If you have young children, it probably seems like the day will never come when they will be able to stay home by themselves, let alone establish a routine and follow house rules. But, it will be here before you know it… they will become teenagers! So, how do you involve your kids in establishing home-alone rules? No more sweeping this under the rug!! Here are...
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Have you ever heard the expression, “There is no “I” in team”? That is true when it comes to maintaining and caring for a home. If you are the provider or main caretaker in the home, everyone needs to have responsibilities and appropriate workloads to allow you to keep up with a functioning home. Although it often seems as if keeping everyone on task is...
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Many children come home to an empty house after school. It isn’t an easy situation for a child or the parent! You’ll both benefit from establishing routines and house rules early on. So, how do reassure your children they are loved, even if you aren’t there? Here are some suggestions: Leave a stick-note or two around the house with encouraging messages. Make sure that you...
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I want you to try something… walk through your front door like it is the first time you are stepping into your home. What is your impression? Is your home open and inviting? Does being in your entryway or foyer make you feel like receiving (or giving) a warm handshake or welcoming hug? Because you pass through this space in your home several times each day, your...
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Summer is the perfect time to spruce up a mudroom, adjoining closet or storage area. Here are a few tips for keeping this room a smoothly function space.
Deciding where and how you organize your clothes, shoes, belts, scarves, jewelry, purses, suitcases, ect in your closet can ultimately define dressing! Create clearly designated areas and storage spaces with this tips!
Having plenty of space and a bunch of storage bins in your bathroom doesn’t always mean we’re going to be organized, especially if we never specify what our bins will be used for! After only a 3-hour session with Charles Williams, this Come To Order client’s bathroom now has a labeled place for everything and everything in its place (with room to spare)! eNEWSLETTER Sign up...
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What is MOS? The Magnetic Organization System is a cable organizer elegant enough that it actually belongs in plain view rather than being hidden away. Enter this Come To Order and Swell Direct contest today!
Family Photo Organization: A Guide to Organizing Family Photos for Improved Preservation and Sharing is a book written and organized specifically to guide families step by step in building skills that will help them better organize their family photo collections, preserve fading family memories well into the future, and to describe ways to more fully share these treasured family photo images with extended family and...
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Treasured memories and traditions are often captured with photographs. Especially with cell phones and iPods, catching every moment is not only a part of our daily lives, it has become a social custom. To insure your images don’t get stuck in your phone or printed photographs aren’t shoved into drawers or shoeboxes or displayed in albums that will fade over time, here are some suggestions...
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