Welcome to our Home Management page. Enjoy tips and tutorials on a variety of topics, including organizing your home, cleaning and motivating kids to do chores, reducing clutter, creating a budget, and more. This list highlights our most popular posts, or scroll down for the most recent tips.
Simplicity: How to Keep Your Closet Clean and Organizedmom • home management • parenting • home management
The change of seasons is always a good time to clean out your closet. In a perfect world, you would take a day three or four times a year to try on everything you own and assess what’s working and what’s not. In the real world, though, it’s often…
Creativity: How to Make Your Child’s Room a Creative SpaceCreativity isn't solely for playtime. Creative people are responsible for some of the most beautiful creations and important inventions of our time. When you foster creativity in your child, you foster your child’s ability to think outside the box and open up their mind to greater possibilities. If you want…
Family Garden: How to Build a Strong Relationship with Your ChildWhen I was a little girl, I would work with my grandmother in her garden on the south side of her house, learning how to pick cherry tomatoes and spy the worms that destroyed the tomato plants. She also had a flower garden, which included columbines and sunflowers. I would…
Parenting: How to Teach Kids to Make Their Own BreakfastI'm a big believer in tasks and chores. I'm pretty much a die-hard Momma Drill Sergeant, handing out orders and jobs to anyone in my path. We've handed out a small list of "duties" and responsibilities to my 7-year-old, but I have a favorite: he takes care of his…
Frugal Home Management: Cleaning and Organizing on a BudgetRaise your hand if you feel like your housework is never done or that you wish you could hire a full-time maid? I don't know about you, but I'd be happy with one that just did the deep cleaning. At the same time, having the whole family do their part…
Spring Cleaning Can Make You Happy—Really!I love spring for many reasons: warmer weather, celebrating my birthday, blooming flowers, and most of all... because it’s time for spring cleaning! While this phrase may not generate the same excitement for you as it does for me, follow these tips, and I promise, you’ll start the season…
