Deep down, I am a tidy person wanting to live in a tidy house. But the reality is, I have two fussbucket babies keeping me from doing anything that requires 2 hands. I’m sure that any mom with 2 small children can relate! We live in a pretty good-sized place for being an apartment, but it just always seems so crowded in here. We don’t have a garage, so that could be the problem. Maybe we have too much stuff? Whatever the reason, my solution last year was that, since there isn’t a lot of floor space for organizational furniture, we need shelves. Lots of them. I added them one at a time and my wonderful husband did all the hammering and sawing. I just painted them, and sometimes not even that! I think I am out of places to put a shelf. On second thought, there is some space in the dining area… Side note: Don’t worry, our apartment manager doesn’t have a problem with the shelves.
Ok so each shelf was put there for one specific thing that was making my tiny tidy self nuts.
I had no place for the baby tub stuff. Shelf remedy: In the bathroom over the door.
The Boy’s backpack was always on the floor. Shelf remedy: Weird shutter shelf behind the front door.
I had no where to put my Dutch Oven. Shelf remedy: Over the kitchen window.
I’ll admit, I have too many knick-knacks (spelled right?). Shelf remedy: Living room wall.
And finally, the purely functional but not pretty solution to my husband’s backpack being on the floor and me not having anywhere to store shorts in winter/sweaters in summer. Shelf remedy: yuck-o industrial storage style in the bedroom closet.
I’m moving on from shelves. It’s time to rearrange furniture.
How do you stay organized at home? Share in the comments.