by JillSavage | Jan 30, 2012 | Home Organization
They say that clutter is caused by delayed decision-making. Indeed when a pile starts forming on my kitchen counter, it’s because I’ve told myself, “I’ll deal with that later.” The same thing happens in my bedroom. When I put on my...
by JillSavage | Jan 19, 2012 | Home Organization
The Hearts at Home Third Thursday Blog Hop exists to connect moms to other moms! I love today’s topic of organization! With the start of the new year, many of us are looking for tips & hints for organizing things around the home to make life easier....
by JillSavage | Jul 5, 2011 | Home Organization, Moms
Last Thursday we shared Mom Tips! Remember that my posts are usually just the start of a conversation. You’ll find other’s thoughts and feedback as comments on the post at jillsavage.org throughout the day. The comments that were shared last week are just...
by JillSavage | May 18, 2011 | Home Organization
Need a way to easily organize crayons, markers, colored pencils, and coloring books? A cleaning caddy makes a great organizing tool for these! What about you? How do you store crayons, markers, and such?
by JillSavage | May 11, 2011 | Home Organization
Need an easy way to keep kitchen counter papers disguised? Try a picnic basket on the counter. Mark found this picnic basket in the trash at a friend’s house. It had been damaged by water in their basement. After we cleaned it up, I decided to try it as an...
by JillSavage | Apr 28, 2011 | Home Organization
I recently cleaned out our toy room and did some major reorganizing. Many of the puzzle boxes were damaged. I cut out the picture of what the puzzle looked like and taped it to the outside of a plastic zip-lock bag. Once the puzzle pieces were in the bag, I was...
by JillSavage | Apr 26, 2011 | Home Organization
Need an easy way to clean toys? Put them in a mesh, laundry bag and run them through the dishwasher. It not only cleans them, but sterilizes them as well!
by JillSavage | Apr 5, 2011 | Home Organization
There’s just a few more days of the Ultimate Blog Party sponsored by 5minutesformom. This blog hop has been a great way to meet so many other wonderful mom bloggers! Congratulations to these three winners who participated in yesterday’s discussion on...
by JillSavage | Mar 23, 2011 | Home Organization
My sweet friend, Mandy, is like another daughter to me. Erica and I visited Mandy and I snapped a picture of her creative earring holder. Check this out: This is a cookie cooling rack simply hung on the wall. It works perfect for earrings!
by JillSavage | Mar 16, 2011 | Home Organization
A couple of months ago I decided that my entryway was just driving me crazy. We have a side entrance to our house directly into what we call the mudroom. This is the entrance everyone uses: family and guests. The kids and Mark left every pair of shoes they owned...
by JillSavage | Jan 12, 2011 | Home Organization
One of the most popular speakers at a Hearts at Home conference is Karen Ehman…the Hearts at Home queen of organization! Karen has been described as profoundly practical, engagingly funny and downright real. Her passion is to provide women, wives and mothers...
by JillSavage | Oct 23, 2010 | Home Organization
Our discussion on Thursday about storing children’s artwork was so helpful! My blog posts appear on Facebook, too, and one Facebook friend recommended http://www.dynamicframes.com/. I’d never seen these unique frames before and I wanted to make sure and...
by JillSavage | Oct 21, 2010 | Home Organization
I received this question on Facebook this week. You’ll find my response to her below. However, I told her there is a wealth of information from the thousands of moms (and some dads!) who hang out here in the blog world. What suggestions would you have...
by JillSavage | Oct 14, 2010 | Home Organization
My friend Angie was over at my house a few weeks ago. We opened my mudroom coat closet to find something and Angie marveled at my unique way of storing winter scarves, hats and gloves with a shoe organizer that I had my husband attach to the inside of the doors...
by JillSavage | Oct 7, 2010 | Home Organization
Last Thursday I had the privilege of hearing professional organizer Stephanie Calahan speak. She shared about how she and her husband have very different organizational styles. Then she explained how they have found a middle ground of organization they can agree...
