January 30, 2012

  • Tricks of the Trade [housewife edition]

     

    So January is National Organizing Month.
    Just hearing that, “organizing month,” makes me happy.
    Not that I’ve actually even done that much this year,
    with just getting back and adjusting to a routine again.
    But I really do love having a bit of organization in my days and life and home

    I thought it might be fun to do a little “tricks of the trade” of house-wife-ing,
    in honor of this month. Since I have one day left in January. :)

    Any other occupation tries to find ways to better itself and find shortcuts and time-savers, so why not the career of housekeeping?

    [Now as a disclaimer: This is not about a clean house.
    I'm not talking about dustless baseboards or spotless floors or weekly cleaning.
    This is not about trying to have "the perfect house."]

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    [Yes, there are flowers blooming in January. I think winter forgot to come.]

     This is just going to be some tips and tricks that I’ve learned from so many other people throughout the past six years of marriage. And even before that, observing my mother with her six children.

     These are just things that seem to make the days go by with more calmness
    and keep the home functioning more smoothly.
    Things that promote orderliness and that are easy to teach to younger children.

    I’m not a neat freak, but I do love order.
    I also think that as a follower of Jesus my home should reflect His character and Spirit.
    Jesus is the Author of peace, of order, of rest. He’s also the One who created laughter and fun!
    And I want our home to be a reflection of Who He is.

    I want my children to grow up without a feeling of chaos, but with peace and rest and lots of fun.
    On a practical level, this means a lot of love and laughing, a lot of big messes, and a lot of cleaning up.

    I’ve quoted Edith Schaeffer before, and she says,
    “The fact that you are a Christian should show in some practical area of a growing creativity and sensitivity to beauty, rather than a gradual drying up of creativity, and a blindness to ugliness…”

    I love that. And yet, honestly, with small children, it can be challenging.
    Add an adorable but small cottage with two closets and it’s even more challenging.
    I want to live functionally, practically, and yet beautifully.

    I also know that in about three months our world will be changed by a little person less than two feet long, and I’m hoping the things we do now will stick then and hopefully help with the adjustment.

    So, while order and neatness are important, I also never want my children to feel like they are in an institution, where a organized house is The Most Important thing to me. While I want to teach cleanliness and consideration and respect of others, I also don’t want shoe tracks across the freshly-cleaned kitchen floor to mess up my whole day.

    As a mother, I think there must a be a fine line to all this, and it’s Wisdom that can tell the difference. I don’t always have it, and therefore ask for it. Often.

    Somehow, in all the responsibilities of keeping a house, and cleaning up and washing dishes and laundry, I believe it can all be worship to God. I want to be a happy housekeeper. :) And yet I also don’t want to lose track of what really is eternal, and that is the souls of my children, and showing them LOVE above orderliness.

    House-wife-ing, for lack of a better term, can be worship of God, but it can also be worship of self.
    And how I need God to speak to my heart [as He did this morning] when I was doing the latter.

    So I hope this can be a mutual encouragement, and not a comparison of who does what better.
    It’s a mutual learning, and that why I want to hear from you too. :) Maybe someday I’ll look back and all this and think, “Goodness, girl, just let it go!” or maybe not. Time will tell. :) But for now, these are things that are working well for us, and as our family changes I expect some of this will to.

    So, let’s start in the kitchen.

    I think I’ve learned more about kitchen organization from two of my sister-in-laws than anyone else! I’ve lived in three different houses since we’re married, and two of those kitchens were organized by my sister-in-law when we moved in. She’s just really good at it. :) She thinks so logically – like baking stations and putting mixing bowls and scrapers close together for convenience-sake, and all sorts of wonderful things.  I like organizing too, but Sonya is just really good at kitchens.

    One fantastic thing I’ve learned from her and Mary Jo is to put lazy susans in the refrigerator. I’m sure the thought would never have crossed my mind, but when I saw it in their kitchens I thought it was brilliant. It works wonderfully for those little jars of all sorts of things, that are difficult to find if stacked all behind each other.

    And not just in the fridge, but all over the kitchen. Under the sink for the soaps and scrubbies. In cupboards for spices, for vitamins. Little lazy susans like that are so cheap and you can buy them at Walmart or almost anywhere, but they have helped keep order so very well.

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    A lot of people have drawer organizers so this is not a new thing, but I love mine.
    TJ Maxx or similar type of stores carry very good quality ones for under $10 and I love the shining pieces all in order.

    [for silverware, large utensils, and small cooking items]

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    I solemnly affirm by Tupperware’s modular mates.
    Pretty? Well, not especially.
    But if organized is beautiful to you, then you’re in luck. :)
    But functional and practical and organized as can be.
    And now I hear they come with black lids, which are quite classy.

    Every January for the past many years I’ve collected a few, because in January and part of February they are 40% off, which makes them quite affordable. Other times, not so much, unless you have a party. You can go http://my2.tupperware.com/tup-html/H/hildabean-inthenews.html to order them. [sorry, I'm having great trouble with my weblog page and can't do short links right now].

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    Also in the kitchen… Does anyone else have a problem with The Mail Collection?
    It seems that it piles in the kitchen no matter how hard I try to take it to the desk.
    So I may as well have a little place for it. This is Ben’s place for bills/reminders/coupons.

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    The kiddo drawer.
    I wanted my kids to have easy access to their plates and cups for several reasons: so they can learn to set the table, so they can grab a drink if they need it, and so they can help unload their things from the dishwasher.

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    I think this was a Better Homes & Gardens tip, the assortment of napkin rings into little bowls.

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    In the girls’ bedroom.
    One of two rooms that has a closet. Advantage must be taken of it.

    The Closet:
    It serves as room for their hanging clothes, but also organization for some of their toys.
    Can you tell I ♥ baskets? They can be a bit of an investment, but to me they were well worth it.
    Some of these I bought years ago, some I even received as wedding gifts, and they last so long. I keep wanting to make little signs to put on them to label what is what, but so far the kids can’t read so the signs would only be for their mother. :)

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    I have a basket just for Zoe’s K-4 supplies in her room, so that we can just grab it and take it to the table when we want to work on it. Glue, pencils, scissors, crayons, and everything are in it.

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    For pretty and practical – 5 little tins from the dollar section in Target.
    They hold erasers, crayons, pencil crayons, glitter glue, and markers. 

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    Trunks:

    not just for looks, although I like the vintage touch they add.
    The bottom trunk holds princess outfits, the top one baby dolls clothes and bottles and…

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    There is one more trunk in their bedroom that serves as the General Toy Chest. 

    Dresser:
    There are two small and two large drawers, and that’s the only bit of furniture besides the beds. It’s a small room, and somehow Baby #3 is going to fit in there too. :) Zoe and Olivia each get a small drawer for shoes/socks and a large drawer for everything else but hanging pieces of clothes. It helps me keep their clothes up-to-date with sizes and also minimizes how many articles each one can have.

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    Bathrooms.

    hair pretty organizer:
    this idea [seen in Pottery Barn and replicated] is wonderful for those little bows and flowers that would just get so lost in a drawer.

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    And a little tin container works well for the satin and metal headbands.

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    bathroom drawer organizer:
    I’m big on bins, baskets, and storage things ~ they simplify and organize life so much better.
    These aren’t that cute but they’re hidden in a drawer and work perfect to keep everything from falling over each other. From Walmart.

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    A tiny plastic organizer, for those little objects:

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    The countertop can be a place of organization too, because we’re short on space.
    The key is displaying it attractively but practically.

    Hair accessories:
    these are little condiment dishes I picked up at a yard sale.

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    Daily uses [junk shop or goodwill special]:

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    The laundry room is my other place of storage. We had custom cabinets build when we moved in, and without them I would be lost.

    Above the washer and dryer the bins hold cleaning rags, spot cleaners and laundry soap, and the first aid supplies.

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    Also in the laundry room, various other storage units.

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    Our games are also stored in the laundry room, for lack of a better place, and the small ones we keep in a basket for easy access.

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    Shoe organizer:
    We take off our shoes most times in the house, and so a goodwill basket is a great place to put them.

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    General Clean-up Time:

    We have two different clean-up times in the day. One is for me, and one is for the girls.

    Mine falls in the mornings mostly, and is breakfast for everyone. This involves a cleanup of the whole kitchen area, cleaning all dishes out of the sink and either washing them or stacking the dishwasher. All countertops in the kitchen are wiped, the rug in front of the sink vacuumed, the floor swept, and a general tidy appearance is made.

    Also included in this is an overall walk through the house, stopping in at the girls bedroom, getting them dressed if they didn’t already put on The Rainbow or The Sunshine, helping them fix their beds, putting jammies in drawers or in the hamper. Then on to the bathroom, making sure faces are washes, teeth are brushed, hair is combed.

    Next is laundry - I’m still figuring out if a small load every day is best or making two big laundry days a week is better. This varies by week. And by weather, since I hang out most of the laundry. So if it’s laundry day I get that started, and if not, I make sure clothes are not left lying in a rapture-like state around the house.

    Last stop is in the master bath, checking in the mirror to make sure I got fully dressed as well. :)

    And after all that, which takes around a half hour normally, my part of the house is in decent order, the girls are making a happy play mess somewhere, and that’s when I can take some time for projects, computer time, [and in a perfect day] a walk outdoors with the girls, or some other housewifely thing. :)

    For the girls, their cleanup time is a little different.

    With small children, you could walk in my house at almost any waking hour and it’s a play area.
    Toys, dolls, princess dresses, play kitchen things,
    markers and pencils and colors and pads of paper will be found nearby.

    So when it’s playtime those things are allowed. It’s just part of life with kiddos.
    But three times a day we have clean-up time:
    1. before lunch
    2. before suppertime
    3. before bedtime

    And each of those three times is needed very much. :)
    But it allows enough of playtime to where my kids are not frustrated by cleanup.
    There are times when certain things are allowed to stay out longer than the three respective cleanups, but as a general rule this works really well for us.

    And it helps me wake up to a clean house every morning.
    I have this thing for a clean house upon awakening:
    my morning time is very precious, and I do not want to spend any of it cleaning up.
    Also, I cannot, and I mean, cannot, have any quiet time in the middle of a mess.
    A mess makes my mind feel cluttered, and it completely distracts me from time with God.
    So, even if it means staying up later in the evening, I will do it,
    just for the sake of a clean house in the morning.

    Confession.
    I have several disaster zones. Try as I might, I cannot figure out how to organize them.
    HELP.

    The Container Drawer.

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    The Under-the-Steps Cubby
    [home to brooms, vacuum, extra table leaf, various miscellaneous...]

    Now this is the second part of the post:
    I would love it if some of you would share your tips for the rest of us to learn about.

    Within the next two weeks, I’m hoping for messages and emails, and hopefully some pictures,
    of things that have helped you. I’m talking about very practical things, but if they’re pretty and practical that’s great too. My email is (so embarrassing, I created the account as a teenager and have never changed it) starbucksfan (@) juno.com. Please include your name, a link to your blog if you have one and care to, and pictures if you like. In about two weeks, if anyone has sent me anything :) I’ll do a Part Two Edition. I’m really hoping for your input, and would love to learn from you!

    So, here’s cheers to anyone who keeps a house, who makes a home, and who wreathes it in smiles!

    ~clarita

     

     

Comments (35)

  • Your cottage looks like a dream out of a magazine ~ Love all your organizing tips!

  • Just reading this made me tired. Good job.

  • This looks so good…I will be back to really read through it all. Right now I am SUPPOSED to be writing up records for the first semester.

  • Very inspiring Clarita! I loved getting to peek into all the lovely little corners of your cottage :) I started right after Christmas with my re-organizing and I need to get back into it. I think your goal of having a peaceful and fun filled house is wonderful!

  • Oh, it all looks so nice and neat! :) Organizing is not something I’m good at. My closet and file cabinet are screaming at me for help! :) And I know what you mean about your container drawer. We don’t have a good method for keeping them in their place.

  • I love the idea of using trunks as storage!I too love waking up to a clean house and for me that includes the dishes done. Just seems to make the day go so much better!About the container drawer…we have ours in a cabinet and it doesn’t look much better. One tip I have seen lots of other people doing (babysitting is great for this) is getting the rubbermade containers (like this)in small, med, and large and they stack really nicely as well as the lids or even some people do this with the ziplock disposable containers you can get at walmart and just have a couple different sizes then everything stacks together nicely.I’ve got a couple ideas my mom and I have come up with for organization that hopefully I’ll get around to posting/emailing at some point soon.

  • Amazing! Hopefully this motivates me to do some organizing in some way. Soon. Ug, my house certainly needs it! I was wondering, where can you buy your My Faire Lady products? Gorgeous!!! You are very talented.

  • Oh, I loved everything. I don’t have pictures but I just try to stick to making a place for everything, which seems like what you’re doing. If everything has it’s own place it stays fairly organized. I’ll be thinking about this though. Love the lazy susans!

  • i love this Clarita! since the first of the year, i’ve been on a major clean-out, whip-this-house-into-order-mode and it was quite inspirational to see real-life pics of other people’s order. looking at photos of sterile and perfect order are almost too much for me; seeing someone who actually does it in a normal, realistic way is much more inspiring to me. and, i love what you said about not being a neat freak and yet as a child of God wanting to mirror His image of order and peace…so true. good to know about the tupperware sale on modular mates. i have quite a number of those and actually pick them up whenever i see them at goodwill stores and/or yard sales…they are sooo very nice for keeping pantry items fresh and orderly! and, baskets!!! yes! this girl uses them for Everything! and crates too…just love keeping order with both what i have and what is practical to my/our lifestyle.thinking of you these days…hoping your pregnancy is still going well…and that life is finding a pleasant rhythm at home again.♥

  • Love this post. First read it at 1:00 this morning while holding Ethan who was having asthma issues. You gave me something fun and inspiring to read when I was feeling anything but inspired in the whole mommy thing. But… try as I might… I just couldn’t think of anything to write at that time of the morning… so I’m back!:)I hate clutter and I feel like I’m always fighting it in this small house full of busy little children. In the past year I’ve come to the solid belief that less is more.- the kids can only play with so many toys. i’m not going to throw away their precious toys, but i will pack half of them away for a while… then trade them out again. It’s fun for them and I’m tripping over/picking up half the amount of the toys.And clothing… used to pick up anything at yard sales, or on bargain racks. It turned out that we all had a lot of clothes, but not much really nice to wear. So… totally cut back. All the kids need is a few skits/pants, and a few nice shirts to go with them. Of course there are a few Sunday dresses hanging in the closet too. But I love how it simplifies everything in their room.And that’s about all I know. Organization is very much a work in progress around here!:)Hope your day is lovely!

  • i enjoyed this post too. felt a little un-organized tho seeing all your beautiful baskets everywhere. Organization is something dear to my heart but things have a way of becoming not so when I’m not looking! I agree with what Bek said, less is more. For sure. It’s easier to organize things, if it’s not clutter you are moving around from place to place. So the battle here is always against the clutter, and purging to minimalize and get rid of what is not needed. I too have my little morning ritual. I’m much more in the mood to get my house in order in the a.m. then at night. I always go through my upstairs rooms and put away any stray clothes, make the beds, put away random shoes, clean off the bathroom counter, it’s amazing how it gives you this good feeling later when you dash through and see everything nice and neat, at least in that part of the house. i do the same in my kitchen too. Altho, by the time I get there, sometimes I’m just rushing to get out the door. I too like the idea of baskets by the door for shoes. Helps so much with all those little ones, esp.

  • love the organizing tricks! can’t wait to get home an get back to my house….maybe i can try those lazy susan things in the fridge :)

  • good stuff clarita… less stuff, organization with what i do have and yes, life is more pleasant to live like that. i loved this and the motivation it gives to me to even do better.my mornings are MY time too and i agree 100% to waking up to a picked up house… certain times of the month though i tend to think cleanup is over-rated. grrrr.i also think it teaches our children so much discipline… something that will go with them all their lives.

  • Love this post as I also love organization. However,I have also had to learn to let some of my earlier expectations go, especially as a mom of three. Looks like you have an awesome balance in that area! Love the idea with the lazy susan’s I have one in my cupboard for spices, but never thought of one in the kitchen or using them for other things. For my containers it is also a constant battle, but I found if you have the room it’s actually better to store the containers with the lids on them and stack them. That way you are not searching for the lid of this or that container, but that’s if you have the room I also love the hair clips idea seems like I am always losing Karina’s. Probably because they are all piled in one little basket. Been trying to think of a creative way to store them. Thanks for the great ideas!

  • I am VERY inspired right now! I used to be really, really orgnized.  As my children are getting older, it’s getting a bit harder to keep things as orderly. I thought it would get easier, but it doesn’t! Ha. There is just so much more stuff around. Shoes get bigger, coats get bigger, clothes get bigger making more loads to wash and everything doesn’t fit into my little bins anymore! (or the drawers in their kid dressers!) I have trained my boys to Not be packrats, and they are pretty (and I use that word loosely! ;) good at cleaning up after themselves. My girls on the other hand…they could use a bit more training. As for organizing tips…hmmmm….Declutter often!I use alot of jars, especially mason jars and baskets and bins to store things.I have nothing wonderful to share…sorry!  I do love your lazy susan idea, that would save alot of space in the refrigerator. Thank you for sharing all of your tips and ideas with us! This was quite encouraging! Gotta go clean now. ;) Happy Tuesday to you.

  • great post! i love organization, especially when it includes lots of baskets and boxes and fun little containers… thanks for sharing! :) i have different shapes/sizes of lids in baskets in my cupboard – a system that generally works fairly well, except that, of late, actually keeping it organized requires an almost-daily organization, because josh has discovered that little containers are so much fun, and big round lids work great as frisbees! :)

  • I really GET THIS! :) In my mind I know what it’s like to organize and I need it, but in the past few years my house has become out of control with “stuff”. It is time to organize the stuff or get rid of it! your house looks very orderly! a right place for everything can bring calm to any hectic day! excited to see/hear more!

  • i have been in The Mood. :) the cleaning out and organizing mood that is. so how timely your words and ideas are. love it. it’s funny how somethings i never think of myself, like lazy susan’s! but when i see them here, i wonder, why didn’t i think of that?! which is why this post is so inspiring and fun. and why i love pinterest too. :) i realized a few weeks ago how desperately i need to rethink the space that we have. in some ways i am still doing this house like i did when there were just 3 or 4 of us…and hello! cindy! it’s not working anymore! i’m looking foward to your 2nd edition…but hmmmm. not sure that i have anything to add to what you have. i’ll see what i can come up with. happy homemaking!

  • I love all the beautiful baskets!  I have a perfect idea that would use some baskets & organize the childs toys/shoes/misc.  Now I just need to get the project done :)

  • I got up this morning to a disASter b/c I had a friend here yesterday to sew (she stayed til 8 last night … what a blast) and David didn’t get home til 9. I was way too tired to put it all away and this morning at 6:30 when I walked back in from the gym I looked at David and said, “Please just tell me that I’m in the wrong house.” Ugh. Getting up to a clean house is so underrated. I love your baskets and kitchen ideas. My kitchen looks mostly organized b/c I have tons of cabinets, but that’s about to change. And I’ve been thinking of getting baskets for the boys’ toys, then decided to wait until we move and I know what will work there. It feels like such a huge initial investment so I’m glad to hear that it’s worth it. My biggest organization problem is the kitchen counters and it never was a problem until my books were published and I got into couponing. Suddenly there were always coupons to be clipped, deals ready to go, books to ship out, or something. I’m giving up couponing and already it’s looking better. Sometimes I’ve been threatening to never explore any additional interests b/c they just make like messy. But neither do I want to live in a sterile world. :) I liked what you said about housekeeping being worship of God or worship of self. So, so true. Loved this post. And I don’t know if it’s just me or not, but the font on your blog is soooo tiny I feel as though I’ve hit my forties early. ;) Like, do I really need bifocals already? :D

  • I love these tips!! Especially the lazy susan idea..keep em coming!:)

  • I’ve been thinking about organization lately. I wish I could push a button and my house would be organized! Every room in my house could be gone threw and organized!its overwhelming!! I keep thinking now is the time to do it before baby #3 is here and I’ll be busier than ever but I’m also telling myself that now is the time for me to relax and enjoy myself before I’m a busy busy mom and so far the latter of the 2 is winning. Not good. Not good at all! I loved all ur ideas! Hopefully you will be an inspiration to me to get a move on! *smile*

  • oh, do you make house calls!! :) i’ve never seen prettier drawers!i go through spells of organizing everything and i love it! it just makes me feel happier in a home where everything is in it’s place – my problem is KEEPING that way. within wks, it seems things are a mess again. i remember hearing someone say once the key to organization is putting everything back where it goes the minute you’re done w/ it. but sometimes i’m not sure if that’s possible, ya know. there are times you just can’t physically do it all~ i’m trying to do better at doing a quick run through at the end of each day and straightening, putting toys back in baskets, etc.one of the biggest things i get frustrated trying to organize is jewelry. it seems no matter what system i’ve tried things are always twisted and earrings not in sets~ suggestions?? ;) great post, girl.i like good housekeeping posts like this!

  • organization makes it possible to BREATHE!! :) re the lid mess…i got a new kitchen in DEC & i took adavantage of purging (AGAIN!) :) & had a lidless #2 (16 c.) tuperware container & stack my lids in that right beside the containers. i didn’t even know i needed that until i re-organized! yes, i’m all smiles! :) Esther

  • I absolutely agree with you about getting up to a clean house. Sometimes it just needs to be a clean kitchen for me… DH still doesn’t understand why I will stay up late to clean up the kitchen instead of doing it the next morning.About your container drawer… ;) I’ve found that if I keep all my containers in a cupboard, nested in each other as nicely as I can, and keep all the lids in a drawer, it works best. I sort my lids- all the round ones in one drawer, and all the square, rectangular, or otherwise odd-shaped ones go in another drawer. I have a very small kitchen, and I had to give up some other things that I really wanted in drawers & cupboards to be able to do this, but it is by far worth it to me. I so enjoyed your post! I am an organization freak too, and your pictures made me feel happy inside. :)

  • wow, I love all your organizing!! Would love for you to come over & help out! Or maybe I should get w/ Sonya & Marijo! Sonya is my good friend!! =)

  • @inanorchard - now if you can just send me a picture of your newly-organized boys’ room for the Second Edition……… :) @redladybug18 - yay! please do send those ideas and pictures!@SherriMonCheri - take a picture of that idea and send it right on in! :) @Jeanette Kauffman@facebook - looking for any and all tips! how hard do i have to beg?

  • @thisisabother - pictures PLEASE of that newly-organized container solution!! i’d love to see it (and show everyone else! :)

  • if you go to my blog at fleurcottage.blogspot.com you’ll see a picture in the post, {Details} From Our New Kitchen, posted in January. i don’t have heaps of small lids but the principle is the same…hope this helps! :) Esther

  • I loved this post! I just did a blog post about how I organize my baking supplies here: http://aimee-weaver.blogspot.com/2012/02/think-outside-box.html
    I like to think outside the box when it comes to organizing and running a house. We don’t need to things like our moms and grandmas did things ~ this is something I’ve learned throughout my married life. And sometimes what works for you doesn’t work for someone else. You have to make solutions for yourself that work best for YOU.
    Anyway, I’ll get off my soapbox!! I hope you have a lovely weekend! :)

  • @thisisabother - wonderful! can i borrow a few pictures?? :) @Aimee - that is just beautiful!! i’ve never seen a prettier baking station! do you mind if I feature some of your ideas and pictures?

  • @circleoffive - i would love to see pictures of this! you say you have a smaller kitchen, and that is probably what most of us have. i would love to see and show! :)  

  • I skimmed through this post a week ago, maybe, and have wanted to come back and read it again ’cause it’s time to organize my house again!! I never really knew January was the month for organization, but it makes sense, ’cause I usually feel in that mood after the full-house, cluttery look that can happen with Christmas decorations, guests, etc. Buuuut, instead of cleaning, I scrapbooked my little heart out and worked on other techy/blog things. Of course those are on-going too, but now that I’ve pretty much finished those goals, and because most of my drawers and closets around here are in *shambles*, organizing and cleaning is on the menu for what’s left of February!! Wish me well. Right now it’s hard not to just let things sliiiide . . . knowing that a new space/place shall be ours {hopefully} by the end of this year. But who wants to live with jammed drawers and things falling out of closets til then? Um, no, guess not. You have inspired me to keep working at it . . . and maybe even go out and buy a few more baskets and drawer organizers. :) Thanks!

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