Bathroom Organization Archives

5 Tips for Organizing Your Home With Style & Ease

February 28, 2018

Hi friends. There’s been lots of radio silence here on the blog the last few weeks. Sorry for my absence. I’ve been really busy with work and to be honest, it has left me feeling a little unmotivated to blog. I’ve also been tackling organizing projects around our house in hopes that I’ll feel a little more settled and relaxed. I don’t know about you, but when I’m surrounded by of clutter and chaos, it affects my spirit.

Today I’m jumping back into blogging and sharing a few organizing tips that I live by. If you’ve got any organizing to do around your house, I hope you find these tips helpful.

ORGANIZING 101: TIPS & IDEAS

Lidded Storage Boxes // Pencil Cup // Paper Drawers // Entire Stockholm Collection

ORGANIZING TIP #1: A Place for Everything and Everything In It’s Place–I remember my dad saying this when I was little and back then I didn’t really understood what he meant. As I grew up and saw how my parents kept the house organized, I understand the meaning behind this saying. When you organize like items together, it makes it so much easy to keep your home clean and clutter free. There’s no second guessing where something goes and cleaning up the home takes less time and energy.

If you dream of having a designer closet where everything is sorted by style and color, check out these Closet Rod Organizers. Such a simple but chic idea.

ORGANIZING TIP #2: Treasure It or Toss It–Hanging on to stuff that is no longer useful or meaningful is one of the biggest challenges to having an organized home. If your goal is to live a clutter free life, you really need to take a hard look at the things that surround you. Is it is something you use or something that has value in your life? If the answer is yes, hang on to the items, display them or create a space to store them. If the answer is no, toss those item to clear the visual and emotional clutter they represent.

One of my favorite ways to make de-cluttering and donating easy to is have a place to put the items you’re getting rid of. This Triple Storage Bin is a great piece that allows you to sort items and keep them organized at the same time.

ORGANIZING TIP #3: Contain the Chaos–I’ve always loved storing and organizing items in baskets and bins and have recently found a new appreciation of clear containers, especially in the kitchen and bath. The simple act of placing items in a container creates order and makes things more visibly pleasing.

I just bought some of these clear Fridge Binz and boy did they make a big difference in how organized my refrigerator is.

Stackable Wire Baskets With Handles (perfect for linen closet storage)

Hyacinth Storage Bins with Handles (great for holding TP rolls under the vanity)

ORGANIZING TIP #4: Touch It Once–How many times to do you find yourself cleaning up and end up things from one spot to another before finally putting it where it belongs? If you make it a rule to only touch an item once the whole process of cleaning up and organizing your home will go much faster. This rule is really helpful when it comes to organizing and filing paperwork at your desk/office.

If you have a multi-level home, use baskets to hold items that need to go up or downstairs. This Striped Canvas Storage Bin is light-weight and stylish so it becomes a functional and decorative statement.

ORGANIZING TIP: #5 Make Organization A Habit–One of the best ways to keep you home organized is my making organizing a habit. When something is out-of-place, put it away right then and there instead of letting it sit. And schedule time each week to walk through your house and put things back in order.

If it helps to keep a to-do list, this To-Do Notepad is a good one.

To help you with your organizing projects, I’ve rounded up some of my favorite organizing items from The Container Store. Happy organizing!

White Modular Bins // POP Canister Set // Laguna Cotton Belly Basket

Linen Storage Boxes // Woven Storage Bins with Handles // Felt Drawer Organizers // Paper Drawers

all images via Container Store

Anatomy of A Linen Closet–Organization and Style

September 11, 2014

One of the areas that can get out of hand in most homes is the linen closet. Just like the junk drawer in the kitchen, the linen closet can become a catch-all for any and everything if not kept in order.

As an admitted ‘over-organizer’, I can’t stand an unruly linen closet. I want my closets to be organized, functional and pretty. To help me keep my linen closets in order I employ a handful of organization and design tricks and the end result is always a winner.

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Living Large in a Small Space

March 17, 2014

Happy Monday! I’m wishing everyone a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow on this beautiful St. Patrick’s Day.

The post I shared last week about Nate Berkus and his skill of decorating small spaces couldn’t have been timed any better. I’ve got a real life small space challenge on my mind.

Do you remember when you went off to college and stepped into your dorm room for the first time? All I could think was how small the space was and how in the world was I ever going to fit all my clothes into that closet. My dorm room looked a little like this.

Living in a dorm room was my first experience with small space living. My roommate Kathy and I decorated our dorm room as best we could–hung posters, rearranged furniture and added a rug. It was a pretty space but no where close to how dorm rooms are looking these days.

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Organizing Around the House and the Pre-Storm Madness

February 10, 2014

Hi there,
If you’ve watched the news today you know that all of us here in Georgia are bracing for what they say is going to be a pretty bad ice storm. Given the events the unfolded two weeks ago Atlanta is not taking any chances. They have already cancelled school for Tuesday and Wednesday and are considering the rest of the week.

I think just about everyone in Atlanta hit the grocery stores today because it was sheer madness. I’m not talking just the milk and bread aisles being empty, the produce department was wiped out and there must have been 30 people in line at the deli counter.

Not a single banana to be had. Thank goodness I don’t have a pet monkey.

Not blueberries or blackberries which means no smoothie for me.

Most of the salad section was cleaned out. I guess everyone is planning on eating healthy while they are stuck at home.

I survived the grocery store and even snagged some salad. Oh, I also by-passed the deli line by ordering a deli sandwich and then asking the clerk to slice an additional 1/2 lb. of turkey for me while she was at it. Genius on my part!

On to bigger and better things.

I mentioned last week that several areas of my home were in bad need of organizing. The level of disarray is not normal for me, but I’ve slacked in the organizational arena and am going to blame it on having the flu.

The most time-consuming part of this project was purging and getting rid of unneeded things, especially in the bathroom.

Our small linen closet started out as this mess…

Apparently I have a cosmetic and personal care hoarding problems I wasn’t aware of. And yes, I have every gift-with purchase bag ever made from Clinic.

Within a couple of hours it looked like this!

$2.00 photo boxes from Michael’s make great storage boxes

Nice labels for the plastic bins

Baskets to add a little style

Cleaning products all together and easy to reach

The broom (from HomeGoods) is hung on the wall with a Command Hook

I added a over-the-door shoe holder from TJMaxx to hold items we use regularly {like cold and flu medicine}:)

Another area I tackled was some of my craft storage. My washi tape collection has grown and was overflowing…

A clear silverware caddy from HomeGoods solved that problem. I love that I can see all my tapes and access what I need without disturbing the other rolls.