sure you only have what you want. And make …