Fridge Clutter and How to Avoid it

Anyone who spends any time at all in a kitchen quickly learns about refrigerator art: what it is, how it's displayed, and who created it. If your refrigerator is anything like that of other parents, it's plastered with kid art, the family calendar, homework assignments, soccer schedules, doctor's appointment reminders, and.... that's just the front!

Time Saving Tips for Moms

Time is a precious commodity and those who learn to use theirs wisely will always be ahead of the game. First the bad news, the one thing you can’t do is add more hours to your day. No matter what, it’s just not going to happen. The good news, you can do certain things to make every precious minute count and in turn leave you with more free time.

How to Become a Home Organizing ACE

If you are reading this article, you may have found yourself among the ranks of the organizationally challenged. You just can't seem to get it together, running in all directions as you try to balance work, kids, family, friends, spouse, and squeeze in some time for yourself.

Tips to Keep Your Toddler's Room Tidy

You want your children to be organized and stay safe but your kids have other things in mind. They just want to play, play, and play! If you are having a hard time keeping your child's room clean and organized, read on for some tips to help you with your goal.

Avoiding The Morning Rush

It’s stressful isn’t it? Having to get all those things ready, trying not to forget anything, not to mention bickering kids, tantrums about what to wear or the sleepy head who doesn’t want to wake up. No, the morning rush isn’t any fun but luckily there are a few things you can do to bring peace back into your family’s morning routine.

Lessons in Laundry - Surviving the Laundry Room

It happens to all of us -- the day we realize we should have listened to our mothers. Some of us experience it at the dentist when we're told we should have been flossing daily to prevent cavities, others with failed tests, or cooking mishaps. But, for many of us we have our first "I should have listened to my mother" moment in the laundry room. Mom told us to sort our laundry and pick good detergents, but just how closely did we listen?

How to Get Your Kids Organized

When your kids' organizational system consists of cramming every toy, book and article of clothing they own into the closet, a clutter avalanche is just waiting to happen. Help your kids take control of their stuff with this step-by-step guide.

Instant Storage Solutions

Feel like you're trapped in your own house? Unable to navigate through a constantly growing sea of stuff? Whether it's clothes, paperwork, tech toys, sports gear, hobby tools - or all of the above and more - our possessions need a place of their own, so our homes and our lives are easier to manage.

Use a Dresser to Organize Your Garage!

It seems like organizing your garage can be a never ending task. Lots of companies make millions of dollars selling all kinds of storage systems to try to make your garage just a little bit more organized. OK I'm about to confess -- We've had this problem, too! I know, it's hard to believe, isn't it? The cool thing is we found a great organization tool that cost us nothing...

Are you choosing a dirty house?

Sometimes, we create our own cleaning and organizing problems when we refuse to change old habits and try something different. Often our habits create stress and steal valuable time, without really improving out lives. If we can identify and change these obsolete habits, we can make life a lot more pleasant for ourselves. Here are some examples from people I know of habits that created more trouble than they solved. After you read through them, think about the areas in your own life where you feel overwhelmed. Would it help to change your thinking in that area and change the way you do something?