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The First Box Under My Christmas Tree Saves My Sanity

December 10, 2015 By Gwen Brown 6 Comments

The first box under my tree is my SANITY box- peek inside for my best Christmas organizing tips!

The first box under my Christmas tree is my SANITY box. It’s one of the first boxes out of the attic, and I honestly don’t know how I lived without it. The idea for this struck me a couple of years ago as I was rushing around looking for the special hooks for the stockings…where…

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Filed Under: Chores-Work Smarter, Creative Home, Organizing Ideas

Organizing Kids Stuff With Color

August 14, 2015 By Gwen Brown 7 Comments

Organizing kids stuff is a must in families with more than one kid. Teaching kids to keep up with their stuff is NOT easy, and I cannot keep track of everybody’s everythings around here. I’ve got four kids, and we do school at home, so we’ve got a ton of *stuff*…notebooks, pencil boxes, scissors, rulers,…

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Clean Your Room!

August 7, 2015 By Gwen Brown 9 Comments

This week has kicked my bottom. We started school, on my oldest daughter’s 16th birthday. Aaaannnnd she started her first job. At 8 A.M. that morning. Aaannnnddd I had to be at a grocery co-op at 8 A.M. that morning. And birthday dinner that night. So. I’m one tired Mama. I survived! We’ve had a…

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Washing Vintage Bottles

May 1, 2015 By Gwen Brown 6 Comments

Get vintage bottles *really* clean with these simple tricks & common tools.

Lately, I’ve had this obsession with vintage bottles. It started when I found this beauty at a thrift store, and wanted to use it for a photo shoot (here). The problem with most vintage bottles that you find is that they were considered about as special as a tin can back in the day.   My…

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Filed Under: Chores-Work Smarter, Creative Home, Vintage & Thrift Finds

Tree Sap Stains

March 24, 2015 By Gwen Brown 1 Comment

Tree sap stains are no joke! But it’s really easy to remove tree sap from clothing and hair with something you probably already have in your house. My History With Tree Sap Stains When we moved into our home, there was a beautiful white pine tree that was planted by the owners years ago…it had been…

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Get Organized Perfectly: Seasonal Clothes

October 6, 2014 By Gwen Brown 13 Comments

Tips for organizing clothes

My best 12 tips to get organized perfectly! Seasonal clothes for my four kids used to be a nightmare, but now I’ve got it (mostly) under control!  I’ve worked out a great system for nailing great deals, storing out of season clothing, and making the big swap pretty painless for my four kids. Even though our family is what…

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Filed Under: Chores-Work Smarter, Organizing Ideas Tagged With: organizing ideas, seasonal clothing

Helping Pockets

July 26, 2013 By Gwen Brown 4 Comments

Helping Pockets are something new that I’ve made, and BOY HOWDY are they helpful!  To explain how these work, I need to tell you a little story…another jewel from my brilliant friend Heather, who should really have a blog.  It is a story about a monkey, a mango and a skateboard. The topic at hand…

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Filed Under: Chores-Work Smarter, Creative Home, Kids & Learning Tagged With: chores made easy(er), kid solutions, made this

Update: Mopping Modification

August 15, 2010 By Gwen Brown Leave a Comment

fastest way to mop

Some of you may remember the Mopping Mania post I did here a while back.  It has been life changing around here in terms of enthusiasm in the worker bees.  This week, however, a modification was made in the routine. A mopping modification that shall not be pictured. A modification that you should all be…

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