Workplace Wednesday.

Todays Workplace Wednesday is completely inspired by my need to be more organized this year. I know, I saw that EVERY year;) I was searching Martha's site for some tips & came across a tour of her Martha Stewart Living & Weddings Offices. Love it! What I really love is how her shoots & styling is SO FLAWLESS in the magazines, but the offices are real. They're cluttered. They're full of stuff. It takes ALOT of stuff to style a photo shoot...let alone an entire magazine of them every month. I find so relieving to see work spaces that aren't styled & organized, although this one seems to be organized chaos. Either way my desk is a MESS. Almost non functional. I'll be tackling that this weekend for sure. Here are some tips to getting & keeping you office & life organized that I've found around the internet...

Gwen Bell's Life Planning Systems. I'll be implementing these for sure.

Great post about GTD on ZenHabits (also check this site out for all sorts of tips on living more simply).

A to Z Storage Solutions from Real Simple.

Martha's tips for getting organized in 2011.

Jessica Gonacha has the cutest 2011 goal sheets (FOR FREE!!!)...to stay focused instead of losing steam around February;)

& OF COURSE The Glamouri's closet organizing tips (I'm STILL working on getting my tiny closet organized).

Do you have any organizational goals to do this year? I have SO MANY. I need to be more realistic I know. I'm inherently not an organized person, I'm messy, I have papers & clothes everywhere. I'm working on it...or rather I'm trying to figure out how to work with it. I'm forgiving & accepting myself & my quirks this year. I like the attitude that we're fine how we are, no need to fix. But I DO need some organization:)

xx,

Jamie

Quick Tip

Chalk can be used as a dehumidifier! Who knew...well Martha apparently;)

I was perusing her site looking for home inspiration & tips for moving into our new house & ran across this amazing tip. Simply tie a dozen pieces of chalk together with rubberbands & ribbon to make it prettier. Then hang them on a hook in your closet to absorb moisture. I haven't tried it, but you can bet I will as soon as I'm unpacked! Houston has a bit of a moisture problem you know;)

Damp-Rid is also an amazing product that does the same thing, I've used it numerous times in clients lake & beach houses. But you just can't beat the afford-ability of the chalk option. Click the picture to go to the Martha article.

xx, Jamie