Have you ever been sitting in a room of your house and all of a sudden, it hits you that it needs to be changed? That happened to me today, so my husband and I spent a few minutes rearranging our living room.
You see, we live in a pretty small house for a family of 5. We also both work out of our home, which we love, but space is definitely an issue for us. My husband has an office set up in the back of the house, but he doesn’t use it much because, well, it’s in the back …read more

It can be a real pain sometimes when it comes to organizing the utensil drawer, but it’s an even bigger pain when it’s not organized. You can waste time digging through the drawers looking for what you need. If the utensil drawer is organized, you’ll be able to find exactly what you need in a jiffy. Here’s a great video that shows you how to organize that drawer.

Who says doing the dishes has to be boring? Why not multi-task and at the same time feed your soul. If you love to listen to music and you find it hard to get motivated to take care of tasks like the washing and putting away the dishes, making the beds or doing the laundry, then turn up that ipod and jam!
There is something about music that gets you going and gives you some energy. Who knows…maybe you’ll start to even enjoy doing tasks like these because you know it’s your time to turn up your favorite tunes and escape …read more

There are several ways you can organize your bathroom cleaning supplies and make cleaning the bathrooms go much quicker. Here are my 2 favorite ways:
Utility Caddy

You can store all of your bathroom cleaning supplies in a utility caddy similar to the one pictured here. It can hold your basic cleanser, rags and sponges. When it’s time to clean, all you have to do is tote it from room to room. When you are finished, just put the caddy back and you are done!
Under the Sink 
Another way to organize your cleaning supplies is to store one bottle of cleanser, or …read more

Have you heard of Tackle it Tuesday from 5 Minutes for Mom? I just think this is a great idea and Thrifty Mommy has been tackling areas of her home. Here’s a before picture of one of her projects, the hall closet:

To see the after picture, be sure and head over to Tackle it Tuesday: The Hall Closet and see what she accomplished.
What else has she tackled? Well, the Christmas tree (she didn’t literally tackle it, lol!) this last Tuesday was her latest feat! Great job Thrifty Mommy! If you would like to join in on the fun and tackle …read more

Do you have a grab n go drawer in your kitchen? I do and I love it! Take a look at this great video on how to organize one.

Do you remember when I showed you how I organize my kids’ crafts? I was using the cube organizers pictured here.
Well, it was working just fine for awhile. I mentioned that it would need weekly maintenance to keep it up, but that I thought it was going to work just great. Guess what? I was wrong. It’s not working so well anymore.
Because of the deep drawers it made it very easy for my kids just to drop things in there and by the end of the day, each drawer was just a mess. It got to where they couldn’t find …read more

Are the plastic containers and lids taking over your kitchen? Follow these organizing tips for organizing your tupperware.

Once you have gone through the whole process of organizing a space in your home, it’s tempting to sit back and think that you’re all done. Well, the hard part is out of the way. The next step is staying organized and keeping the clutter under control.
Here are 10 tips for keeping away the clutter for good:
1. Exchange gifts given to you for gifts that you can actually use or give the gift to someone else who can use it.
2. Tidy your workspace each time after you are finished for the day.
3. Rein in your hobbies. Resolve not to start …read more