Living Orderly, LLC

 Tips For Making Your Day Run Smoother:                                               

1. Daily routines:
Establish daily routines for your family and bring order into your home. Setup a time for homework, chores, and don't forget "down" time. Give each person responsibilities to help with the household duties. Communicate the routine and responsibilities clearly. Post them in a central location. Be realistic when setting your family's routines and responsibilities.

2. A space for each person's daily belongings (backpack, lunchbox...)
Make this a convenient place by the door as you come and go. All items that will be used the next day need to be placed in this spot each evening before bed.

3. Family calendar
Put a calendar in a central location, so it can be seen by everyone. Designate a time that everyone in the family will get together to fill in their activities/appointments/deadlines for the week. This is also a good time for the family to come together and catch up on what is going on with everyone.

4. Family communication center
Create an area to help manage the flow of papers that come into your home. This can be a file box or stackable trays that are marked for each family member and for the actions that are required. (To Do, To Go, To File...) It gives you a convenient place to put the papers that come home such as permission slips, papers that need to be signed and returned, report cards, school information. Set aside a time each day to file the papers and/or deal with them. Depending on your child's age, they may be responsible for putting their papers in the appropriate file for action or the folder marked with their name.

5. School or office supply area
Designate an area to keep school supplies. In the same location, keep a bin to house things that may be needed for school projects. (egg cartons, styrofoam vegetable trays, the tube inside of a paper towel or toilet paper roll) Don’t go crazy and create clutter, just keep a few things in a bin that you know will come in handy for a project and replenish as they are used.

Please give us a call (813-685-9986) or send us an email, if we can assist you with setting up routines, a calendar, or a paper flow system for your family.

Before, the closet below was filled with too many clothes and was not arranged

in any order.  We emptied the closet, sorted and purged clothes, then arranged 

them in categories.  Because the client did not want to spend extra time or money

rebuilding the closet, we were able to maximize shelving and rods already in place.

The renovation took six hours.                                                         

                     Before                                                  After

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