Your Organized Home

Organized Packing for a Family Vacation

Traveling with a family is always an adventure.  Whether you are driving or flying, there are a few tips that can help make the packing less stressful and the trip more enjoyable for everyone.

Summer Vacation...Reduce the Stress and Have Some Fun.

Today was the last day of school for my kids.  Summer break has officially begun!  Some parents see this as great family fun time while others dread this time of the year.  How about you?  There are a few tricks that can help make this time of the year fun for all.

Teaching a Child to be Organized

I love teacher conferences.  It helps me and my child's teacher communicate what we need to teach my child.  Well, funny thing happened my last conference. 

Use Color to Help Organize Your Family

Organizing with color is a fun way to organize a family.  It can help you quickly identify where an item belongs or to whom an item belongs.  You may not realize it but you probably already use color to organize your home.   For example: your toothbrushes.  Does everyone in your house have a different color?  Of course they do, otherwise it would be confusing and could get a little gross.

An Easy Solution for Paper Clutter on Your Kitchen Counter

Paper.  We get a lot of paper in our homes and some of it we need to keep.  You don't see many homes without a pile of paper somewhere and usually the piles are on the kitchen counter.  An easy and quick solution to get rid of the piles of paper is to have an open file box.