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Thursday, January 14, 2016

HELLO 2016...

A new year with new projects.

It felt so good to take down all of our Christmas decor, but then it made our house feel so empty.

I found this cute "hello" sign at Hobby Lobby.

It makes me happy when I walk into the kitchen.

We have started the new year organizing bedrooms and closets.

We started with my daughter's room.

We moved around her furniture, which made it feel nice and fresh.

It was just the change she needed.

It's also motivated her to keep it clean!

Then we cleared out her closet.

It feels SO good to de-junk!

Next up was my boys' room..

It was MUCH needed, we can now see the top of their dresser and desk!

We are also finally done with our basement!

It's nice to have a place for all the games.

I'll be doing a reveal soon.

I finally got around to hanging my kids' artwork.

It's been on my "list" for a few years!

This is the wall heading down to the basement.

The stairwell is all white, so we added a little color with the frames.

It makes me smile every time I pass by.

How is your New Year going?

We got all of the kids' bedrooms organized over Christmas break, but this is how my little girl's room looks today!

She has been BUSY...notice her "rug" under the table.

She is already decorating!

Happy New Year!

If getting organized is on your list for the New Year, here are a few more posts that might help you out:
Weekly Cleaning Schedule
Making Your House A Home

I'm sharing with these blogs:
Tidbits
The 36th Avenue
Chic On A Shoestring
Home Stories A to Z
I Heart Naptime
Thrifty Decor Chick
Farmhouse 40

Thursday, July 11, 2013

Easy School Memory Binders...

It has been a long time since I have blogged...

Yard projects have CONSUMED us this summer!

Our side yard turned backyard project is almost done!

Hopefully I'll get to post about that soon.

Today was a rainy day, so I was finally able to get around to organizing all of the

"end of the year" school papers.

I have a really hard time with scrapbooking, there is never enough time!

I have three kids in school now, so this is an easy system that works for me.

By the time they graduate, at least we'll have their class picture, report cards & special awards organized!

I started by getting each kid their own 3-ring binder...

Each school year I order them a class picture...

Then I place them in page protectors.

On one side I put the class picture & on the back side I put their end of the year report card.

Then I place all of their awards or special papers for each year behind that.

Voila! Organized!

My daughter just finished 6th grade so we have K-6 organized this way.

It's so fun to look back & see how she has changed.

Now it's on to Jr. High!

I also store all of their other special projects or art work in a clear storage box.

So they'll each have 3 binders & a big storage box of all of their school memories when they graduate!

How do you store all of your kids' school papers?
I'm sharing with these blogs:
Love Of Family & Home
Chic On A Shoestring
I Heart Nap Time
The 36th Avenue

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Cleaning Out The Junk...

How can it already be July??

We've been so busy lately that I haven't blogged for a while!

Can you believe it's almost been a month since they started painting our house & it's still not done!

My last post showed you what they did to the door. They tried for 2 days to fix it, but it still didn't work.

It is driving me crazy....so to deal with my anxiety we have been working on cleaning the inside of our house.

We have a few areas that constantly collect...JUNK!

That would be closets, the basement & our garage. We have conquered 2 out of the 3 this week.

We did the kids' closets & the basement . I am proud of my kids...they were so good to get rid of things they don't use anymore! We filled the WHOLE car full of donation items...there wasn't any space left for passengers!

We started out by emptying the entire closet & separated the stuff into 3 piles:

-Garbage

-Donation

-Keep

Then we organize the "keep" pile where we want it to go.

It's a MESSY process, but it feels so refreshing when you are done!
This is from my 10 year old's room....

There was so much junk it started overflowing into the hallway...

We actually filled 2 bags of just garbage!

It always amazes me how much STUFF can fit in a small space!

We decided to really clean & move her whole room around...this always makes it feel really fresh when you are done! The way we arranged it actually makes it feel more spacious.

My daughter actually has a great sized closet, so we change it into a reading/music/clothing room.

She LOVES it & so does her little sister...can't keep her out of there!

We pulled all of her American Girl posters & toys out. You can see the before HERE. Then we put her chair & bookcase in there. Her clothing hangs on the other side of the closet.

Next, we decided to hang her own artwork & will be displaying more of her art on the wall...she was excited about that!

We just moved her bed, dresser & vanity around. Then we took her "name" letters from above the window & put them going down the wall. It's amazing how just moving around the stuff you already have makes it feel like a new room!

It feels so good to get rid of JUNK!

At least this frustrating painting process motivated me to clean out some of our problem areas!

I hope the painter's finish up this week & I can post pictures soon! They have repainted my deck, the back door & they've removed the paint off of the brick & lights...which I'm thankful for. We did have to order a new door & hardware & have decided not to let them paint it.

I can't wait to have our house back so we can enjoy the rest of our summer!!
I'm sharing with these blogs:
Not Just A Housewife
The 36th Avenue
52 Mantels
At The Picket Fence
Chic On A Shoestring
Thrifty Decor Chick
Organize & Decorate Everything

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Making Your House a Home...

The blog Mrs. Hines Class is having a linky party called "Making Your House A Home " where you share tips on how you do this. I think this is a great idea & thought the title was pretty catchy too...

My blog is titled Love Of Homes,

" Making our house a "Home" one project at a time!"

I think there are so many different things that make your house a "HOME".

For me the most important thing about my home are the people who live in it...my family!

They are the reason I work so hard to make our house a "home".

Our family consists of me, my husband, 4 kids, a dog, a bird & fish...This at times is chaos!

Organization is a must & helps minimize the chaos.

I think it's so important to teach your kids how to clean up after themselves, it's easier for them to do this if they know what's expected of them & if they know where all of their things go.

I love that saying, "everything has a place".

We have designated areas where things go, which makes clean up so much faster & easier.

A place for shoes

This basket is right by the front door & we also have one by the door going out to the garage.

This helps with finding shoes when we are running late too, because they should be in one of the baskets.

*Coats: Everyone has a hook in the closet.

*Backpacks

This hall tree is in the laundry room, which leads to the garage. It also holds shoes. The kids know that's where they go, which also helps with getting out the door on time.

*Toys

These can take over the whole house...so we have different storage containers to put them in.

This bucket holds all of their "Bey Blades"

And makes clean up so much easier.

In the family room we have designated areas for Wii games & remotes.

These are in the console under the T.V.

This trunk is used to hold more games and accessories .

I think Chores are also an important part of keeping up a home.

I also think this is tricky because I didn't want my kids to be the type that would only help around the house if they were paid.

So the only chores my kids get paid for are making their bed & cleaning the bathroom. The rest they are expected to do because we all have to help if we live here!

They each have specific jobs for cleaning the bathroom & they do it together & are done in about 10 minutes. The first time I "showed" them how & they've been doing a great job ever since.

The reason I thought they should be paid to make their beds is because I wanted this one to just become a habit & it worked!

I love it now because whenever I go in their rooms in the morning their beds are made...