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Organizing

Happy couple in the kitchen of their Lennar homeCreating a household storage plan is a great way to get your entire home organized using a blueprint of sorts as a starting point.

Squeezed by the storage shuffle, many home managers yearn for larger quarters.  A bigger house is not the answer.  Stored stuff has an amazing bread-dough quality–it rises to fill the space available, and then makes a sticky mess as it slops over the sides of the container.  No matter how many closets, cupboards or square feet of attic space, surplus stuff will find a way to take over while your back is turned.

The answer? A household storage plan.  Yes, it will take some work, but the principles involved are as easy as ABC: Assess, Box and Banish, and Corral and Control.  Using these simple principles, Cynthia Ewer, editor of Organized Home brings us this easy-to-follow article to ensure your organizational success! [Read this article]

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Beautifully landscaped Lennar homeSummer is here and it’s a great time to get organized. This list of 6 organizing tips will help you get things arranged around your household so you can enjoy this beautiful time of year. From storing grill and pool supplies to taking some time out to declutter and spending special days with your family, this article has some very simple, yet helpful tips to get you started on the right foot this season. [Read this article]

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Office in a Lennar homeFrom personal and business filing to adding a personal touch to your home office, making your home office your personalized and efficient space can do wonders for productivity.

Without the structure of an office outside of our homes, it is easy to scatter anything work related all over the house. We still need to complete our work in a timely and efficient manner. After all, the less time we spend working, the more time we have with our family. An organized home office will make for a faster and more pleasant workday. Here are a few ideas to get you and your home office organized. [Read this article]

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Source: www.organizedhome.com

Summer Chore ChecklistSummer’s here, hot, high and sweaty. Vacations beckon. The garden takes on a life of its own.

Busy families don’t have much time for home chores these months. School’s out, travel’s in and it’s easy to let life slide on the home front.

Still, summer will run more smoothly if you keep tabs on these important areas in the Summer Cleaning Chore Checklist by Cynthia Ewer.  Cynthia’s list has some excellent tips for both inside and outside your home, as well as great ideas for staying organized. [READ ARTICLE]

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Top 10 Organizing Tips for Closets

June 15, 2010

Share Source: www.managemylife.com Organizing your closet is a great summertime project – especially when it’s blistery hot outside. Our Lennar team found this great article with 10 helpful organizing tips for closets. Whether you go all out and install an organizing system to help with this project or you just rearrange and organize what’s already [...]

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Tips for Storing and Organizing Craft Supplies

June 10, 2010

Share With the kids out of school for the summer, storing and organizing craft supplies might be at the top of your to-do list. With the fun and freedom of creativity comes the responsibility of cleaning up and organizing – a great summertime lesson for kids. Our Lennar team searched the web and found a [...]

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Gardening and Yard Care: Organizing Your Tools

May 20, 2010

Share Source: www.ehow.com Is gardening and yard care part of your routine maintenance program? With all of the tools and supplies available to help these days, it’s become much easier (and fun) to do these tasks. Once you’re done with these tasks, where do you put all of these helpful tools and products? It can [...]

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Organizing Your Garage

February 5, 2010

Share A great feature in many Lennar homes is the garage. While this space is designed with automobiles in mind, it has come to be used for many other things. Unfortunately, this mindset that the garage is so multi-purpose can sometimes lead to an accumulation of “stuff”. Our Lennar team decided to search out some [...]

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