As much as I love organizing there are areas in my home that fall between the cracks. Like the cabinet in my laundry room. It’s a cabinet where many things are stored but really was used very little. This is what can happen when you don’t have a use for items or you hold on to things that have lost their usefulness.   Clutter and Disarray! What I want to show you today is that you don’t have to have a cabinet that looks magazine worthy. A tidy cabinet is lovely in its own way. I like all the cabinets I see with baskets and containers to hold my items…

My favorite tool for keeping track of what’s happening in our family has to be our Year At-A-Glance calendar.  My mom keeps me supplied in calendars every year (they get a lot of freebies) but last year dad sent me two.  Then we received a free year at a glance calendar in the mail.  So I had the questionably brilliant idea of using all 3 so I could see which one I preferred. So I did. And hands down, it was the year at a glance calendar.  It’s a big calendar, measuring 24″x36″ but it displays all 12 months on the one page and each day has plenty of room to…

The moment the paint was cured enough for me to put my items back into my pantry I began.  It had been 4 days for part of the shelves and 5 days for the others. It is really hard to cook when your counters are covered. I had been wanting to move some things around in my kitchen and pantry and with everything out of the pantry, it made it much easier and possible. So here is the finished result. And a few more… For my canned goods, I used my own DIY shelf organizer. It woks lovely! Showing you the goods in my pantry you’re able to see all…

Happy Thursday to you all!  Thanks for the sweet comments about the wedding.  I have fully recuperated even though things aren’t all put away yet. Oy.  It’s true but I’m getting there. Almost. ha!  I do have a decluttering mood coming on me.  Since the start of our book business, we have lost all of our storage space and everything is now in the garage. I’m kind of thinking I would like to get rid of some of those things to make room for more of the items I use when feeding large crowds. Did you know we have 11 ice chests, 17 tables, 123 chairs & 4 freezers in…

Last week, after returning from Michigan, I finally got to one of those projects that’s been hanging over me for a while – tidying up the pantry.  As you have probably noticed in your own home things have to constantly be straightened or cleaned. This is the second law of thermodynamics at work.  Now I was impressed when I learned about this law recently because it sounded so grandiose, like something only really smart people talked about or understood.  However, if you put it into everyday words as the book I’m reading called Better than Good did, it becomes something that makes complete sense and applies to everyone, even you.…