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Organizing Posts
Setting Up A Back-To-School Workstation
As we dive into the school year, it’s always a good idea to organize a workstation for our kids! It is especially important after a…
Sewing Room Organization
Remodeling a sewing room is only half the battle. Organizing the sewing room for the way you craft is as important as the style and room design!
5 Holiday Cleaning Tips
*This post is sponsored by Bona but the content and opinions expressed here are my own.* Forget spring cleaning, it’s holiday cleaning that gets the…
Kitchen Organization: How To Organize Spices
Organized spices whether in a drawer or cabinet don’t usually stay that way for long. Most of us have experienced a messy spice cabinet at…
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Cabinet Organization Tips – Food Storage 101
A stylish kitchen is great, but a practical kitchen with efficient cabinet organization is even better. In the Kitchen Organization Tips series, we’re going to cover several clever…
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Organizing Solutions For Tax Time
Tax time carried so much anxiety and frustration for me. Just when I thought I’d kept track of everything, there was some missing bit of information. We…
7 Closet Organizing Necessities
Stop procrastinating and tackle that New Year resolution to purge your closet and get it organized. You know you’ll be happier when it’s done. To…
Top Kitchen Appliances: The Dream Team
*This post is sponsored by the mvp of the year, my pals at The Home Depot! Affiliate links contained below. I know just how important the tools of a…
How To Shop Black Friday & Weekend Sales
I’m not a big Black Friday shopper, but that doesn’t change the fact that if I want to populate my house with important needed items…
10 Dorm Room Essentials
10 great (and some super necessary) dorm room essentials you don’t want to overlook! If you are looking for some dorm or studio apartment decorating inspiration,…
10 Ways To Keep Plants Watered On Vacation
Use these simple methods to keep your plants watered while away on long trips and vacation! Vacation watering methods can be easier than you think. Care…
How to Create The Ideal Tabletop Gaming Room
Design a tabletop gaming room to store and play your favorite board games. Or simply transform your living room into a game room in plain sight.…
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Food Storage And The Unfortunate Mouse Mishap
*This post is sponsored by my good friends at Better Homes & Gardens. Affiliate links below. It’s me or the mouse. One of us has…
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Carpe Diem Calendar & Planner
Guys, I might have just found a new obsession. This could turn out to be a chink in my organization armor, or just what I…
How to Turn A Kids Closet Into A Play Nook
Turn a closet into a kids play nook and store all your child’s toys the easy way! *This post is amazingly sponsored by Better Homes…
Locker Styling Kit
Okay supermom/dad ready to help your kids rock the first day of school? …wouldn’t you have loved a customized locker that was cute and helped you stay…
DIY Coffee Table With Pullouts
Learn how to make this multi-functional coffee table! Great for puzzles, games, or just serving! *This post is awesomely sponsored by Kreg! Woop! Oh great,…
25 Creative Options As Organizing Bins
[left][/left] [right]*This post contains affiliate links[/right] Organizing is a big job, but with the right set of bins / organizers / totes / caddys you…
Hidden Storage
*This post is awesomely sponsored by Better Homes and Gardens brand, found exclusively at Walmart! Remember when you were a kid and your mom told…
DIY Custom Closet Shelving (for deep closets)
[tooltip text=”I’m honored to have Kreg / Build Something as a regular sponsor of projects on Home Made by Carmona. The projects, plans, and everything else…
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The Perfectly Cozy Guest Bed
[tooltip text=”My mattress was graciously gifted by GelFoam Bed. Huzzah! The favorable thoughts and opinions are my own (cuz that’s just how I roll).”]This post…
Guest Ready In Small Spaces
[left] Hi there! It’s Kathy from Up to Date Interiors again. Can you believe it’s time to start pre-planning for the holidays? Having a…
Learn To Love Your Space
{This Post Contains Affiliate Links} For some of us decorating doesn’t come easily. Ever wonder what happens behind the scenes of each of my big…
Moving Transitions: Living In Limbo
Well guys, I’m all packed up with nowhere to go! In case you didn’t hear the big news, I’m trading in the cold but beautiful…
Organizing Must-Haves
When we clean we use a cleaning caddy, when we repair or build something we cart around a toolbox, why don’t we have an organizing…
Simple Solutions To Organizing A Child’s Space
*A big thank you to Better Homes and Gardens at Walmart for sponsoring this post. Opinions and projects are always my own…and honey, I’m excited…
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Children’s Book Storage
[left]Hi there! Iris, from IrisNacole.com here! I’ve been brainstorming over some really great children’s storage ideas for y’all, and I think I’ve come up…
A Clean Slate With Jonathan Scott
I have two huge pieces of news to share….ready for this? #1. Jonathan Scott of HGTV’s Property Brothers is stopping by the blog today! And I’ve…
Herb & Seed Storage
Yes, I use Herbs and Seeds. I’m sure you’re looking at my collection wondering what kind of crazy mountain lady I am! Hehehe! Well there are…
DIY No Sew Applique Labels
[left] Hola! Stephanie again from Casa Watkins! Spring cleaning is upon us and I don’t know about you, but it’s not a fantastic time of…
Cleaning Cabinet Makeover
Just because you have a lot of storage space doesn’t mean it will be automatically organized, or that the storage will be the best use of space. You…
Spring Clean Your Decor
[left]Hello Spring and hello HMC readers!! This is Kathy from Up to Date Interiors and I’m delighted to be hanging out with y’all today.[/left]…
My Dirty Little Cleaning Secret
Are you sure? It’s not pretty… Oh ok, it probably isn’t little either, and I’m not even sure it’s a secret anymore! 😀 If you’ve…
5 Easy Steps To A Well Organized Pantry
Hi there! I’m Iris, from IrisNacole.com! I’m so happy to be joining Ursula and you all today to share some pantry organizing tips that I…
Favorite Things (To Hoard)
Just because I believe in an organized, streamlined approach to living doesn’t mean I don’t have a few hoarding tendencies of my own to battle.…
Home Management Binder
I love being my own boss and a homeschooling mom, but let’s be honest, it takes a certain type of personality to do those things…
How To Craft A Cute Binder
Since I’m not naturally organized (or tidy), I have to work hard to keep myself motivated and on task. So I like to pull this little Jedi…
Schedule and Chore Board
Well, it has finally happened. My eldest daughter asked me to create a chore board that is “pre-teen appropriate”…aka she is ready for a big girl…
The Top 10 Projects To Get Guest Ready
Can you believe it’s that time of year already? This year seems to have flown by! But I can’t complain; I love any excuse to…
A Guest Ready Living Space
Maybe it is because there are two new babies in the family (yay, I’m an aunty!!), but I have never been more excited for the big…
Custom DIY Acrylic Drawer Organizers
I love acrylic drawer organizers, I hate that you can’t find them to fit every drawer perfectly, and that they aren’t adjustable. Don’t you wish…
The Perfect Starter Piece
Yay, it’s that time of year! The one where college students step into their brand new dorm room full of possibilities (mostly fungal in nature), and…
Sweet Little Homework Caddy
[left] It’s funny how you can see a simple clever solution floating around Pinterest, one you’ve probably pinned 15 times, and then never do it. Well…
The Most Effective Fruit Fly Trap
That moment when you come home from a long week of vacation only to be accosted in your own home by a swarm of well organized ruthless…
A Gorgeous & Effective Cleaning Closet
I don’t relish cleaning…I don’t know why since I enjoy organizing. Creating a beautiful and effective cleaning closet (although it’s more like a cleaning cabinet),…
The Most Attractive Storage For Kid Stuff
I’m thrilled that my 11-year-old daughter wants her room to be “all grown up”! I confess, I’m excited partly because that room doubles as a guest room, and…
Amazing Suitcase Organization
My family hates traveling. Does that make us weird? Well who can blame us with our bad luck in travel! We’ve gotten separated due to over-filled flights,…
Chore Chart – Mint Edition
“Chore charts”, “sanity”, the words might as well be synonymous. If you have kids you know how incredibly fantastic it would be to have them dash…
How To Create The Ultimate Sewing Kit
It’s that moment when you’re rushing to finish a project and you absentmindedly reach into your sewing kit for the scissors and get a finger full…
Genius Ways to Organize Your Coat Closet
Now that the winter is here our previously pristine coat closets are getting plenty of use. Some of us are discovering that perhaps it’s time…
Tiny House, Big Living
Have you noticed the new movement sweeping the nation? Simplified living… we are slowly learning that happiness isn’t found in having many possessions, or in the…
The Thank You Jar
I want to help my children become kind, courteous, self-less little people who put one another other first. Nobody pinch me, I know I’m dreaming!! But…
How To Style & Organize Your File Box
Paper filing was driving me crazy, so finding the perfect solution to simplify that process was vital! But before we talk about organization and…
Organize Me Pretty {Spaces & Solutions}
[pullquote width=”300″ float=”left”]For the next two weeks you’ll enjoy visiting 12 creative blogs, 12 amazing bloggers, and 12 organized home tours filled with tips, projects, and…
Create Custom Magnetic Tins for Storage
Finding custom magnetic tins are tough, finding reasonably priced custom tins are near impossible. Well, never mind, I can make my own for an unbeatable…
Pintastic Pinboards & Painted Pins
By now you realize that I’m a bit pin board crazy. You have to understand, in a home full of little artists you need plenty…
Library Book Basket
My girls are big readers, and big mess makers, and big on losing things.Not a good combination for taking advantage of a “free” library…I believe…
Hostess Gift: A DIY Basketful of Spring
Looking for the perfect hostess gift for that Spring party or Easter dinner you’ve been invited to? I saw these gorgeous wire bags via Pottery…
CD Storage
I seem to have a sudden multiplication of CD’s lying around the house lately. Ugh, it’s like we’ve never heard of an iPod (!!). Between recorded…
10 Ways To Tame Your Inner Hoarder
Spring is here! That means throwing open our windows, cleaning with renewed vigor, and hopeful plans to clear the clutter. Sometimes hope is as…
3 Tips To Get Started
Organization is a long game, but it always helps to have a starting point. Here is a little direction to help get you started.
1
Take Stock of Your Space
Take careful inventory of what you currently store in the space, how you currently use the space, and how you wish to use the space.
This is a good time to purge anything you don’t find useful or really love. Be intentional (and even a little brutal)!
2
Map It Out & Select Storage Options
Create a rough floor plan with a list of everything you need/want to store in this space. Plan where each storage solution will go in the room
Now assign each item on your list to it’s new “home” and make sure it works.
3
Take It One Project At A Time
It’s easy to get overwhelmed, so make the actual implementation of organizing a bite-sized task you can tackle a project at a time.
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