Fall Organizing

 I had to switch out wardrobes this week and took a little bit of extra time to do some fall organizing.  My house needs this at least every six months.  If not, things just get out of hand!

When we did our remodel last year, we added this shelf in our laundry room.  It's been a treasure!  I can get out the door SO much faster with everything right there!

I took all of our spring/summer shoes off and weeded things down a bit.  Heath and I still keep some shoes in our closet, but ALL of the boys shoes and socks are here... it makes my life easier!

I also added some labels... Stone has been showing an increasing readiness to read, so I thought labels wouldn't hurt!   The bins above hold socks and other "get out the door quick" items like wipes and shopping bags.  On the top shelf is a bin for mittens and hats.  Since we only use them about 2x a year in Texas, they don't have to be readily accessible
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Ahh... I can't tell you how much better that feels!

On the back hooks I hung their backpacks and light jackets.  Our heavy jackets stay in the closet... we won't need them for a few more months, and even then just for a couple of weeks.  Plus, their waterproof nature allows them to slide off the hooks easily and that makes me crazy!

I had a stroke on inspiration when I read this post recently. Now why didn't I think of this sooner?  All of the boys stuff in one place makes my life SO much easier!  Granted, I did not put Heath and my stuff together with theirs, like McMama did, but just their stuff together makes putting laundry away and dressing them in the morning a cinch!  I've done this forever with our shoes and PJs, don't know why it never hit me to do it with everything!

I keep most of the boys clothes folded, so this hand-me-down bank of drawers came in really handy.  The drawers are deep, so I can fold things easily in there.  The top drawer is undies and then each child has a drawer for shirts.

I folded their sweaters and pants onto shelves and labeled everything. With the kids being so close in age it's hard to tell at glance who's clothes are who's.

So nice!  Now let's see how long it stays so organized!  Want more tips on how our family keeps it all together, click here to see more posts about organization and our house.