Many families will be returning to work & day care this week.
We are still a few years away from having kids at school but Angus will be joining William at day care this year as I return to the workforce.
With this in mind, I needed to create an area where everything was in one place, making it easier to get ready & out the door on time. So I created our Organisation Station
Unfortunately, our closest IKEA is 6 hours away so I get all of my shelving units from Crazy Clarks who have a pretty good selection & the quality is quite good.
The good thing about these units is that you can arrange them however you like to create a space that completely suits you.
Let's take a closer look at ours
On the top I have my diary, to-do list, some pens & a coin jar. If your husband is anything like mine, they are constantly emptying their pockets of coins all over the place. This way it is all collected in one jar & then can be used as we need. It's always handy to have some spare change on hand when you're heading out. My husband's wallet sits here too because he is always misplacing it!
I also have a basket that holds sun cream & areoguard, ready to be put on as we head out the door or into the pool.
In these shelves we have a documents tray for all our mail, junk mail & catalogues.
These folders are from Kmart ($5ea) & have been great. We have four that are used for Home, Money, Food & Family. It's so much easier to pull out one of these folders when we are looking for any paperwork as it's all in the one spot. And they look good too :)
The basket top right holds any extra pairs of sunglasses & the kids sunnies. Underneath that is my handbag for work & my lunch bag.The basket next to them holds wipes, nappies & nappy bags ready for a quick change when needed. And next to that is our local phonebook, a few catalogues, books & tissues. The drawers & cupboard hold all of our extra supplies- spare packets of tissues, wipes etc...
These shelves hold swimmers in the top basket. We are in the pool nearly every day in this weather so having them all in the one place makes it easy to grab when we want to head outside for a swim. Our towels hang on a hook just outside the back door so we grab them as we go passed.
The other baskets hold all the kids shoes & a few pairs if shoes that my husband & I are in a lot like thongs & joggers.
My camera sits here, ready to head out with us on an adventure & the kids backpacks also live here.
Tomorrow will be the first test of this new system. I'll let you know how it's going at the end of the month :)
Til next time,
Mel xx
