Organizing is simply as means to an end
As a reader of the My Organized Lifestyle blog, I’m letting you in on a little secret! The Momsources section now contains a full page of Kitchen Product Solutions. These are my most favorite containers that I’ve personally used over and over again on client projects, as well as in my own home! You will [...]
Whether you work from home or run a household, here are simple steps to becoming more effective in your office: – Eliminate Excess—surround yourself with what’s relevant and inspiring, especially if you’re in a smaller space. – Set up an effective Filing System—Purge last year’s docs. Box them up. You want your files to reflect [...]
I have it on good authority that if you’re hopping around this holiday season from house-to-house, you would be best to use travel packing cubes. Pack the cubes with pants, shirts, and socks/undies in another. Zip the cubes and load them into your suitcase. When you reach each destination, you can easily remove the cubes, [...]
Recently, I had the opportunity to review a complimentary product from RedEnvelope.com. I had never sampled a product from this online company, but always admired the site layout and what appeared to be luxury-style items. So, when asked, I jumped at the opportunity to check it out!! I received two gifts: The Family Conversation Topics and the [...]
One of the challenges every parent faces, at some point, is how to get kids to help put their clean laundry in the proper places. For adults, it may be easy to remember that socks and underwear go in the top drawer and pants in the bottom, but for kids who are just learning (or [...]
I hung a life-saver of a product on the back of the bathroom door recently. The Clever Pockets helped us clear the bathroom vanity, which makes “cleaning” much easier. We are using the Floral Black mini stash in my daughter’s bathroom. Surprisingly, there are still two empty pockets! What I love about this product is that is’t [...]
One way to lose your stuff at the back of a cabinet, especially the lower kitchen cabinets, is to not utilize every square inch to its fullest. To avoid disorganization and maximizing space, pull-out drawers work wonders. Years ago, pull-out drawers were only available as a custom option in cabinets, but today you can find them [...]
I want to feel like Carrie when I enter my closet. Don’t you? Hey, we start and end our days in the closet. It’s where we choose what we’ll wear to head out into the world. How do we make it a great space? Simple… Unless you have a ginormous closet, you want to remove all [...]
My tween and teen share a bathroom, which means there are A LOT of cosmetic and beauty products strewn all over the vanity area. Add to that the iPod speaker (because we all know you have to listen to music while taking a shower or blow drying your hair), the flat and curling irons, the [...]
An interesting fact: In July 2010, there was a ban on phosphates that required the reformation of dishwasher detergents. Since then, consumers noticed that their dishes are just not as clean as they used to be. And I thought it was my dishwasher. The cloudy film builds on top of previously cloudy film, which is [...]
