We recently made over our friends office into a guest room. They were debating if they should leave it an office or use it as a guest room. It can be a hard decision, trying to figure out how to maximize a room. Since they have guests often and Lauren works from home a couple times a week, both a home office and a guest room were important. I suggested to use this bonus bedroom as a guest room because you can really put an office desk anywhere, but you can't put a guest bed anywhere!! Today we are going to share what we did for their office. We went back and forth about putting a desk in ... Read More
Marie Kondo Monday- Entry Closet Makeover
For this week's edition of Marie Kondo Monday we are going to tackle our entry closet! While I do think we made our little entry closet functional for us, I didn't do it the BEST way. The best way does not mean getting a full closet makeover, I mean a custom closet would be nice. But really not the point. From my experience, to have a a highly organized closet, you need to follow the Marie Kondo Method. I did not do this the first time we organized our closet. Let me show you the Entry Closet BEFORE- In the above before photo I did start to take out some coats ... Read More
Organizing Challenge and Printable- Organizing By Numbers
I got asked the question from our last organizing challenge, "How many of this do you have?" From cups to clothes. It really is a very interesting topic to discuss. Don't you think? I thought this entire question could be our Organizing Challenge. Because really it comes down to the big secret to organizing...OWN LESS! If you own less it is easier to organize your items. I read a quote somewhere that said the best way to organize your stuff is to get rid of most of it. Seems extreme but really the less we own the less we have to do! Anyone else notice that? My mother-in-law lives ... Read More
Small Space Living Series- Organizing Hacks in Our 1200 Square Foot Home
Today I am finally sharing our home for the Small SpaceLiving Series! All of our organizing hacks and ideas. I took a video of all of the places we keep our stuff, so make sure to watch that at the end of this post so you can see our basement too...where the laundry is. I am warning you now, it is basic. I really don't want to do anything fancy to it, my goal would actually have it be almost empty besides the necessities and extra water! We try our hardest to keep it clean and organized because if it isn't it takes up space in my brain. Anyone else like that? Let's get right after it and ... Read More
