Bathroom closet make over

Want a 100% return on investment when remodeling your home or preparing to sell? Organization is your answer. When staging your home to sell, it is crucial not to ignore your closets and drawers as potential home buyers are checking on your home's storage space. The before and after pictures below are obviously the same closet, but which of the two closets below looks bigger?

Using only four additional containers really made a difference. Look around your house to see what you can upcycle to organize with! (Notice the upcycled baby wipe ontainer on the third shelf). We used containers to group "like" things:

- Bath (shampoo/lotion/bubble bath)

- Adult medicine

- Child medicine

-Hair (hair spray, gels, mouse)

- Beach (sunscreen, aloe gel, which were placed on the top shelf by the beach towels)

We also grouped all of the extra Kleenex boxes, flower vases, and hand soaps in neat rows/sections on the top shelf.

Even if you're not planning on selling your home, keeping an organized closet will make your house run smoother!

 

Family time

I'm writing this as I'm relaxing on our patio, watching my two boys play together in the sandbox-- it is so important to remember to carve out this time when planning your days/weeks. When you are organized and do some prioritizing you will be surprised at how much. "free time" you really do have! Now get away from the computer/phone/iPad and go play with our kids (or call a friend!)!!!

Bill Paying Organizer

Organizing finances= BORING for some people, but the consequences of not being organized in this area of your life are the most costly! How much have you spent in your lifetime on interest charges, over draft fees, or worse, late fees? Think of what else you COULD have ENJOYED with that money!  I created this Bill Paying Organizer to share! Print, complete and put in your Household Organization Binder (what?? You dont have one? We will discuss that at a later post!) , hang on your fridge, or if you are techy, keep it saved on your computer - just put it somewhere you WILL NOT lose it!

Now after you have saved yourself $40 by not having overdraft/late fees, go and treat yourself to a nice pedicure :)

Pantry Make-Over

I love organizing. I love the process, but what I love most is standing back and admiring the "after." I love the feeling of calm one gets, which makes the process so rewarding!

Contrary to popular belief, organizing does NOT have to be expensive! (infact, being organized SAVES TIME and MONEY!)  Going out and buying all new “organizing supplies” seems to be counter-productive in eliminating clutter to me.  With my projects, I rarely go out and buy expensive containers.  When containers are needed, my favorite place to look is the local dollar store, or the dollar aisle at Target!  Organzing the pantry below cost absolutely nothing but an hour or so of time.

This mini project below is a perfect example of how organize can cost absolutely NOTHING other than an hour of time -- and saves so much! 

Before

During

After! ((who knew there were 4 jars of applesauce???))

Now that everything has a place, one can easily pick out what they need from the pantry, and it also eliminates unneeded groceries, and prevents food from going to waste!