Toddlers and Preschoolers come with an abundance of toys especially after Christmas and Birthdays. I want to discuss with you what I have found the answer to this to be. Edit Toys First thing is to get rid of anything that your children do not like or use, is broken, or you find totally annoying. …
Want things to work like clockwork in the mornings? Things always seem to come up wrong? Unpredictable things put a snag in your morning? What I’ve come up with seems to help my mornings flow so much better if I do them each day. Begin by Having a Good Evening Routine The morning routine…
Lately I’ve been working with several teens and it is so much easier for me to work with them on their spaces than their parents. Emotional Ties Teens might not have the emotional connection with the things that were given to them by grandparents, other relatives, or need to be reminded that they just got…
My favorite set-up is to put a folding table in my room, all Christmas wrap in a bin, tape, a scissors, festive paper for tags, and my notebook (where I write down what I’m giving to each person so I’m not wondering after they are wrapped). My favorite boxes are the ones with the picture…
What do I do with ALL the Kid’s Papers? I get asked a lot what I do with my children’s art and school papers since I’m an organizer and a former elementary school teacher. When my kids bring home their work, I go through it that night and pull out any worksheets they’ve struggled on…
One thing that has discouraged my clients when they have tried to get organized in the past, is that they can’t maintain the organization. They say that their family doesn’t keep up with it (which I discussed in part 2). After we incorporate some rules that help prevent clutter (covered in part 1), we really…
In part 2 of this article about having the “perfect” organizational system I’ll discuss getting your family on board. So many times I hear from clients that they can get a great system going in their houses, but then their family messes it all up. Here’s some tips and tricks to get them to help….
These are my Top 5 Tips for problem areas that I see with all my clients. Let’s go through what each one. 1) Stop all subscriptions is for magazines if you are 2 months or more behind, craft club subscriptions if you haven’t opened the last 2 boxes, kids craft or activity boxes if you…
If you are like me, then you usually take down one holiday’s decorations and put up another. What I have decided is that we will have 1-2 bins per large holiday (Large as in a large amount of decorations: Easter and Halloween). Then the rest all fit into one large bin together (Valentine’s Day, St….
Sometimes it is a system that bogs us down and I wanted to take a bit to go over the laundry system that works the best for my family and hopefully you can tweak your system to be easier on you and your family with some different ideas. I usually tell my kids and husband…