Showing posts with label Getting Organized. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Getting Organized. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Kitchen & Laundry Room Organization

My kitchen cabinet and laundry room linen closet have been disorganized for quite awhile! It got so bad, that I became desperate to figure out a way to get organized instead of throwing items in the cabinet and hoping the magic organizing fairy would some how do it for me. Thanks to Pinterest, I found the blog Delightful Order where I found the solution to my organizing woes. She purchased bins from the Dollar Tree and organized all the items into the bins! How simple and easy is that! So, I decided to do the same. I began with tackling the kitchen cabinet first. I purchased my bins at Walmart for a buck each and then began organizing! (Sorry, I forgot to post 'before' pictures. I always forget to do that step of before and after segments. Oh well. Just picture my shelves without the bins and a whole lot messier! Like tossing stuff in the cabinet messy!)




I went to Better Homes and Gardens and downloaded free organizing printables, which I then laminated and tied it to the bins using extra red ribbon that I had. I labeled my bins the following: napkins, paper plates, plastic bags, paper cups, and plastic silverware.



After organizing the kitchen cabinet, the laundry room linen closet was next. I ended up going to the Dollar Tree for these bins! 


I repeated the same process for creating my labels and like magic my linen closet was organized! I used the following labels for my laundry room bins: fitted sheets, hand towels, cleaning towels, towels, table wear, and cleaning products. Because my linen closet is rather large, I also store crafts and home decor in there as well. That's why I also included the following labels: candles, potpourri, and paint supplies.



I'm so glad that I finally got around to organizing my kitchen cabinet and linen closet. After getting things organized, I realized how much extra room I actually had and everything was so much neater. My next project is to organize my pantry. I'm planning to get my food storage at the Dollar Tree and I'm using the same free printables to label them. I will let you all know how that goes once I'm all finished. 

Happy Organizing! 

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Organizing and My 2011 Reading List

I recently stumbled upon the Passionate Homemaking blog through This Camera Tells My Story last week and after much thinking, have come to the conclusion that I am going to create my own Home Planning Notebook. My heart literally skipped a beat when I saw Lindsay's Home Planning Notebook because I love organizing...period. I've always been the organized, list-making, and planning ahead type of girl, but after reading about the Home Planning Notebook I realized I have a lot to learn and more room for growth in this area. In Lindsay's binder she keeps record of family goals, weekly plans, calendars, menu plans, finances, and family journal to name a few. Under Lindsay's goal section, she also keeps a book list for that year. My sis-in-law, over at This Camera Tells My Story just created her own book list for 2011 and I thought I would jump on the bandwagon as well. Keeping a book list for the entire year is such a good idea. I have so many books on my Goodreads account, but I never seem to have enough time to read all of them. My 2011 Reading List will definitely help me make the time to read. I don't know when I will have my home planning notebook completed, but I will post pictures as soon as it's finished. With that being said...

Here's My Reading List for 2011 and the first page ready to go in my Home Planning Notebook!

January
*Twelve Extraordinary Women: How God Shaped Women of the Bible and What He Wants to Do with You by John MacArthur
*Spiritual Leadership: Principles of Excellence for Every Believer by J. Oswald Sanders
February
*The Book on Leadership by John MacArthur
*The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
*Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey
March
*Discerning the Voice of God by Priscilla Shirer
*The Weight of Glory by C.S. Lewis
April
*Love and Respect by Emerson Eggerichs
*True Believer by Nicholas Sparks
May
*Family Driven Faith by Voddie Baucham
*At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks
June
*Desiring God by John Piper
*Glenn Beck's Common Sense by Glenn Beck
July
*Answering the Call: Saving Innocent Lives, One Woman at a Time by John M. Ensor
*Original Intent by David Barton
August
*Crazy Love by Francis Chan
*Three Weeks with My Brother by Nicholas Sparks
September
*Unplanned: The Dramatic True Story of a Former Planned Parenthood Leader's Eye-opening Journey Across the Life Line by Abby Johnson
*The Choice by Nicholas Sparks
October
*God's High Calling for Women by John MacArthur
*The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
November
*The Truth War by John MacArthur
*Monster by Frank E. Peretti
December
*Living Under God by Toby Mac and Michael Tait
*Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

{I'm also reading A Woman After God's Own Heart by Elizabeth George with my small group at Hope Baptist Church. We read one chapter a week, so it will take awhile to finish. I will also be reading My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers, a daily devotional for the year. Because of the length of time spent on each book, I didn't add them to the list.}

Have you found any new ways to stay organized? What books will you be reading this year?