Posts tagged backtoschool
Build a School Command Centre That's Actually Pretty
Build a School Command Centre That's Actually Pretty

The family command centre has a bad reputation. Just hearing the word makes people picture a messy bulletin board covered in papers, a calendar with too many colours, and a nagging feeling that something important is buried somewhere under something else. But a command centre done right looks nothing like that. Done right, it's one of the most useful — and quietly beautiful — things in a family home. And it's one of the best things you can set up before school starts.

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Home Organization, Life OrganizationOcéanne Trudel-PoulinMello SpacesSchool, backtoschool, command center, summer
September Is Coming: Here's What to Organize Before It Hits
September Is Coming: Here's What to Organize Before It Hits

September has a way of arriving before anyone feels ready for it. One week it's the height of summer, and the next the back-to-school displays are up and the supply lists are on the counter and the calendar is already filling with the rhythm of the school year. The families who find September genuinely manageable -- not just survivable, but actually smooth -- almost always have one thing in common. They did the work in August.

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Home Organization, Kids Organization, SeasonalOcéanne Trudel-PoulinMello Spacesbacktoschool, School, reset