Organization

9 Ways to Simplify Your Bathroom

My bathroom and kitchen are my two most complicated rooms in the house. They are also the ones that need to be cleaned most often. I have found that cleaning my bathroom was much easier after I simplified the bathroom, because there was less to clean, and less to clean around. Here are nine ways [...]

Redistributing Home Work Loads During Unemployment

When I was not working, one of the things I found I had more of was time. I know that seems like a no-brainer, but it was a bit of a shock to realize what that meant in reality. It meant that I now had either more hours a day in which I could choose [...]

How To Organize Jewelry

After writing about decluttering jewelry, I realized that I have two rather unorthodox ways to store jewelry that might suggest other options to others:
The Necklace Holder
I store my costume jewelry and larger necklaces on a belt hanger in the closet. My jewelry box only has eight hooks for necklaces, and about 9 inches of length. [...]

How To Organize Home Office Supplies

Our home office is a family office. We each have our separate areas within the same room. Merging households as we did, that meant we pretty much had two of everything.
About a year ago, sick of having to move my husband’s tape, stapler, hole punch, pens and what not every time I wanted to use [...]

Keeping Up With Stuff: The Daily Put-Away

I am not a paragon of housekeeping. My house is lived in. My husband, daughter, and yes, myself, do not always put things away or live mess free.
However, I am never embarrassed when people stop by unexpectedly, and I am always able to have my daughter’s friends over at a moment’s notice.
In fact, my in-laws [...]