Organisation

Feature Home: A Room for Everyone

June 15, 2011
French Farmhouse Family Home

On this blog, I enjoy featuring people’s homes, and discovering how their spaces add value to family life. You can see all the Be A Fun Mum Featured homes here: Be Functional — Homes & Sustainability.  Today, I’m thrilled to welcome Rachael to Be A Fun Mum. I came across Rachael and her lovely blog, A Room for Everyone, when [...]

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Organised Chaos: The Planning With Kids Book

June 10, 2011
planning with kids by nicole avery

I haven’t read a book quite like it. As I read it, I felt like I was interacting with an entire community. Just like a blog. That’s it! The Planning With Kids Book is just like a blog in a book. It comes alive as you read it which is an amazing and unique combination! Let me tell you about [...]

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Organising Makeup and Jewellery so You Wear Them

May 6, 2011

I love using assessories like necklaces, handbags, and even makeup, to change my look. The only problem is remembering to wear them! It’s a shame to have jewellery sitting in a box unused, because they should be worn and enjoyed. So, I changed the way I organise my accessories so they are uncluttered and where I can see them. 1. [...]

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6 Ways to Use Brown Craft (Kraft) Paper

May 5, 2011

Kraft paper: every home should have a roll! One of the items I keep in our mobile art space is a roll of brown Craft (Kraft) Paper. It’s so useful! Kraft paper is stronger than butchers paper, and you can pick up a roll from Officeworks for $3.95.  Here are 5 ways I use the Kraft paper: 1. [...]

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Part 2: Storing Children’s Art Work

April 14, 2011

Look at all the happy faces! I love surrounding myself with my children’s art, craft and drawings. However, there is a question of number: I don’t have enough walls in the house to display all my children’s art work. The masses of artwork my children’s produce can turn into quite of a nightmare actually, with art coming [...]

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My Washing Pile Never Sleeps

March 30, 2011

I’m notoriously bad at doing the washing. And I seem to be obsessed with how bad I am at it. I featured my washing pile here, it has pride place in this video, I talk about it here and even here too.  My washing pile never sleeps and I especially don’t like folding and putting it away…often [...]

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