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5 Pretty Ways To Organize Your Jewelry
I admit - I'm guilt. Despite my best efforts, my "jewelry drawer" has become a tangled mess of necklaces, bracelets and earrings. This cluttered collection not only makes it hard to see what I have, but difficult to untangle the pieces I do want to wear! This summer, I'm ...read more
The Best Nursery Storage and Organization Products
Organizing your baby's nursery can be tricky no matter what size space they have. My children have had rooms of all sizes, small ones, average ones, and even rather large ones. What has remained constant no matter what size space I'm working with is my need for organization. ...read more
Clever Storage Solutions for Children's Items
Babies and children come with a plethora of things from toys to hair accessories. Properly storing these necessities is a must to reduce the amount of clutter and disarray in your home. With organization being at the forefront of the new year, one of the major solutions to ...read more
Pantry Meals You Can Make in a Pinch
You should have seen the sheepish look on my husband's face this morning when he broached me, coffee extended, and said "Have a sip... Okay, don't be mad." He went on to apologetically tell me that the online grocery order he thought he had set up was actually never confirmed. ...read more
Great Dorm Storage Accessories
There are so many things to tell you about boarding school. I've been keeping most of the experience offline, because it's not fully my story to tell. My daughter, 14, is the keeper of most of the details. What I CAN share is that getting her to and from school takes up a great ...read more
How to Organize a Small Dorm Room into a Productive Living Space
My freshman-year dorm room was classified as a "split double." In other words, it was a tiny room with a wall that divided it in half 3/4 of the way. My roommate and I each put a shower curtain up to separate the small portion of the room that was open. Suffice to say, we had ...read more
Tame Car Chaos: The Best Backseat Organizers
Having kids can suddenly make your car go from an adult transportation vessel to some strange holding ground for every toy, crushed goldfish cracker, water bottle, stray sock and stuffed animal in your house. Then add in the car seats, the endless bags of food/clothing/diapers ...read more
Rubbermaid FreshWorks #LongLiveProduce
It's berry season and I'm totally swooning for the fruits that are filling up the markets. Sometimes I go a bit overboard and purchase too many pints. Then I'm left with waste at the end of the week. It's depressing...good fruit gone bad. Wasted time. Wasted money. Wasted fruit. ...read more
Spring Cleaning: 5 Reasons To Trade in Boxes for Mason Jars
As a busy mom on the go, if I didn't appreciate organization in the past, I certainly do now. There is just something about seeing the things we use daily presented in a neat and eye pleasing fashion that somehow takes one thing off of my plate and makes finding things easier. As ...read more
Dual Purpose Playroom Storage Solutions
If you have a playroom without proper storage then I don’t have to tell you about the chaos that ensues in such a space. I personally moved my children’s toys into the playroom with the intent to close the door and forget about it. That only worked for so long before I was ready ...read more
Five Genuis Christmas Storage Solutions
Christmas has come and gone and as the new year ushers itself in, with either sadness or glee the realization is it is time to take down the Christmas ornaments and decorations. If you are anything like me and had a ball of Christmas lights to detangle this year it may be worth ...read more
Celebrating National Organization Month
Hooray for organization! It is not only easier to find things, it also makes for a neater and decluttered lifestyle. To kick-off 2014 on a organized note, we are excited to share some fun tips to mastering the mess, along with an array of spacing saving products whose high ...read more
Storage Solutions with Mimish Designs
Living in an apartment means that we can't have that much stuff (aka junk) lying around. However, life with kids means there is always stuff lingering around. I am always on the hunt for storage solutions, so I was thrilled when I had the chance to check out Mimish Designs and ...read more
Closet Organization and Renovation
Check out my closet renovation! Working with EasyClosets.com I turned a laundry room into a dream dressing room and closet. The small space was outfitted with custom items to make the most of every space. Check out how we used closet design to organize this space and make it ...read more
FishClips: The Cutest, Strongest, Funniest Chip Clip
My girls spotted my new FishClips and decided they were toys. I find the magnetized FishClips on our radiators (since our refrigerator is not magnetized) and in their playroom among their Barbies and princesses. But, although they make fun toys, FishClips have a job to do for ...read more
Organizational Ideas for Sharing a Bedroom
When siblings share a bedroom, space can be an issue. How do you get the most use out of close quarters while still defining a separate area for each child? Organizational Ideas for Sharing a Bedroom 1. Shelves: For my family, the answer to this dilemma has been elfa. elfa ...read more
Way Basics Storage Cube Review
I'??m doing a bit of home redecorating. My first stop was my home office. Because if working mama isn'??t organized, no one is organized. I shlepped to the only place for inexpensive put-together-yourself office storage--a certain Swedish company that shall remain nameless. By ...read more