Where did all this stuff come from anyway???

I took my girls shopping last night for the things that needed replaced in their wardrobes. We all got new socks...amazing how fast thoes wear out...and underwear....and even a few tee shirts and things for bitty. roo and i didnt need as much...so we just got for bitty.

thats fine, but i notice we have alot of extra clothes the girls dont fit in anymore. so they took some out of their closet and got rid of them. thats a plus. at least in terms of organizational aspect for us. we live in a smaller place than before and space is a premium here. i used to have a big kitchen and now its alot smaller. that part i hate about where we live now..besides being in town...its smaller. and i thought the old place was small.

one of the ways we save on space in the bedrooms is with drawers under the bed. My girls have bunk beds in thier room...but underneate we put drawers to cover the floor and store other clothes in. this helps because even tho they have a small closet..and a med size dresser..there is always more storeage space needed.

another way we make use of wasted space is with milk crate storage where the door opens. at the end of the girls bed, is the door of their room, but theres a small amount of clearance, enough for 2 sets of stacked milk crates 2 high on the foot of the girls bed..and 2 more on the wall behind their door. I got the milk crates from walmart when they were on sale for $2 each, and they do add lots of storage when you turn them on thier sides to give the shelf effect. this is a nice and effective way to have storage in the girls room, infact we have 4 sets of these double stacked crates in diffrent places to make the most of the room we have.

i also bought an over the door shoe rack to hold small things in the girls room too...besides the shoes they have, it can also hold makeup, jewllery, hair bands and bows, brushes, and all kinds of little things the girls will scatter if not corralled.

at walmart i found removeable write on wipe off stickers that were suposed to be able to be peeled off walls without damage...unfortunatly...i found thats not the case. they stick very well to the wall, and are very useful...i have one in each bedroom that says weekly..notes...and to do. this way i can leave notes to the girls on mine so they can see at a glance what store im working at...and i can keep notes to myself on mine. they have a set for thier room too...when we move out...ill have to repaint the closets..but thats not a huge deal since i kept a paint can of the paint we used in the bedrooms and the doors wont be so damaged they cant be repainted in one step.

im always on the lookout for things that make my house more organized or easier to live in..maybe ill come up with more ideas soon. but this is all i can think of for the girls room right now.