Organization!

I love organizing. My home is not as organized as I would like, but I so enjoy it when I can get at least a little corner of our world a little better arranged. Here are my two most recent organization successes!

The first one was with the help of what's called a Desk Apprentice, from Staples. It hold ALL of my homeschooling books and supplies! It has so much space... my homeschooling stuff used to just be in piles or spread out on the kitchen counter - very messy and disorganized, as well as poor space usage! So the Desk Apprentice has helped me to consolidate and organize everything I need. Its big, but SO much of a better use of space and I know where everything is in a glance, now, instead of digging through piles. It holds both of my teacher's manuals, all the books needed for things like science, art, bible, our current chapter book, plus my recipe binder, pencils, erasers, rulers, scissors, etc etc etc. Its amazing!!




Yesterday, we got some Sterilite drawers to help organize our arts and crafts things. I admit, I am not naturally the most artsy person anyway, but having our arts and crafts things so disorganized made it worse, since it was so overwhelming to see or find anything for a quick, fun project. But now everything is easily accessible! I'm excited about it! The drawers go like this: crayons, markers, colored pencils, glue and scissors, paper, miscellaneous art supplies (craft sticks, glitter, stencils, etc), and the bottom drawer has paints and paintbrushes.


Now, if I can just continue to take baby steps toward the goal of organization throughout my home, it will make our everyday living much easier and enjoyable. The biggest (and hardest, it seems) step I know I need to take is major decluttering. That alone will simplify things so much more!