In our small home it’s almost impossible to tame the papers brought home from school, keep an enriching area to do homework, and also house a creative outlet for arts and crafts.
Our dining room table tends to be where all the magic happens and- yes- we do eat there as a family, too.
I’m always on the look-out for simple and lovely ways to organize the homework area:
- Re-use glass jars for pencils, crayons, chalk, and craft items
- Decorate empty cans or oatmeal containers to hold all sorts of accessories
- Check out these Candy Jars for storage from Pottery Barn (love!)
- Wrap jars and containers in ribbon or yarn a la this project at Let Birds Fly.
- Keep important papers in decorative baskets- even better if
it has a lid - Think outside the box with clips and clothespins… like this cord & cable organization.
- Have space on the back of a door? Hang a shoe organizer and fill it!
- Make a (genius!) study center you can take or store anywhere.
What simple ways do you keep your homework area straight?
That cord organization trick is GENIUS!
Have you seen iheartorganizing.blogspot.com ? She is amazing.. all of her stuff is so cute and frugal too. (AND she’s a mom, so I know she doesn’t really have the time to blog about this sort of stuff, but she does anyway!)