Organize your family – attractively!

I just ran across a great organizing idea from Amy at her blog, The Idea Room.  It just goes to show, you can organize your family while also keeping your decor attractive (and inexpensive).
Check it out:
The Idea Room: Kids Organizing Bulletin Board
Here’s another fun blog I found via Amy’s blog.  I especially like how you [...]

Making chores fun

Chores…yes, those things that have to get done but nobody wants to do them!  Here’s a quick and easy suggestion for having kids (and maybe even husbands help at home.  This can work with kids of all ages.
Purchase or make paper tags with a hole. 
(Tip:  Repurposing used file folders is a great material [...]

Organizing kids

How many times have you asked your kids to pick up their stuff and put it where it belongs?  As for myself, I can’t even count the number of times!  Since my kids were old enough use a chart with symbols, I have created “chore charts” – some better than others.  Recently, a friend of [...]

Decorating kids’ rooms

There are many choices for children’s and teen’s rooms as they are now major decision-makers in decorating their rooms.  I wish I would have been so lucky!  After much persuasion, I finally talked my parents into a red plaid comforter and solid red curtains for my bedroom when I was growing up.  (This was in [...]