organization

A few quick and cheap changes make such a huge difference in how I feel cooking in my new, organized kitchen! First, I was out of town over the weekend…

Part of living on a budget means figuring out how to reuse things you already buy. I use my old cat litter containers to organize the space under my bathroom…

Well, we can’t win ’em all, right? This month has been a flurry of, “You can’t win ’em all” types of projects. Frankly, I’m ready for February to end (good…

I spent the last week thinking about how to reorganize my recipes. For a while now, I’ve been using photo labels that I made myself. The problem with this was that…

We all have bad days…and sometimes when those days get really bad, crap seems to just pile up around us. Or at least it feels that way. I have been having…

One of my favorite features of our new apartment is the “screened-in porch” area (it’s not a screened in porch, it’s a room. I don’t think my property manager knows…

Back in April, Zach and I moved from West Virginia to Atlanta, Georgia. Moving is difficult, so I made a checklist. In fact, I turned it into a printable. I…

Last year around this time, I tried 52 Weeks of Decluttering with The Organized Housewife. It didn’t go well. It did to a certain point! But there were so many…

I love white kitchens. I’ve always considered adding some color to the walls (via paint), but at the end of the day, white kitchens are where it’s at for me.…

My husband and I have lived in the same building for the last four years. Three years ago, we moved to a different floor because a two bedroom opened up…

Knitting requires a lot of little tools, which can become difficult to keep track of. Using regular household items to keep your knitting supplies in one place.  One thing I’ve…

Last week I blogged about all of the rules I’ve been using to help myself clean out my apartment and keep things organized. Even with a rulebook, it is incredibly…

Something about winter (maybe being cooped up all the time?) makes me desperately want things to be organized and clean all the time. I get a little neurotic about it…something…

Today is the first day of 2014! Naturally that means I’ve been spending my whole day staring at my stats page and looking for ways to improve numbers (or I…

One thing I’ve learned over the last year is that blogging requires so much. It requires time, energy, patience. As a blogger, I have to handle my own PR and advertising.…