Let’s Get Organised: Early Christmas Prep – Part 8 To-Do Jobs Around the Home Clean and organise the public space in your home. This Christmas time, your household’s living room or public space will be very much on display. Remove all clutter from the living room, then deep-clean the room. Move furniture pieces and vacuum beneath them, polish fine woods ...

 Let’s Get Organised: Early Christmas Prep – Part 7 To-Do Jobs Around the Home It’s time to clean and organise the playroom / living room. Skip the toy box – Sure, that toy box might sound like a good idea, but in reality, toy boxes are a guaranteed way for kids not to play with all their toys. Worse yet, ...

Let’s Get Organised: Early Christmas Prep – Part 2 Wow, you’re still with me? Okay, here’s our early Christmas part 2 checklist for this week. This probably sounds like a nightmare before Christmas, but for me it’s a simple equation: maximum sparkle for minimum stress. By mid-December, with all the dull stuff ticked off,  you can have some relaxing me ...

Let’s Get Organised: Early Christmas Prep – Part 1 I know, I know, absolute insanity to be thinking about Christmas this early in the year, I quite agree. As my birthday is at the end of November, before I had a family of my own, I would not talk about such things until at least the 1st December. But, now ...

Organising an Awesome Family Christmas Part 10 To-Do Jobs Around the Home Clean out the refrigerator. Make space for Christmas cooking by tossing expired bottles and jars. Clean out the freezer. Make room for Christmas baking and the results of a freezer cooking session. Clean out the pantry. Clean shelves and organize the survivors for efficient holiday cooking. Christmas Prep ...

Organising an Awesome Family Christmas Part 8 To-Do Jobs Around the Home Clean and organise the public space in your home. This Christmas time, your household’s living room or public space will be very much on display. Remove all clutter from the living room, then deep-clean the room. Move furniture pieces and vacuum beneath them, polish fine woods and silver, ...

Organising an Awesome Family Christmas Part 7 To-Do Jobs Around the Home It’s time to clean and organise the playroom / living room. Skip the toy box – Sure, that toy box might sound like a good idea, but in reality, toy boxes are a guaranteed way for kids not to play with all their toys. Worse yet, they’ll make ...

Organising an Awesome Family Christmas Part 6 To-Do Jobs Around the Home From the master bathroom to the small downstairs loo off the hall, this is the week to focus on the household’s bathrooms. Clear away clutter in each bathroom, deep-clean fixtures, floors and walls. Organise personal care storage and prepare for entertaining guests. Clean out the linen closet. Return ...

To-Do Jobs Around the Home Seasonal sorting of wardrobes. Eek! It’s time to make room for your sparkly dresses and Christmas sweater collection.First things first, and that’s to understand exactly what clothes you have, what you love/hate/don’t wear and make sense of everything – and that’s where a good clear out comes into play.I advise firstly getting all your clothes ...

Wow, you’re still with me? Okay, here’s our organising an awesome Family Christmas part 2 checklist for this week. This probably sounds like a nightmare before Christmas, but for me it’s a simple equation: maximum sparkle for minimum stress. By mid-December, with all the dull stuff ticked off,  you can have some relaxing me time. Cue baking, a lovely roaring ...

I know, I know, absolute insanity to be thinking about Christmas this early in the year, I quite agree. As my birthday is at the end of November, before I had a family of my own, I would not talk about such things until at least the 1st December. But, now I have a family of my very own, I’ll ...