Archive for the organizing Category

When To Toss Your Make-Up And Other Bathroom Products

March 26, 2012 by  |  No Comments

My first task in spring cleaning my bathroom this week was cleaning my make-up drawer. I used this chart from Real Simple to determine what cosmetics to keep and what to toss. It also has the expiration of lotions, shampoos and other bathroom products that will come in handy while cleaning out the bathroom cabinets later [...]

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Slow And Steady Spring Cleaning – Bathrooms

March 25, 2012 by  |  1 Comment

This week, I am working on the bathrooms. My bathroom surfaces are cleaned thoroughly each week,  but the insides of the cabinets are another story. It is time to clean out the shelves and drawers. I’m sure stuff has accumulated that I don’t even remember having and I’m positive there are some out-dated products that need to [...]

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Closet Organzing Links

March 20, 2012 by  |  1 Comment

Are you joining me in Slow and Steady Spring Cleaning? This week, I am working on the closets! Here are some links with closet decluttering/organization how-to’s and inspiration. Closet organizing tips and inspiration from Operation Organization 20 Ways To Organize Your Bedroom Closet from Apartment Therapy Organizing and Inventorying Children’s Clothing from Organizing Junkie How [...]

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Tips For Spring Cleaning The Closets

March 18, 2012 by  |  2 Comments

Welcome to week two of Slow And Steady Spring Cleaning. This week, I am tackling the closets  - one each day. I’ll be working on our two entry closets (one by the front door and one by the door going into the garage) and our bedroom closets. And by cleaning them, I mean decluttering them [...]

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A Little Organizing Trick

January 9, 2012 by  |  No Comments

The beginning of a new year always gets me in the mood to organize. The idea of clean and orderly are so appealing after the chaos that is the holiday season. Each January, I want to work through my house organizing everything from the kitchen cabinets to my make-up drawer. The only problem is that [...]

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Organizing Tips For The New Year

January 2, 2012 by  |  No Comments

love this vintage art borrowed from The Vintage Housewife In the mood to de-clutter and get organized for 2012?? Click on over to Today’s Housewife where I’m sharing some tips to make the task a little less stressful.  

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Organizing Winter Accessories

November 2, 2011 by  |  6 Comments

Organizing Winter Accessories

Up until now, our winter hats, gloves and scarves were kept in a crate in the coat closet. Not the best system, but it worked for a time. It kept everything contained and it was easy for everyone to remember where to find and where to put all their winter accessories. I recently decided that [...]

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Organization Tip For Bedtime Readers

August 9, 2011 by  |  No Comments

No matter what time I go to bed, I have to read – at least for a little while. I usually have a couple books going on at the same time. Sometimes, I have a little crochet project going on as well. Instead of cluttering up my bedside table or just having a pile on [...]

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Garage Sale Treasure

August 1, 2011 by  |  No Comments

I am not a garage saler, but once or twice a year the kids and I go “treasure hunting” at some neighborhood sales. Sometimes I find something. Other times, not so much. On our last treasure hunt I scored this……. Click over to Today’s Housewife and see!!

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Displaying Kid’s Art

July 20, 2011 by  |  2 Comments

Displaying Kid's Art

During the month of July, I am working my way through the house one room a week decluttering and re-organizing. I would like to be able to start school with everything in its place so we are not distracted from our learning. So far, we have finished my daughter’s room, the multipurpose room (homeschool/toy/tv) and [...]

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De-cluttering Our Multi-Purpose Room

July 13, 2011 by  |  No Comments

De-cluttering Our Multi-Purpose Room

I’m still working my way through our house. Cleaning and organizing one room at a time. Last week, I tackled the most challenging room – my daughter’s bedroom. It was such a success that I was excited to move on to other rooms! There’s nothing like success to breed motivation. This week, the kids and [...]

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