INSIDE : Join me today as I participate in the Organize Me Pretty Home Tour series, where are talking about Organizing our Home. It is hosted by the amazing Ursula from Home Made by Carmona. She has gathered 12 talented ladies, who every day so far have inspired me to keep organizing in thoughtful ways!
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Having a two year old and a three year equals constant mess, but in order for me to keep our family running as smoothly as possible, organization is key. And I’ve noticed for me, if I can make a space pretty – I can keep it organized.
Today I will be sharing four keys areas in my home that are essential to have well organized.
Organized Message Center:
This is often called “the drop zone” but we call it the message center in our home. The last space we see before heading to our cars is this Message Center space.
This compact zone is encompasses so many functions. As I’m running out the door, I can easily grab keys, sunglasses, grocery lists, scarves and any out-going mail.
Our message center is a Martha Stewart ‘customize as you need’ kit from Staples (I’m also a HUGE fan of this one, completely different look – but so good!). I simply added some paint, washi tape, a few quick vinyl decals and of course gold thumb tacks to take it from store bought vanilla to a little more personalized for our needs.
Organized Home Station:
Daily Use Craft Supplies:
Organized Office and Guest Room:
Many of the pieces on the shelves are projects that inspire my creativity. But I also have many great organizing gems in this room, my geometric thread box, my chalkboard cassette case and my gold and white striped chest are just a few.
Monday, Oct. 6th | Home Made by Carmona
Tuesday, Oct. 7th | A Thoughtful Place
Wednesday, Oct. 8th | Primitive & Proper
Thursday, Oct. 9th | Oh Everything Handmade
Friday, Oct. 10th | Up To Date Interiors
Saturday, Oct. 11th | Delineate Your Dwelling
Sunday, Oct. 12th | Life On Virginia Street
Monday, Oct. 13th | with HEART
Tuesday, Oct. 14th | The Blissful Bee
Wednesday, Oct. 15th | Cuckoo 4 Design
Thursday, Oct. 16th | Place Of My Taste
Friday, Oct. 17th | A Home Full of Color
Beautiful! We are featuring it Monday at YDTT!! 🙂 Thanks so much for linking up!
Oh, thank you so much Amber!
Oh my goodness, I LOVE all of your organization solutions. This just got my creative juices flowing 🙂 Love all these spaces!
You are too kind, Erica!
Wow! Amy, you are my inspiration! I love how organized you are without sacrificing your style….!! 🙂
xox, Crystelle
CrystelleBoutique
Oh my, Crystelle! You are too kind. I am semi organized, but you should see the rest of my house… crazy toys thrown everywhere! Ha. Thanks for stopping by!
This series is exactly what I need! What a fun blog hop! Your home is so beautiful and I can definitely relate to the if it’s pretty I’ll keep it organized. Well, sorta. Still got some work to do, haha.
You are too kind, Katie! I’m noticing if it’s pretty and I can keep my kids away… THEN I can keep it organized, ha! Guess I should add that into my post, too.
Love those amazing lockers! What a great office space. You have such a beautiful home.
Love your design style and use of storage!! I have a similar room that is a combination of office, craft, and guest room. I need to get better organized so that guests can feel comfortable in there and so I can actually find my craft stuff!
-Shonee
http://www.hawthorneandmain.com
Great ideas, Amy!! I need to focus on finishing our office/craft room space!! I just love those lockers, too!
SO many fantastic ideas Amy! LOVE, LOVE, LOVE those lockers too! Super fun!!!
Sorry I’m a day late, I had a crazy soccer weekend and am trying to catch up now. I’m so jealous of your craft supply closet and your office. Such pretty and functional organization. Have a great Sunday evening.
Girl…you are orgainzied. I wish that our craft suffplies would be in one place instead of all over the place in the house..:-) Loving your craft /quest room so mcuh…to many cute little details.Hugs!
Love the green color you chose!
Your style is just so fresh and bright, with a bit of the unexpected… I love it!! And I’ve been having a love affair with your office for a while now…can you come do mine? 😀
Ursula, you’re too kind! How about we switch offices and call it even, ha!
Great job Amy! I really love how you customized your message center, and those colorful Ikea lockers too. Have a great weekend!
your lockers are awesome and i love the message center- mine is a giant cluster you know what! 🙂
Thanks for stopping by, Cassie. I had to get our message center under control and going with a Martha product is always a good thing!
Yay! I’ve been waiting so patiently to see your tour! lol So many great tips. I love your office/guest room. Are those seed packets on your black bookcase? Such a lovely contrast. And the little white desk? Did you build it? It’s gorgeous!
Oh my goodness, you are too sweet! I was so worried going after your tour, you did so great. Not seed packets, but close- plant info cards from C+B last year. The white desk, used to be an odd sage green color from World Market, gave it a paint job and presto new and lovely!