Steel Doors Can Do More than Keep Out the Cold

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Steel doors are typically the norm between indoor space and your garage or outdoors. You can use an inconspicuous magnet to hold shopping lists or important papers for work or school that need to go out the door the next morning. 


Resist the urge to use the door to your garage as a bulletin board. The space will be cluttered and anything important will be lost in that clutter. If the door leads to the garage you can use this same strategy to leave a message on the other side of the door for anyone returning home.

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Too Many Masterpieces - Sorting Children's Art Work

File Drawer for Art Work 

Reclaim space on your refrigerator and bulletin boards. Children love to draw and never want to throw their masterpieces away. Consider purchasing a file drawer that accommodates one drawer for each of your children. As art work comes home from school or is completed at home, place it in the child's drawer. 

When the drawer is full, empty the contents on your kitchen table and set aside 15 minutes for your child to choose their favorites. Place the favorites back in the drawer and recycle the rest. I have 2 children so the bottom drawer is filled scrap paper, notebook paper and activity/drawing books.

Where Should I Put Graded School Papers?

Graded work in a shoe box

Want to reclaim space in your child's backpack or on your kitchen counter?


Finish checking over graded school work and give it to your child to file in a shoe box under your child's bed. When the 6/9 week grading period ends, recycle the contents of the box. There is no need to keep graded paperwork after the grading period is complete. This box of graded work can be a lifesaver if your child is missing a grade at the end of the grading period! And, this creates a good habit that can continue throughout years of schooling.


Added bonus! Children can personalize and decorate the shoe box.

Olivia's decorated box