Creating small habits to keep yourself organized is crucial. When we form these habits it will ultimately take the struggle out of doing chores, such as organizing.
It will take some initial discipline and repetition in the beginning, but once you have this ingrained in your everyday life, it will require little to no effort to maintain. Not to mention, once you have this down, your kids will seeing this and mirror this lifestyle.
By improving your everyday routine, you will be teaching your family life long skills they will need to be successful. Today I’m sharing with you 3 habits you should focus on when trying to keep yourself, your home, and family organized.
Have you ever wondered how the heck I store a month of groceries in our home? Well Pearl, I’m letting you in on a few of my secrets in today’s monthly food storage post.
I want you to know exactly how we store a months worth of groceries in our tiny home so you can be inspired to make room in your own home. Just to clarify to you, a monthly haul includes anything that can last in the fridge, freezer or pantry for 30 days!
These tips will work for anyone, even those with a small kitchen space, because as you can see in the video, we don’t have a PANTRY 😱! Real life, real life, real life, lol!
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It’s that wonderful time of the year when you get that almost natural call of the wild instinct to start organizing your home.
Almost instantly as the New Year arrives, you’re dramatically made aware that it is a real possibility of you becoming the star on the next episode of Hoarders!
Whew! Let’s take a deep breath. Let’s not let the stress of the situation get the best of us.
I have always wanted to be one of those people who have a specific spot for every little trinket that finds its way into my home. Those people know exactly how to organize everything and anything!
Are you one of those people? Can we please be friends? I need you to teach me your ways!
In the mean time, I am slowly conquering one small corner of my house at a time. With Dollar Tree near by, there is no excuse! They have SO many options when it comes to affordable organization supplies.
With it being a new year and there are a lot of new faces around here, I thought it was time to update my “about video”. I get a little excited when I start talking about living frugal AND fabulous!
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I did something today that I wish I had started years ago. I have officially organized the toys that were slowing suffocating my house! Guess what, it wasn’t hard and you can do it too!
Ahh! I can breath again!
Do you know that feeling I am talking about? Does it feel like your kid’s toys are creeping into every available space in your home? Oh. My. Goodness. I just couldn’t take it for a single second longer.
Isn’t the New Year so inspiring and motivating? There is something special about the beginning of a New Year and all the possibilities of change and improvement!
Have you set any goals for the New Year? Let me know in the comments bellow! Sharing goals makes them a little more real and keeps you a little more accountable. I personally love hearing other people’s goals because their goals motivate me to do better!
Are you feeling like this is the year you want to live frugal AND fabulous?!
Have you ever seen those beautiful before and after pictures of a nicely organized closet? The ones where everything is color coordinated, pretty baskets and bins are all matching. Do you ever wish that your closets looked like those?
I have! The problem I always run into when I try to attempt this seemingly magical feat is that to buy baskets and containers that all match each other can be crazy expensive. One pretty basket on it’s own can cost more than $15 each! If you need more than a few, your price tags are quickly adding up to be more than $100!
No way! That is insane and a pretty closet is not worth it! But don’t you worry! I am going to show you how to organize your closet and only spend a few pennies. I was able to organize 2 large closets and made them look beautiful for under $15. There are only three tips you need to know to do the same thing.
Look at a thrift store
The secret… thrift store finds! For a few weeks I would go into the thrift store and search their isles for any sturdy office organizing tools. Things like stackable files, desk organizers, pencil holders, and paper holders were all things that I found almost on a weekly basis.
Don’t worry about the pieces matching. We will take care of that next. For now, focus on looking for items that will suite your needs. Try to think outside the box. One item I bought is actually made to hold little coffee creamers but is now being used to house all of our miscellaneous office supplies.
Every single piece I bought cost about $1.50 – $2.00. This method is way cheaper then going to the store to buy brand new.
Save your leftover condiment tubs
Things like leftover yogurt tubs, glass jars, or tin cans will help make this project achieve your desired end result. Again, they don’t need to match. Just make sure to get them all cleaned up and remove any paper labels. Then you are ready to make them look organized.
Spray paint
I told you I was going to show you how to organize your closet and make it look pretty and this is where the makeover happens. Choose just one color of spray paint that you love and would like to see in your soon to be beautiful closet.
Now take all of those pieces you just found at the thrift store, go to a well-ventilated area (outside is best), and start painting all the pieces the same colors! Some of the things I had I only painted part of it, like glass jars. I wanted to be able to see what was inside so I cleaned off the glass and only painted the lids.
How to Organize Your Closet
Take a look at what these pits looked like before I started on this organizing journey…
Pull everything out
Let everything completely dry and bring them inside and start organizing. My closets were a disaster zone. We called one of them “the craft pit.” The very best thing to do is have all of your new organizing tools set out and just pull every single piece out of your closet!
Every – single – piece! As you are pulling things out place them in piles of related use. So papers with papers, coloring supplies, kids crafts, ribbons, things like that all piled together.
Throw it away
Don’t be afraid to throw things away that you know you don’t need. I was surprised at how much trash I had in there. Not just things I didn’t think I would be using but actual pieces of trash.
Finished!
It sounds like a lot of work but let me tell you, I spent about 2 hours total getting this project completed and I am so happy that I did! Sometimes as I am walking through our hallway I will just stop and open the closets to look in and see how pretty they look now. You will be so happy you did it!
