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EasyClosets Installation & new closet Sneak Peek!

Today I’m going to tell you about Malea’s new closet organizer from EasyClosets.  Working with EasyClosets to design the most efficient closet for Malea was a wonderful experience.  They have an awesome website that allows you to design your own space, or have them design it for you.  Since I’m a control freak I decided to design my own closet but what I learned is that I’m not an expert closet designer {wink}.  After designing a closet {that I thought was good} I was able to work with one of the designers, over the phone, that took my “good” design,… Read More

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Organizing Closets

I feel like I could talk about organizing closets all day long.  There are so many different types of closets and all of them are different shapes and sizes!  We live in a small, older home so I’ve had to get creative about how organize my closets.  With narrow, deep spaces, it’s not always easy. The closet I’m the most excited about, in our house, is my daughter’s closet. Kids’ closets can be the hardest to organized because not only do you have clothes, you also have school papers, toys, etc. I recently received this incredible custom closet from EasyClosets… Read More

How to Organize School Work

I can’t believe how much paperwork comes home from school with my daughter! I was in shock the first few weeks she was in school, and quickly started drowning in it. Determined not to be “taken down” by school work clutter, I knew I had to come up with a plan. So today I’m sharing with you, a couple ideas for how to organize school work. Peter Walsh, my organizing hero, says this about saving school work, “The first question is who are you keeping the schoolwork for – you, or your children?  If it’s for your children, get them involved… Read More

Ask Anna turns TWO! Blogiversary #2!!!

I can’t believe it’s already been 2 years since I started blogging.  It feels like I’ve been blogging forever, but at the same time, it’s gone by really quickly.  This year held lots of new adventures for me including my first blogging conference this summer!  It was so much fun going to a conference and actually meeting some of my online friends face to face! These are my friends Karianne from Thistlewood Farm, and Vanessa & Heather from At the Picket Fence. The other huge thing that happened this year was moving my blog from a Blogger platform over to… Read More

Organize your Life with Trello

A few months ago I discovered this really cool, online organizing tool, called Trello.  So what is Trello?  Trello is an online organization tool that is incredibly easy to use.  It helps you “keep track of everything, from the big picture to the minute details.” {trello.com}   Here’s how it works. First you must create a FREE account.  When you log in this is what the dashboard looks like. From here you can create “boards” for each of your projects, or whatever it is you need to organize.  Once you’ve created a board, click on it to add “note cards”… Read More

Organize the Kitchen to help it run Smoothly

The kitchen is the “heart” of every home so it’s very important that it is well organized and its function doesn’t make you skip a beat.  I want to show you some of the ways I have organized my kitchen to help it run smoothly.  When we moved in, our kitchen was dark, old and outdated (click here if you want to see the full transformation).  In order for a kitchen to “feel” clean and organized I think it needs to be bright, airy and open.  Since we have a galley-style kitchen my only options for making it “feel” that… Read More