Simplify: Guest Blogger - Torrie Sessions, A Place To Share

Happy Monday! While I'm hanging with the new babe I asked some of my favorite bloggers to sound off on my favorite topic - Simplifying your life - first up is Torrie, who writes the fantastic blog A Place to Share...not only is she one of the nicest, coolest girls on the interweb, I always look to her blog for parenting sanity and wisdom...thanks for sharing T!! xoxo, M

 

As much as we strive to simplify each year- each spring- after the holidays, we find ourselves in the same spot.  Overstocked and under-prepared.  Let me preface by mentioning that we live in a relatively small southern CA home.  In other words, one holiday and a couple of birthdays can put us over the edge.  The age-old organization dilemma...  too much stuff - not enough space.  Each year, we continue to streamline, to sort through the old, and make room for the new.  We feel focused, organized, and prepared.  Yet, with the onslaught of summer vacations, homework assignments, birthday parties, and extracurricular activities... the holidays hit us like a mack truck- leaving us flat on our backs (under Barbie dolls, DVDs, Wii games, craft supplies, candles, dishes, cookbooks...).

Well, enough is enough.   This spring, Simplification has become our middle name, and we are on a mission to keep it that way.  We're not aiming for perfection, but at the very least, "a place for everything..." (aka- the clutter culprits, the collections, the gadgets... the good, the bad, and the "unaesthetic"), so that "...and everything in its place" could be a little more attainable.  

Here are some of the most simple, yet effective changes we've made.

Moved all of our DVDs to a media door & wall rack.  

  

{holds a ton, accessible, and hidden!}

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Placed the endless piles of magazines (a future project) in two wine crates.

{a chic storage solution for an irrational collection}

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Hung mini magnetic strips right above the desk for 'must-see' paperwork, photos, clippings etc. 

  

{and reserved the bulletin board for artwork, photos, and other pieces of inspiration}

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Consolidated all video games into a CD wallet.

{and stored the cases into a bin in the garage}

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That's just a few, but I'm sure there will be more once Michelle returns and shares a bit more of her newly organized home! (ahhhhh, the wonder of having a professional organizer)

Thank you Michelle for havin' me!  

I'm sure we all agree that Michelle is unequivocally the sweetest, chicest, most down-to-earth blogger around, and I'm honored to be here =).