Mission Organization: One Room at a Time

As promised I am wanting to show you how I keep on top of my responsibilities at home.  With 5 kids, homeschooling 3 and 2 toddlers, and a hubby who works long hours, things can go from clean to a huge disaster in no time.  I really want to share with you my method of how I have learned to keep my home under control.  This is by no means the only way to do it, but for me, it works.

First I can only focus on one room at a time.  And once it is done, the kids help maintain it.  My goal is to focus my attention on one room until it is under control and then move on to another the next day.  If your time doesn't allow you to finish the room in one day, set the timer, do what you can, and come back to it as your time allows. 

Because the entrance and front porch to the home are the first thing people see when they walk in, these are the areas I wanted to share first.

Now I know this sounds crazy, but do what you normally do with your house keeping for the rest of the week, and focus on keeping this one area of your home neat, clean and tidy.  The house didn't become a mess in one day, it isn't going to magically stay clean in one day either.  Although my approach is a bit different than Fly Lady's it still will get you to the same result, a clean, neat and orderly home.  And as she says, "Baby steps, if you want to learn to fly we must first learn how to walk."

I have a fairly small entrance into my split level home. Because of our cold climate and large family, it is also the landing zone for everyone coats, shoes, hats and gloves.

When you moved into the house, we hung two sets of coat hooks to help organize all the coats that seem be needed at least 9 months out of the year.

But if you notice, even once the snow flurries started flying, the amount of coats increased.

Each child has a set of hooks and once cleaned off, each child is only allowed 1 coat or snowsuit on their set of hooks,

Same goes for us.

Here is your own printable cleaning list for you print off!

Detailed Cleaning List - Entrance & Front Porch