How to Start Organizing Your Garage

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How to Start Organizing Your Garage

When it comes to organizing our home, the area that is most often overlooked is the garage. If we’re being honest, it’s probably where all our junk goes after we complete a decluttering project inside our home. Did you know that an estimated 25% of homeowners do not store their cars in their garage? What?!?! Yes, it’s true. People have so much stuff that they often can’t park their cars in their garage! And what’s more, the garage often gets so full of items that the homeowners can’t even find (or remember!) what they have saved.

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8 Steps for Quick and Easy Menu Planning

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8 Steps for Quick and Easy Menu Planning

Do you find it difficult to manage your busy family and lifestyle while still trying to eat nutritious foods each day? Are you tired of spending money on takeout meals because you had nothing in the house to eat? You’re not alone.

Menu planning is here to save you time, money and energy. Menu planning doesn’t have to be difficult. Start by making a plan, seeing what works, and tweaking your system over time. Here are a few of my favorite tips to get you started on your meal planning journey.

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Why You Should Menu Plan

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Why You Should Menu Plan

Learning to menu plan for the coming week can have a dramatic effect on your life. Believe me. I’m talking from experience. About 10 years ago, my husband and I started to menu plan. Although our exact process changed over time, the benefits were clear: grocery shopping only once per week; no more stress at dinner time trying to find something to cook; having all the ingredients in our home to cook a nutritious dinner; very little food going to waste because it wasn’t eaten. And my favorite benefit? Knowing that each night at dinner time, we could sit down as a family of 4 to enjoy a tasty dinner and actually talk to each other.

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6 Items to Toss at the End of Summer

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6 Items to Toss at the End of Summer

Summer is a time for fun in the sun, BBQs, family gatherings, beach trips and lots of sunscreen. When the fun winds down, the kids go back to school, and we get back to a more scheduled daily routine, it’s a good time to edit out summer items that have seen better days. This is a great list to get your started on your decluttering and organizing journey!

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Getting a Head Start on Back-to-School

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Getting a Head Start on Back-to-School

Hard to believe that we have to start thinking about back-to-school preparations! Didn’t summer just arrive? Chances are it’s still summer weather, but with kids going back to school in August, now is the perfect time to set up systems in your home to make the transition back to school a smooth and easy one. Following are a few of our favorite tips to get the school year started off on the right foot.

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9 Easy End of Summer Organizing Tips

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9 Easy End of Summer Organizing Tips

No time like the end of the summer to start thinking ahead and getting ready for back-to-school. I know. I know. Do you really need to think about this in August? Well, in much of the US, our kids are going back to school in August! So yes, now is the time to think about cleaning up the pool toys, storing the beach towels, and getting rid of those stretched out/worn out bathing suits. It’s also a good time to take inventory of your sunscreen and bug spray, flip flops and other summer necessities and take advantage of those end-of-summer sales to stock up on items for next year. [Just keep in mind the “one-in, one-out” rule, so if you buy three new beach towels, be sure to donate three old ones!]

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My Favorite Family Room Organizing Tools

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My Favorite Family Room Organizing Tools

Whether your family room is country chic or ultra-modern, keeping the family room clutter-free can be a challenge. Why? Because most family rooms serve more than one function. From game room to reading nook, from home office to home gym, the family room is one of the most used spaces in our homes.

Following is a list of useful items to help you keep your family room organized. Whatever your décor, you can always find something to coordinate with what you already have. Use these products as the starting point to get your family room organized and looking the way you want it to look.

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5 Steps to Organizing Your Family Room

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5 Steps to Organizing Your Family Room

Keeping the family room organized on a daily basis can be a challenge. Why? Because the space often has multiple functions: watching tv, doing homework, socializing with friends and family, game nights, paying bills. Maybe you also eat in your family room or use the space to exercise. Maybe your family room has a pile of mail on the coffee table, a stack of magazines that need reading, and a bin of kids’ toys? With so many functions, it’s no surprise that the family room is no longer used for a place to relax after a busy day.

By following a few simple rules, you can get your family room in shape in just a matter of a few hours.

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