3 straight forward steps to organize kitchen cabinets I want you to take this in bite size pieces. When you tackle too big of a project at once, you wind up on the hamster wheel of home organizing. That’s when you organize the same spaces over and over again because in our culture how to keep things organized in the heat of the moment isn’t really discussed. But that is the focus. Sustaining the work that we do. If you start with that in mind and keep sustainability in mind ...

Download a free organizing checklist! What is a utility room exactly? It’s the space in your home where things like the furnace and water heater are. Oftentimes there’s unused space in these rooms. Our utility room is in the basement. It houses our furnace, water softener, water heater and chest freezer. It also has a door that goes up to the garage and the opening under the stairs going to the main level of our home. It’s unfinished, meaning the floor is just concrete and ...

A place for everything and everything in its place... I’m sure you’ve heard the saying a place for everything and everything in its place. That would certainly be ideal wouldn’t it?  We’ve just come out of the holiday season and if you’re like me you have gifts you’ve received that simply do not have a home. My husband got me a new crock-pot which was very much needed. We have an old crock-pot that I thought we could just throw away, but my husband ...

The holiday season is over, we’re embarking on the new year. It’s time to get everything cleaned up and prepared for a fresh start, right? The tree is still up, wrapping paper is everywhere, empty boxes and everyone is playing with their new things, but you know it all has to get cleaned up.  You have to find places for the new things, you have to undecorate the tree - I don’t think that’s a word! Undecorate? Put the tree into storage or dispose of it. Put the ...

Have you enjoyed the holiday season so far? Christmas is just around the corner and if I’m completely honest with you this holiday season has not been one of the best. It’s been this way on and off over the years. Perfectionism runs rampant and when I have to step outside the walls of my home it’s easy for me to feel judged. Instead of going with the flow next year, you can reflect on how the holiday season has gone so far and decide now how you want things to be next year. In this episode you learn why it’s ok to make a change and how to plan for a better holiday next year.

Have you ever lost really important paperwork? Maybe you didn’t completely lose it, but possibly misplaced it within a scattered mess of papers stacked haphazardly on the counter or table?  This is how it used to be for us before I implemented a paper processing plan and included the plethora of papers that my kids would bring home from school everyday. Thank goodness we’re past that now! If you are in the midst of 9 million sheets of paper and artwork coming home everyday from ...

Different seasons of life require different approaches to getting kids to do chores.  When my kids were little I struggled with how best to get them helping around the house. I felt it was important because I wanted them to learn a good work ethic, but it seems sometimes that the message we get from the world today tells us that we should let our kids be kids. Let them enjoy their younger years because when they grow up they’ll have plenty of time to work. This message along with ...

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Instead of waiting until your husband has time to organize the garage you can manage it with 3 steps that you put on repeat until the job is done. Here I share why you should organize the garage even if it’s not your space and how to make it happen. WHY YOU SHOULD ORGANIZE THE GARAGE When you dive into organizing someone else’s space, like the garage, they’ll be likely to come help out of fear that you’ll throw out all of their important stuff.  You’ll feel ...