This post was first published on May 4, 2009 as part of the Spring Cleaning Party. However, effective decluttering is the foundation of an organized home, and I thought this post was worth repeating!
Day One of the Spring Cleaning Party starts with a “clean sweep” of your home. Tsh describes more about the process in [...]

Last week I received an email from Nikki wondering if I had any suggestions for organizing bath toys. I promised her an answer this week, and I wanted to share it here in case anyone else is wondering the same thing. I hope you all will have some suggestions to add as well!
Before my actual [...]

How do you organize your outdoor toys?
Do you have a designated toy storage area?
Do you limit the number of outdoor toys your kids have?
Do you store sports equipment separately from everyday toys?
What’s your biggest challenge when it comes to storing outdoor toys?
What’s your best piece of advice for others trying to [...]

Keeping kids toys organized is definitely an ongoing process and one that will probably be repeated over and over until your kids are grown and gone. However, having a simple organizational system and reducing the number of toys in your home will help keep the clutter to a minimum and make it easier for children [...]

In this week’s vlog, my girls and I sorted and organized our toys to “get control of the clutter”!
Note: I’m still getting the hang of this vlogging. The sun went down while we were organizing the toys, and my camera doesn’t handle dim light very well, so the lighting isn’t that great at the [...]

Jess from Making Home shared her thoughts a while back about why her family prefers toy sets, and I couldn’t agree more.
Toy sets – such as trains and train tracks, baby doll accessories, legos, building blocks or kitchen sets – enhance play, make clean up easier and promote sharing. They’re also much easier to clean [...]

Let me start by saying I love toys. I can see the value in many of them, and I have to consciously remind myself that my children don’t need everything just because each has its own benefits, or is so cute, or they’d love it.
However, our toy philosophy is actually pretty minimalist. True to what [...]