Found yourself hitting a roadblock in your efforts to live a more organized life? Read on to see if any of the Don’ts below are holding you back!

Back to school! The time of supply lists, new shoes, bus schedules...and parents everywhere bracing themselves for an onslaught of paper coming home in backpacks each day.

So you've organized your pantry, your closet, or even your whole house and it feels and looks great...now what? I often joke with my clients that if I've done my job well, we'll never see each other again. My goal is to create functional systems that are easy to maintain, but for many people organization is a long-term habit that needs to be cultivated over time. Read on for my top tips on how to keep that organizational momentum going! 

Well, we're about a month into the Summer of Mom and it's been equal parts fun and exhausting. June always tends to be really busy for us, giving way to a more relaxed July, and this year has been no exception. Between baseball, soccer, swimming, day camp, dentist appointments, and fun stuff like zoo trips, we've been spending a lot of time in the car.  We recently had a break in the action that allowed me to take a "catch-up day" (which always prompts my five year old to ask when "Mustard Day" is...), so I poured a glass of lemonade and headed out to our patio to put together a car kit to get us through the rest of the summer.

I love Ikea. I love the cinnamon rolls and the kids' play space (let it be known that I will gladly subject my children to a germ-infested ball pit if it means I get to have half an hour of uninterrupted conversation with my husband, #sorrynotsorry) and the funky product names and the cute little cartoon guys on the instruction manuals (even the ones that are 30 pages long). It's also one of my go-to spots for organizational solutions that look great and don't cost a fortune - here are my favorites!