Cynthia Ewer's Blog, page 64
March 20, 2013
Spring Cleaning Chore Checklist
By Cynthia Ewer
Editor, Organized Home
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March winds blow, telling us that Spring is on the way!
Warming breezes scour the last of winter from house and garden. Spring rain awakens the earth and calls forth new life.
Meet the rising sap with a new broom. Spring clean indoors and out to prepare home and hearth for the return of warm weather.
Our Spring cleaning chore checklist will help you take care of important seasonal chores and welcome Spring to an organized home:
March 18, 2013
Challenge Day 71: Attic/Basement Storage Week
Spring weather puts storage areas into new prominence, as we search for outdoor equipment and seasonal clothing.
Time to head to attic and basement storage areas in the Cleaning Grand Plan Challenge!
This week, we'll plan, declutter and organize storage areas in attic or basement.
Ready? We're sorting storage this week in the Cleaning Grand Plan!
March 16, 2013
Challenge Day 70: Kids' Room Week Wrap-Up
It's been all things kid this week in the Cleaning Grand Plan Challenge, as we've decluttered, cleaned and organized children's rooms.
Today, take the last steps to bring children's rooms to a state of clean and orderly..
Tomorrow, the Cleaning Grand Plan Challenge moves storage areas in attic and basement. Are you ready to clean out stored stuff to welcome Spring?
March 15, 2013
Challenge Day 69: Spring Cleaning With Kids
Days are getting longer and the temperature's rising: it's time for spring-cleaning!
Why work alone?
Today in the Cleaning Grand Plan Challenge, get tips to bring children onboard when it's time for seasonal cleaning.
Working together teaches skills, builds teamwork, and shares the fun! Try it today in your organized home.
March 14, 2013
Challenge Day 68: Try a Toy Jail
Tired of waking each morning to a sea of toys left out after yesterday's play?
Try a toy jail!
This simple concept helps train children to the put-away habit and brings an end to early-morning stumbles over Lego creations.
Designate a toy jail in today's Cleaning Grand Plan Challenge assignment.
March 13, 2013
Kids and Chores: Chilling The Chore Wars
By Cynthia Ewer
Editor, Organized Home
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When it comes to kids and housework, the blasted terrain is familiar: a dirty house, balky children, and frazzled, frustrated parents.
Tired parents try it all, from chore charts to screaming fits. Canny children engage in housework sabotage, selective hearing or childish irresponsibility to duck assignments. The noise levels--and stress levels--rise along with the stacks of dishes.
How to negotiate a peace on the issue of children and chores? Try...
Challenge Day 67: Chill the Chore Wars
Kids being kids, keeping a clean house is a struggle on a good day--and getting them to pitch in with household chores can rise to the level of a battle.
How do you chill the chore wars?
Today in the Cleaning Grand Plan Challenge, we'll consider ways to build teamwork and teach important life skills when it comes to cleaning house.
Try these ideas to bring the family onboard.
March 12, 2013
Challenge Day 66: Cut Down On Toy Clutter
One big obstacle to organizing children's rooms? Too many toys!
Whether it's fast food freebies, mushrooming collections or over-buying by doting grandparents (Guilty!), it's easy for children's toys to pile up well beyond their play value. How do you pull the plug on toy excess?
Try these tips to identify toy keepers, turf surplus toys, and rotate the family's toy collection to cut down on toy clutter.
March 11, 2013
8 Great Tips To Organize Kids' Rooms
By Cynthia Ewer
Editor, Organized Home
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It's the battle cry of millions of parents: "Clean your room!" Will it ring out in your house today?
Seasonal events like birthdays, the holidays or a new school year bring fresh motivation to the drive to get kids organized--and nowhere is the battleground more intense than in the children's bedrooms.
How do you help your child organize and clean up life in the bedroom?
Try these eight easy organization strategies to calm clutter and bring order to kid...
Challenge Day 65: Organize Children's Rooms
What's the secret to happy order in children's rooms? You've got to get 'em organized!
Child-friendly storage solutions and daily maintenance routines are key to keeping children's rooms in a state of livable, but children aren't born with innate organizing skills.
As a parent, it's your job to play professional organizer to teach the little ones the skills they need.
Today in the Cleaning Grand Plan Challenge, we'll consider eight great ideas to get the children and their bedrooms organized--a...
