organization

Update : you can see our new pantry and organization in this post!

I'm constantly organizing and reorganizing our apartment, and with summer coming to an end I've been in crazy mode. In my most recent project, I organized our pantry using these multi-purpose bins, stay fresh containers, and an expandable can shelf.

I also used a couple of undershelf baskets to hold dish towels and linens so they weren't taking up our precious drawer space, and put all of the extra food and doubles of items into one of my favorite striped bins.

I also got around to organizing all of my Mom's old photos by sorting and labeling them by year. This was a huge project that I've been putting off for awhile, and it feels so good to have it done. I filled up three of these photo storage containers!

I'm pretty sure I kept The Container Store in business for past two weeks!

What are some of your favorite organization projects?

organize

Another one of my New Year's resolutions is to get organized. I'm not particularly unorganized, but my goal is to live more simply, and with less clutter. Our guest bedroom is currently a disaster zone because it is where I am putting everything that I don't want into donate and sell piles, but the rest of the house is coming along rather nicely. I'm following this daily guide to declutter. Here are some other things that I've used to help me out:

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I'm probably the only person that gets super excited to purchase new containers for organizing.  Good thing I live next to The Container Store :)

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Now that I'm no longer staying at home, I had to come up with a plan to keep the housework from getting so time consuming and overwhelming. I followed some suggestions from other blogs and created this daily list that only takes 15-30 minutes a day. I've included a download if you'd like to have a copy for yourself! Our dog sheds quite a bit so I doubled up on dusting and vacuuming to keep the hair under control. If you don't have pets you probably won't need to do these twice a week. Happy cleaning, friends!

Daily Cleaning Schedule