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Home Organization Tips

Getting Organized: Again and Again

Over the past few years, I’ve moved around a lot: from my parents’ spacious house to a college dorm to a small apartment and finally to a house of my own. I’ve morphed from studious college-student to new wife, to new mother, to graduate student AND mother, and finally to working mother. There’s no question […]

Caddies: They’re not Just for Golfers Anymore!

Has the tranquility of your long-awaited bath ever been interrupted by children’s toys bobbing in the bubbles or the view of a messy bathroom beyond the rim of your tub? Did you every wonder why your friends’ bathrooms seem so neat, while yours always looks like a ransacked testing lab for beauty products and medicine? […]

The Muffins That Almost Weren’t

My husband moved into our new home about a month before the kids and I did so that he could start unpacking the boxes, take care of last minute construction details, and make sure that all of the major appliances were properly installed before I brought the kids into a messy place. It seemed like […]

How to Spruce Up Your Bathroom (Without Paying a Fortune)

It’s kind of funny to say out loud, but my guest bathroom is one of the most favorite places in the house. Perhaps because it’s not cluttered with the mundane things that are used every day in a regular bathroom (like frayed toothbrushes and three different types of shampoo), or perhaps it just makes me […]

Closing the Closet - Easy Ways to Cut Out Clothes Closet Clutter

In my old apartment, I never closed my closet door. I simply couldn’t. I tried and tried, but jacket sleeves or long skirt bottoms kept getting stuck in the door and preventing it from closing. The plus side was that I got a great glimpse of my wardrobe options every morning- without having to lift […]