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Krista - KidSmartLiving Founder
Jun 11, 04 - 11:28 PM |
General Living and Organization Ideas
Hi! Thanks for being a part of our community! This thread is for any general family living and organizing thoughts. Thanks for sharing your great ideas! Simply reply to this posting or any post in this section.
Cheers!
Krista 
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Chelsea
Jun 11th, 2004 - 11:33 PM |
I make clean-up a game
I make clean up time a game, my boys each have a plastic grocery-style basket that fits on their shelves. When it's time to pick up the house, they each try to fill up their basket faster -- and with more stuff -- than the other.
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kdog13
Jun 11th, 2004 - 11:35 PM |
Re: General Living and Organization Ideas
i added one of those easy over the door video racks on the back of a closet door to store our child's videos on the low shelves. i use the top for everything from gloves to sunglasses. all the little clutter-like things are now out of site and easily gotten to.
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handymom
Jun 11th, 2004 - 11:36 PM |
hide a laundry basket for toys
We have a small house and not alot of room for a toy basket. I took a laundry basket and put it under a round table that I have in the living room. It has a skirt that reaches the floor. During playtime, I just pull back the skirt and get the basket out, then hide it away when we're through.
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annacat
Jun 12th, 2004 - 8:23 AM |
Re: General Living and Organization Ideas
recently got this idea from a hotel we stayed at. I have 4 sons who love cereal. We have a lack of cabinet space so I went to The Container Store and purchased acrylic containers with plastic lids (they are tilted for easy kid access) then I purchased plastic scoopers for each container. I then placed these on a bakers rack it looks great and is perfect for extra storage.
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Jen
Jul 25th, 2004 - 7:38 PM |
Re: General Living and Organization Ideas
I am looking to organize a full playroom of toy chests and shelves into one wall of the new family room. Any decorative yet functional ideas?
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Krista - KidSmartLiving Founder
Jul 28th, 2004 - 7:42 AM |
Re: Organizing toys into family room
We did two things that worked really well. First, we replaced the kiddy-looking toy boxes with 3-4 cube-shaped storage ottomans with removable tops. These look great placed anywhere and make extra seating and table space when needed (try bed bath and beyond or target for these).
We did move in 3 coordinated shelf units to cover one wall - and these are great for storing games, books and toys, you can use baskets to organize smaller items (Target has great fabric-lined baskets - much cheaper than pottery barn!). If the shelves are mis-matched or if they just look messy, you can cover them: Simply cut a piece of fabric (that coordinates with your decor) the size of the shelf unit front - you can hem or finish the edges with iron-on fabric tape. Use strong stick-on velcro and adhere fabric to the top of the unit. Fabric can be removed or folded on top during playtime. Good Luck!
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liz
Jan 8th, 2006 - 6:39 PM |
Re: General Living and Organization Ideas
This is a tip to cut time when cooking, pizza cutter. Its a wonderful way to cut up grill cheese, or cut the crusts off fast, pancakes, french toast almost anything soft you need to cut up into small portions. Or for dicing, ham, cheese for omlets.
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Jan 11th, 2006 - 11:14 PM |
Re: General Living and Organization Ideas
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