Fifty Ways To Leave Your Clutter: Part One
August 22, 2012
Time to date myself here – Do you remember the 1975 Paul Simon hit, 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover? Well, Rita has come up with a clever de-clutter version: Fifty Ways To Leave Your Clutter!
Here are the first 10 – Check back in the weeks ahead for more!
~~ Take Time To Decide, Clyde ~~
The first step in leaving your clutter, before you even touch one things, is:
1. Decide where you’re stuff is going to, whether you want to donate it or sell it; how and where you will do that. Continue Reading
Get Your Kid’s Organized
August 21, 2012
Kid’s bedrooms can be difficult to keep organized, with toys and clothes scattered all over the place. Designing storage so little ones have easy access to toys and plenty of organizers for clothes is the best way to manage the mess. Especially with very small children it’s important to keep in mind what items you want within reach and what you want to store on higher shelves.
With kids outgrowing clothes left and right, kids wardrobes can be hard to keep up with. Keeping everything organized and up to date is that much easier with the proper storage. Especially when kids are small keeping those little shirts on hangers can be a challenge. With the right hangers like the Kids Hangers with Clips clothes will easily stay in place. Built in clips are perfect for storing skirts or pants.
Adding closet organizers with bins is a good way to keep clothes sorted and folded. Perfect for pajamas or shirts, bins are a great way to store clothes where kids can reach them so they can get ready in the morning or for bed on their own. Hanging closet organizers is another great way to provide easy to access storage and they can be removed when they are outgrown.
When you have a new baby at home you can quickly end up with clothes for the baby at all ages. Using baby clothes closet dividers is a great way to keep clothes sorted so when the baby grows into them they aren’t forgotten.
Modular shelving can be a practical choice for kids bedroom storage since it can grow with your kids. Use stacking cubes for books so shelving can grow with their library. Add baskets to the cubes for convenient toy storage. In no time bedroom pick up will be cut in half!
Back-to-School: Organizing Your Dorm Room Desk
August 20, 2012
Once again, the summer has flown by and we are surrounded by back to school ads and supplies. If you or your child is heading off to college, you might be wondering what the best way is to organize the dorm desk. Here are some possible solutions to help you maximize your space and still be organized:
- Drawers – add drawer organizers to your drawers to help organize the smaller supplies, like tape, stapler, staples, scissors, etc. Squish drawer organizers are reasonably priced, come in fun colors, and have many sizes to allow you to customize any sized drawer. With a place for everything and everything in its place, you will never have to waste time searching again!
- Desktop – You want to keep this space as open and clutter free as possible. This is your workspace when you study, so you want to be able to spread out. If you don’t have enough drawer space for your little things (pens, pencils, tape, scissors, etc.), then consider a desktop organizer that doesn’t have a large footprint.
- Over the Desk – many dorm rooms have a shelf over the desk. This is a great place to keeps books, reference material, notebooks, etc. Use bookends to keep things from falling over and magazine files to contain folders and notebooks.
- Under the Desk – if your desk is lacking drawer space, you can use a multi-drawer storage chest under your desk.
- On the Wall – magnetic strips provide a handy place to keep calendars, schedules, reminders, etc. You can also purchase magnetic storage tins to hold smaller supplies like push pins, binder clips, paper clips, etc.
Some schools can provide dimensions or additional information about your room before you arrive. This can be extremely helpful in allowing you to plan your space ahead of time. If not, don’t worry – you will have time once you arrive and get settled. Use these suggestions to make it easier to find what your need when you need it and have an effective study area. Keeping your desk organized in college is the first step to creating good study habits. Congratulations – college is such an exciting and memorable time in your life. These organizing skills that you practice in your dorm room will serve you well the rest of your life!