Organized Home

What are some ways you keep your home organized?

Yes, I’m a neat freak. I have everything organized the way I like it and God forbid it ever get crazy–just kidding but I do like everything to be neat. I was just wondering how other parents Organize their home in order to keep their sanity–maybe I’ll get a few more ideas?
Okay–I’m not asking for organization websites. I’m asking for actual experience.

I like those shoe boxes/Cubbies! My wife and I have 5 kids so there are 7 of us! We each have at least 3 pairs of shoes…. the girls have many more…. when we were just setting them by the door it was crazy!

For the mail I like a box that stands up with different openings to put the newly acquired mail and the bills and then the outgoing mail. It works nice.

Labeling things works REALLY well, especially when the kids are learning to read. Trust me, husbands DON’T know where things are supposed to go LOL! With labels they really will try and put things in the right place and it cuts down on arguments as to who lost what LOL! I found that going to Microsoft Word, typing up some fancy names for stuff and labeling worked good.

Shelves, SHELVES AND MORE SHELVES! We have a lot of books, DVD’s, VHS tapes etc. The more shelves we have, the neater things look.

An extra shed with labeled tote boxes works nice. We have holiday boxes, summer clothes boxes, winter clothes boxes, etc. Ya gotta get that stuff out of the house.

I find that putting recipes on the computer helps. Then when you need that recipe just print it off and toss it when you’re done. Then you don’t have a box of recipes laying around. They always seem to get dirty and greasy anyways.

For the kids, we went to the Walmart and bought a lot of clear plastic drawers. We have labels on each drawer such as, color crayons, coloring books, animals, etc. It saves the toy boxes from getting way too cluttered. The kids can find which toys they want right away and they know where to put their stuff away.

Hope that helps.

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