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The Wire Rack

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A long time ago I had purchased a cheap wire rack type drawer unit to use for my clothes. As my wife and I have increasingly grown older and purchased some pieces of furniture, she finally gave me the word that I’d have to get rid of it! Luckily for me, I’ve been needing additional space to store things in my semi-forming new office in the basement. Sanely putting things in their place is a relief in itself. Knowing where they are when you need them is even more relieving. So, it came to pass that I would dump my … Continue reading →

Frugal Organizational Articles

In honor of our annual fall cleaning and organizing at our home, I thought I’d provide a great set of articles to get you motivated and to think creatively on how to organize your own home. We are not like the traditional family where we do Spring Cleaning because with such a large family, we really have to do seasonal cleaning. This takes part four times a year, and the fall is upon us and that is when we re-evaluate our methods for organization and see what is working or not working for us. During the month of September I … Continue reading →

Can You Encourage and Promote Organization in a Child?

Some things just can’t be taught—but some things can. I believe there are things we can do as parents to help encourage and promote a sense of organization in our children. It just may take some time and effort! I consider myself to be moderately organized. I am not Martha Stewart by any stretch of self definition, but I have learned a few tips and techniques over the years and I know a little something about how to keep a life that has a tendency to be a bit chaotic—somewhat organized. I think that organization, to a point, can be … Continue reading →

Save Time and Money: Frugal Storage Tips For Your Child

I learned a terribly useful trick, from all my research in organization. Make it EASIER to put away items and HARDER to get them out. I promise, it works! Keep this in mind as you are organizing your child’s room. Think about storage placement in regards to ease of putting it away. If it’s easy to put away, a child is more apt to do it. Consider that you need to start from the bottom of the room and work your way up. Children are smaller than us big adults, so storing on a closet shelf that they cannot reach … Continue reading →

Organize a Child’s Room Without Buying a Thing (5)

Frugal organization is just as easy to work with as the expensive items you purchase from the store. And how many times have you bought something to get organized only to find out after several uses that well, it is not really very useful. So now you’ve spent money on something that isn’t doing what it’s designed to do. We have an abundance of plastic storage containers because everything I see them on sale, I’ve bought some up. We use them for everything and I like them better because they are see through and the contents are visible at a … Continue reading →

Organize a Child’s Room Without Buying a Thing (4)

Conquering the huge task of organizing a child’s supply of toys, games, books and stuffed animals is overwhelming. So far in this series of articles I’ve discussed ways to sort and store clothing and we’ve begun working on toys. Here are some additional pointers on working with storage for toys. Remember, we are trying to avoid a trip to the store. Learning how to organize frugally is important. Barbies and Other Dolls Most girls at some point in their life have Barbie dolls, baby dolls, Polly Pockets, Bratz and other types of toys. These items can be hard to store, … Continue reading →

Organize a Child’s Room Without Buying a Thing (3)

Hopefully you have followed the advice I’ve given in the previous two articles and by now all the children’s clothes are sorted and organized again. Hopefully you were able to find empty used boxes for storage, and shoe boxes and baskets around the home to store other items in. So now all the clothing is organized. Quite a task! What’s next? Toys. Children seem to have an over abundance of them. They are everywhere. With five kids in our house we have more toys than we know what to do with. If you are lucky like me, most of your … Continue reading →

Organize a Child’s Room Without Buying a Thing (2)

Yesterday, I began a series of articles on organizing rooms on a frugal budget. I have started with a child’s room, since that sometimes seems the most difficult task. With children’s rooms being small to begin with, often shared with a sibling and the center of large amounts of stuff, it’s challenging to get it organized. For us, we have four daughter’s who temporarily share a room! Two sets of bunk beds, toys for four. It’s chaotic to say the very least. So what’s the solution? The Simple “S” Strategy – Sort, Store and Simplify. So where to begin? Easy! … Continue reading →

Organize a Child’s Room Without Buying a Thing

Frugal organizing is a challenge. It is also hard not to get caught up purchasing all the cool organizational tools, storage items and gadgets on the market. All are designed to make organizing easier, but they can cost you a fortune. There are alternatives to these expensive store bought items. Children’s rooms are a challenge. And they are also an exception to my love of organizing. Organizing a child’s room is really not very fun at all. They always have billions of tiny toys, treasures, rocks and trash littering every foreseeable surface in their room. There always seems to be … Continue reading →