Cynthia Ewer's Blog, page 31
February 8, 2019
Today's Challenge: Coping with Children's Toys
They're colorful, cute ... and scattered everywhere! Are children's toys taking over shared space in your family room?
With tiny pieces and a tendency to stray, children's playthings can create instant clutter in multi-use spaces. How to calm the chaos caused by children's toys?
To tame the toy monster, try these ideas for routines and storage to make peace with children's toys, in today's New Year Cleaning Challenge assignment. Read More...
February 7, 2019
Challenge Day 40: Bring Order to Bookshelves
In the family room, the bookcase must do multiple duty,
Whether it houses books, decor items or digital media, it's easy to overload family room bookshelves.
Today in the New Year Cleaning Challenge, it's time to bring order to the bookshelves. Cut the clutter for a clean and organized home! Read More >>
Today's Challenge: Bring Order to Bookshelves
In the family room, the bookcase must do multiple duty,
Whether it houses books, decor items or digital media, it's easy to overload family room bookshelves.
Today in the New Year Cleaning Challenge, it's time to bring order to the bookshelves. Cut the clutter for a clean and organized home! Read More >>
February 6, 2019
Challenge Day 39: Manage Magazine Clutter
Surveying the family room, do you find mounds of magazines ... everywhere?
Periodicals like magazines and newsletters are great fun to browse, but have a marked propensity to descend into clutter, and that right quickly.
Today in the New Year Cleaning Challenge, try these tips to get a grip on magazine clutter in your organized home. Read More >>
Today's Challenge: Manage Magazine Clutter
Surveying the family room, do you find mounds of magazines ... everywhere?
Periodicals like magazines and newsletters are great fun to browse, but have a marked propensity to descend into clutter, and that right quickly.
Today in the New Year Cleaning Challenge, try these tips to get a grip on magazine clutter in your organized home. Read More >>
February 5, 2019
Challenge Day 38: Turf Old Entertainment Technology
In recent decades, entertainment technology has changed at a rapid pace.
Does your family room contain successive layers of old technology? In an age of streaming media, it's time to release the jumble of outdated entertainment formats.
Today in the New Year Cleaning Challenge, we'll consider ideas to turf the "old tech" clutter from family room shelves. Read More >>
Cleaning Challenge Day 38: Turf Old Entertainment Technology
In recent decades, entertainment technology has changed at a rapid pace.
Does your family room contain successive layers of old technology? In an age of streaming media, it's time to release the jumble of outdated entertainment formats.
Today in the New Year Cleaning Challenge, we'll consider ideas to turf the "old tech" clutter from family room shelves. Read More >>
February 4, 2019
Challenge Day 37: Clever Containment Ideas
Hardworking multi-purpose areas like the family room benefit from a core principle of clutter control: containment.
Heading clutter into containers makes sense in a shared space like the family room. Using open containers to group and store stray objects keeps order in a busy space.
Consider ideas for clutter containment today in the New Year Cleaning Challenge. Read More >>
Today's Challenge: Clever Containment Ideas
Hardworking multi-purpose areas like the family room benefit from a core principle of clutter control: containment.
Heading clutter into containers makes sense in a shared space like the family room. Using open containers to group and store stray objects keeps order in a busy space.
Consider ideas for clutter containment today in the New Year Cleaning Challenge. Read More >>
February 3, 2019
Today's Challenge: It's Family Room Week!
It's a new week in the New Year Cleaning Challenge: the Family Room takes center stage.
For many of us, the family room is the hard-working hub of daily life. It's where we meet, eat, watch television, do homework, read and relax.
To bring order to the family room, we'll declutter, deep-clean and organize it this week in the New Year Cleaning Challenge. Read More >>
Printables:
Family Room Cleaning Checklist
