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I just spent another fun-filled morning getting my kids off to school. There was breakfast to make, crumbs to deal with, errant shoes (how do they disappear overnight?), and the inevitable form which required my signature today.

Mornings bring me madness.

I think it would help if I could get us all more organized. We don’t really have a system for storing belongings in any particular fashion that makes rhyme or reason. My husband and I have talked about turning a corner of our garage into a mud room for quite some time. With winter nipping at our heels it’s time we got started. I don’t want to go another season with boots dripping snow in my kitchen.

We’ve elected to build individual mudroom lockers for each family member, complete with a coat hook, storage basket, and mudroom shoe racks. The hooks should allow them to have a couple of coats – maybe a light one and a heavy one – up on the hook (and off the floor!) at the same time. I imagine the baskets will hold hats, gloves, scarves, and more. The shoe racks are what I’m most excited about. Right now we’re running all over the house each morning trying to find mated shoes. This way, they’ll have a place to store the snow boots they need for outside and the street shoes they’ll need for inside or around the town.

Much like a locker room, there will be a bench so that people can sit to take shoes on or off, or to check a backpack.

Another handy thing we plan on doing is installing a chalk board. We can assign chores, track after school activities, and write notes.

We’re hoping to complete this project in about a month of weekends. This is something you could do, too, if you had a little extra room in your garage. Grab some shoe racks, coat hooks, and baskets and you’ve gotten yourself organized!

An organization fanatic, Julie loves finding creative ways to set her home (and yours!) to rights with practical products and efficient problem-solving. Tackle your closet with closet organizers and visit Space Savers for other great products sure to help with your clutter problem.

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