Make Your Coat Closet Functional for $15

Posted by on Aug 28, 2008 in Uncategorized | 3 comments I love the Pottery Barn catalog.  Not that I’ve ever purchased anything from it – I just love to flip through it and glean ideas from the pages.  One PB staple that I’ve always coveted is their entryway lockers.   I don’t know why they appeal to me so much.  Maybe it’s because my optimistic brain convinces me that if I had them in my entryway I...
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Get Rid of Multiple Charts with a Family “Big Board”

Posted by on Aug 11, 2008 in Best of MeckMom, Popular Posts: Organizing | 7 comments Let’s face it, as an organizer I have a natural affinity for charts.  Over the years I’ve made all kinds of charts to track various parts of family life…job charts, reward charts, cleaning charts, homework charts…I’ve made them all. This year, as I face another school year (and all the chaos that comes with it) I’ve decided to try a new approach.  Instead of...
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Keep the Cold Air In with Door Alarms

Posted by on Aug 1, 2008 in Popular Posts: Parenting Hacks | 4 comments Ahh the lovely sounds of summer… sprinklers spraying, lawn mowers chopping, and a veritable chorus of moms shouting “Kids, shut the door!”.  Why is it our kids have such a hard time with this concept?  We’ve only lived in this house a few weeks and I can’t count the number of times I’ve walked downstairs only to find the basement door wide open –...
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