Chalk Wall

This wall keeps us somewhat sane at my house. I got the calendar from a company that brought a bunch of free ones to my office. Underneath the calendar I write M-F, what's for dinner and who's keeping the kids what days that week (yes, it changes).  So it helps us all know what's going on at least tries to. It's helpful that it's right next to the door that goes into the garage and it's the one we generally use.

The Control Center

The kids get the bottom half to draw. My middle child is left handed so it's actually been easier for him to write on the wall to learn to write his name than on paper.

My little angel. She drew our family.

Organized

Our house is lacking in storage spaces. We don't have a linen closet so we put our towels underneath the bathroom sinks. We don't have a pantry so we use the kitchen cabinets and we also have some Rubbermaid shelves in the garage for a my little stock pile of extras. I've used our coat closet for the past few years as a craft/catch all so today I tackled that thing and threw out two trash bags full of junk. I couldn't believe how much stuff we had crammed into that closet. Here are just a few of my little organizational ideas from that closet.

Here's an old spice rack that has tacks, beads, paper clips, pins, etc.

I love these things. I use this over the door shoe rack for scissors, ribbon, etc. inside the coat closet. I also use one of these in my bathroom. We keep medication up top so it's out of reach of the kids. It also has belts rolled up in it, slippers down in the bottom pockets. I have one on my boys' bedroom door that has gloves, hats, belts, scarves, sunglasses, etc.