Organizing Made Fun

My Utility Closet and a GIVEAWAY!!

2012-03-07T10:00:00.000-08:00

I have a utility closet that is fairly organized. But, like everything around here, it needed some tweaking. I had an opportunity to tweak when Space Savers sent me this FANTASTIC garage organizer. AND, they want to give one of these away to one of my fabulous readers!!

Isn't it great? Let me show you my utility closet and how I used this garage organizer to help make it MORE organized!

First, I don't have a coat closet in this house but I suspect that this may have been that at one point or another. I don't know...but it's a small closet with shelves and so I've turned it into a utility closet to hold all my cleaning supplies, vacuums, mops, folding chairs, serving pieces, dusting supplies, etc. It does a lot. The bags were falling down how I had them, the rags were falling down, and I just wasn't feeling that the closet was really good use of it's space.

So, my hubby took the garage organizer and we used it on the back of the door. You can hang it vertically or horizontally - like the photo at the top shows. You can use it in your basement or garage or on the back of a door, like I did!

One thing I had on the back of the door was an over-the-door hook. It seemed nice, but we really don't need it or use it much. The bags on there we didn't even need - so I donated most of them and the other one went in with my purses in my closet.

When the organizer was done, I filled it up quickly. The top of it I put of all hubby's car cleaning stuff {he likes to wipe down his car interior often} and rags and a couple other misc. cleaners. I made one basket full of my cleaning rags so we could grab and go when necessary. Another basket for all the paper bags I keep that kept falling off the shelf - now they don't fall out and the kids can grab them more easily.

I, then, straightened up the rest of the closet and moved things around. I took the bags and put them in one of the deep baskets and the cleaning rags in the other deep basket.

While I was in there, I re-labeled everything and got things nicely organized once again. I had so much room left, I was able to have one shelf half-EMPTY and used another for some serving pieces that I was able to move in there.

So, NOW, you have a chance to win this VERY garage organizer worth $42.99...which, as you can see, you can use just about anywhere you want!

This giveaway ends March 14th at 9 PM {PST time}!! Don't miss it!! I will announce the winner on Thursday, March 15th at 10 AM {PST time}...

In order to enter, you must be 18 years or older and a resident of the United States of America. The winner will be picked by Random.org. I will delete duplicate entries.

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Organized Reader: Miki's master closet

2012-03-05T09:47:00.000-08:00

I've got another GREAT organized reader for you today! Meet Miki from Becoming What I Always Was.

I am a designer at a firm in Salt Lake City. My whole personality is visual. I love to be visually pleased. I love to create my own projects and to organize! I just got married to my sweet, sweet man of 3 1/2 years. We moved into the town home he already owned in Utah. Let's just say I have my work cut out for me. I am very OCD when it comes to organizing, and so when we moved in together the first thing I did was organize; closets, cleaners, our garage - I mean, I went to town! The biggest thing for us was organizing both our things into one space. I moved my entire home into our home where his things already were, so it taken us a while, but it's definitely worth it. I have a very DIY personality, as does my husband so every weekend we have some big project planned. It can be a big project like organizing the garage or a big project like redoing all our floors ourselves.

Miki 's blog, Becoming What I Always Was, is filled with lots of DIY projects, including her very organized master closet.

She had to deal with a crazy slanted wall in her closet, but she and her hubby made it work with their closet system and got super organized!

Isn't it purdy?

She's also organized her linen closet....

And check out this garage organization!

Go over to her blog if you want to see some more exciting projects that the newlyweds have been doing!

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My latest Project: Blissdom 2012

2012-03-02T10:00:00.001-08:00

I was able to attend my very first blogger’s conference this past week. Blissdom is really a great place for women bloggers to come together and learn more about blogging, meet sponsors, and meet other bloggers.

L to R: Me, Cindy, Allison, Diane

I had the opportunity to meet many amazing home-décor/DIY bloggers, especially. Being an organizing blogger, I got a funny reaction everytime I would meet another blogger. Most people either WANT to be organized, or LOVE to organize, or are just fascinated with the whole concept. It’s a great topic to talk about because most people are interested. However, most of what I learned I hope can be of value to YOU, my readers.

Sandra and Erin

I learned about photography. I have been working hard to get better at this area of my blog. I take a lot of time taking pictures, staging pictures, making organizing look appealing to you – to motivate and inspire you.

Opryland Gaylord in Nashville, TN

I learned about social media. This is a fun area for me. Most of you know that my Facebook page is a lot of fun. I regularly post pictures of organizing things I see around the internet – like organizing products, organized spaces, and just plain organized fun! It’s always fun to see you get as excited about them as me, too! And, always feel free to share anything with your Facebook friends that you see on the OMF Facebook page. I want everyone to get as excited about it as I am! My media goal this year is to get better with Twitter – so be sure to head over to Twitter, if you use it, and find me on Twitter HERE. I'll be posting more personal, funny stuff on Twitter.

My other goals here at OMF have always been about motivating and inspiring women to organize. This blog is a resource for you, as well. You can always go down to my Search Bar on the lower right side of my side bar, on the blog, and type in a search word of something you are wanting to organize. You know, like “closets” “kitchen” or “kids” and lots of great place to start and I have lots of content there. Well, I hope that this year you will be even more inspired and there is so much I have planned for you to help achieve that.

Cindy, Me, Brittany, Erin, Sandra

Now, I’d like to introduct you to a few bloggers that are wonderful ladies who you might like to check out in the future.

My roommate was Allison, from House of Hepworths. She and I had a lot of fun together. She’s like a little sister to me and has an amazing blog filled with DIY skills and crafts. She can make some serious stuff. You need some inspiration for your home? She’s the girl to check out.

She's also gluten intolerant, and so I got her a bunch of fun gluten-free goodies to enjoy while at the conference. Living in L.A., I have all kinds of gluten-free grocery stores nearby to shop at, so she was happy to have lots of GF goodies!

Me and Brittany

I couldn’t wait to meet Brittany, from Pretty Handy Girl. She’s another really super DIY, tutorial, tool kind of gal. She and I have been blogging for about the same amount of time, too. So, it’s been fun to see our blogs grow together. Brittany is one of the nicest girls…really she is. Her goal is to motivate and empower women to learn to use tools and do DIY home projects. She has some amazing tutorials – even video tutorials – on how to use basic power tools.

Cyndi, Tonya, Me, and Traci

Traci, from Beneath My Heart, and Cyndi her sister, from Walking in Grace and Beauty, are also two ladies I have long admired. Traci has some great skill when it comes to decorating. And, her sister Cyndi, has a blog combining fashion and Jesus. They are precious and dear women and I was so honored to spend time talking with them and sharing with them.

Here is a list of home/décor bloggers you may want to check out:

Allison, Abbie, and Me

Abbie: 5 Days, 5 Ways

Amy from All in a Day

Cindy from My Cottage Love {her brand NEW blog}

Diane from In My Own Style

Sandra from Sawdust and Paper Scraps

Erin from Two Story Cottage

Myra from My Blessed Life {a very organized young mom}

Tonya from Love of Family and Home {she has an AMAZING organized closet too}

Susan from Living Rich on Less {she’s got organizing, too}

Other Mommy bloggers:

Mandy from Biblical Homemaking

Christine from iDream of Clean

Megan from Millions of Miles {adoption and overseas adoption}

Allison and I having fun!

These are all fantastic bloggers that I personally met and can tell you that they are truly kind, compassionate, and talented. I am a BIG advocate of blogs – BIG. I encourage you to check out any of these wonderful blogs, pin all the things that inspire you, and get motivated!

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