Setting Up our Drop Zone (Back to School Tips)
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- Опубликовано: 19 окт 2024
- Setting up a Back to School Drop Zone: School mornings go smoother when we know where everything is! I know we put off projects like this because we don't have time, but I'll show you how you can have a functional drop zone (aka mudroom, closet area) in ONE HOUR!!
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Love that you mentioned, “we need to work with what we have.” Contentment and getting creative with the space we already have is a great attitude! Thank you for your practical tips and relatable demeanor, how refreshing!😊
Absolutely agree! I’m done with consumerism lol
Thank you for your work. It helps more than I can say. When I want to shop and buy things my family doesn’t need (I’m a shopper) I come back here to be reminded we don’t need all the extra things. Your videos ground me. Thank you.
With your meal plan suggestion, you helped me TRANSFORM cooking, meal planning and grocery shopping! Now I am going through your videos to see what else I can pick up from you. Cheers from Germany :)
YAY! I'm SO glad to hear this!!! Thank YOU!! 💕
Growing up, we kept our hat and mitts in the pocket of our coat, and we never lost them because it was so simple. We also only had one hook each but we could put whatever we wanted on it
I love videos like this cause I always find inspiration for myself. Even though I'm not a mom and don't have kids, I still find value in these sorts of videos. We all need a drop zone and dedicated space for our items and we all benefit from cleaning out our (work)bags and putting coats/shoes/... back where they belong. I've been binge-watching your videos (I'm feeling a bit sick) and I'm loving them. Very clear, very simple and it gets the job done!
I'm watching this again for this year's back to school ideas. I'm loving the idea of having one child go through the "drop zone" each afternoon. Genius! Thanks again for your great videos. They're life changing
When I started working on minimalising my different rooms out of my house but I started in my bedroom which made me feel a lot better using your system and I actually had quite a bit that I didn’t wear at all and took those items to the Goodwill down the road has freed up a lot of room in my drawers
Just found your channel and love it. Also love how you say to work with what you have and that you aren't telling people what to have or how much. Our entrance is only that with no cupboard or space so we are using a small buffet in the dining room as a drop zone for the kids school stuff. Shoes go in the garage and jackets in tthe bedroom. I would dearly love a drop zone to house everyrhing but there are other things to be grateful for in our house. Thanks for the ideas and inspiration.
Yes! I love what you said about working with what you already have. I think your closet looks beautiful in its own right, and I especially love the hooks! Never thought about using hooks in a closet like that.
Thank you Hannah! And we were fortunate to have hooks in a closet in our first house so now we could never go back. I think we can probably fit twice as much in there with hooks...but maybe that isn't a good thing ;)
I’ve been binge watching your channel all day and last night! I’ve already gone through the majority of the kids stuff. Thanks for doing these videos, it’s so helpful and motivating
That's awesome, thank YOU!!! :)
Your videos have changed our lives!! It’s only been a week and already life is getting so much better!!
I think finding your channel is about to change my life.
Doing this tomorrow. Our entryway is much too cluttered. We don't have a closet but have hooks. Time to clean up and donate! I can swing 1 hour (or less)
How have I never thought to get rid of the rod and replace with hooks! This is genius for my family we suck at hanging our coats lol
I've been binge watching your videos! Thank you for all your insight! I also have 4 kids and the school mornings and after school clutter have me nuts! Love all your ideas!
Hooks can be put on the back of the door too at any height. That way 3-5 year olds don’t have to try and reach the higher hooks.
Our house doesn’t have any entrance closets!! So we have hooks on the wall for coats and backpacks. We have a tiny nook in our back entrance where I fit a shoe rack. It’s tight for six people though!! It’s been a challenge for me to keep it tidy.
This is us, exactly! We have a four meter long hallway (rather narrow) at the entrance that is lined the entire way with hooks and shelves and shoe racks for all the stuff for us six people. I have redone it so many times and nothing has worked.
@@denisea3465 it definitely helps to decliner as much as possible. Have the minimum amount of footwear and jackets possible. All out of season items are stored in the basement.
I call it a Landing Zone 😀 I absolutely LOOOOVE your videos 💝
I love the idea of hooks in the closet or wall! No kids yet, but my fiancé always puts his coat on the chair or bench instead of in the closet because apparently a hanger takes too long. So i for sure think hooks would help a lot and be easier to manage! Thank you!! :D
Love all the tips! It’s a great time to get reorganized and you’ve given me lots of ideas to work on. :) thank you!! Very motivating. Now.... if I could work on getting to sleep earlier... that will be good! Haha.
Hi Im a new subscriber and really appreciate your videos. It really gives good pictures how I can implement it for my house because it sounds very realistic to me. Seems like everyone has brand new house, toys, furnitures so if I try to apply the organizing hacks I feel like I need a total transformation and feel overwhelmed. So thank you for sharing achievable ideas. Glad to find you
Thank YOU (I always felt the same way!!) :)
Love the video! I have the same bench in our mud room! I am going through the mud room now and this video was helpful. Our mud room is a multiple purpose space and its actually my favorite space when we first saw this house this house. It’s a mud room, command center, laundry room and workout space.
I definitely need to tackle our closet, and I think I'll try your "daily" idea. Extra shoes and jackets can go to individual bedrooms, they dont have to live in the closet! I think that will make a big difference... I'm actually getting really excited... how sad is it that those are my exciting weekend plans?! :)
Hahaha, yes, exciting weekend plans...but it is surprisingly satisfying when its done ;)
In MN this would be a huge necessity. Love your space. I have a small home and a hook by the door but in Cali that’s okay.
Oh that would be so wonderful!!! Eventually we'd like to winter somewhere where we can get by with just a hook by the door! I know there are trade offs to every place but I've often thought how crazy we are to endure these winters ;)
Yes! I’m a mom of 11. The winter gear in MN gets real! 🤪
Thanks for the tips! I have been working on this in my house before school starts.
Love your videos! Have been binge watching haha. I will clean out our ‘dropzone’ this afternoon! You have definitly inspired me!
Our compromise was hooks on the sides of the closet for the kids and a hanging bar for us. We hung the hooks at a height where the snowsuits could hang properly and be put there by the children themselves. And we also have a bin of things that belong to other people.
Oh yeah, this sounds like a great compromise!!
I’m a new subscriber from the UK 🇬🇧 and love your videos! I’ve been binge watching all night! :-)
Thank YOU! I greatly appreciate that! ;)
Flylady calls it a Launch Pad :) Doesn't that sound so much better!
It's a launch pad... not a drop zone 😊 . Love your videos, I've been binge watching
Yes, I like that term better, less messy sounding ;) And thank YOU!!! 💕
This was great! I need a landing zone for all my husbands stuff! He comes home with change, screws, nuts, bolts, and all this electrical looking stuff. Help!
Can’t wait to tackle this TODAY!
Yay! Hope it goes well!! :) :) :)
Love these tips! Can you share more about the paperwork from school and now it doesn’t take over your kitchen? This could be a series on household paper?
Yes, I will definitely have a video coming up on this!!
Any tips for a split level entry with NO room for a drop zone?? 💞 I love how yours turned out!
Good question! Basically, everything has to have a place, even if it isn't in the perfect place, so sometime a corner of the living room or other adjacent room has to make do!
Hi there! New to your channel, I've been slowing catching up on your past videos, lots of great stuff! So we have what people would categorize as a "small house" it was the perfect size for me and my husband starting out but since having 2 kids it has definitely gotten more crammed with stuff.(!and our oldest isn't even 2 yet 😄) That being said, out entryway we use is so awkward...open the door to a landing just big enough for the door to swing over...then straight ahead is thr steps to basement...and to the side are 3 steps to our kitchen entrance thru another door. 🤪 if u can picture that lol.
We have the hardest time even getting us all in the at the same time and being able to close the door behind us. We do have a coat rack with hooks on the back wall and a tiny closet leading up to the kitchen... any thoughts on how to create a better "drop zone" here?? Thanks :) -Bethany
Its hard to say without actually seeing the space, but if things physically can't fit where they "should" (close to the door), I like the idea of creating an area nearby if possible, and keeping as little there as possible. We had a situation like this in our first house, so we really could only keep one pair of shoes each and one coat by the door and the rest had to be kept in our bedrooms. It took a little getting used to, and I had to re-train my brain that walking across the house to get what I needed was actually good for me ;) but it was much better than trying to keep everything by the door or in the kitchen like we had been.
I love your videos!
Im wondering what your basment looks like
A few have asked so I'm happy to share it in an upcoming video...it is unfinished and isn't very exciting but I'll share it :)
Downsizing to a much small home with no foyer/mudroom. Front door directly into carpeted livingroom with no closet. No room behind front door for wall coat hooks/shelves. Need ideas for visitor's shoes/coat storage...Thanks!
Fly Lady calls it a Launch Pad and I love that! I feel like that's what I'm going for doing with my kiddos anyway, getting them ready to "launch" out into the world!
Oh yes, I LOVE the Fly Lady!!!
Great Tips!
Do you have any thoughts for those of us in cold, snowy climates as we enter winter boot season? One of the only faults of our house is that our back entry (from garage) is TINY. I don't want kids trudging through the house in wet shoes or boots. But we don't even have space for the bench you own, not to mention a closet.
I love this video and you have truly inspired me the clean out my closet and get it organized. my question is I'm here in Iowa and my 3 kids have to bring a snow bag to school with them in the winter, where would you suggest putting something like this?
For anyone that might not know what a snow bag is ,it's a large bag with all winter gear snow pants, snow boots ,gloves.
Good question! So by basic rule of thumb is that we only keep what comfortably fits in our front closet...for us, we can fit all of our coats, shoes and snow gear for all 6 of us...for others, they may only be able to fit one coat and one pair of shoes for each person in the house. So if it doesn't all fit comfortably, I like to find the next closest place...it might be a cabinet or other closet, or it may need to be kept in bedrooms. Normally we think "that's too far to go" or we need it "handy", but with a little re-training, it becomes no big deal :)
I LOVE your channel! Just so glad I found you! ❤️Great Ideas!
THANK YOU! I'm glad to have found you, too!! :)
Love this! I am looking forward to making our own drop zone. =o]
Loving all your content. Can you show your own night routine and any exercise routine.
Last winter really did seem like it would never end. I’ve been having nightmares all summer that it randomly starts snowing again. But El Niño is suppose to give us a happier winter this year so, fingers crossed. 🤞
Oh goodness, I REALLY hope that this is true!!! Fall is usually my favorite season but I'm not even looking forward to it this year because I know it leads to winter!!! ;)
Love your content and excited for the upcoming videos!
Thank you Leah!! :)
Love the way you've organized this. My problem is that we don't actually have a front closet! We have a closet of sort in the laundry room off our entry way, but it doesn't function well as a drop zone because it is also the laundry room. We also don't have any wall space for hooks in our entry way as it is open and has half height spindle railings between entry area and living room and on the other side to keep you from falling down the stairs. It really is not a well designed space. Any suggestions?
Can you please do a post about your zones and zone cleaning
Absolutely!!
We lost our entry closet when we moved apartments; so all our sweatshirts/coats ended up draped on the couch (who wants to walk allllllllll the way back to the room every time you take the dogs out?). Wall hooks have made us neat people!
Love your videos! How about landing zone?!?! 😁
Loving your videos! Where are you located?
We're in Minnesota :)
Awesomeness ❤🧡💜💚💙💛
We call our area "the launch pad". It is a hook station on wall with a bench that has a drawer then another bench that has shoe rack underneath.
Love this!!
I no longer have a long couple of kids at home both my kids are in their 20s and 30s I do still have a son at home who goes to work every day and has a little bit of Slob He is 23 years old. The launchpad area would be good for me especially finding a place to put my purse and my lunch bag
Love all your videos, could you make a video night time routine with your kids? Thank you. ❤️
YES, adding it to the list!
Do you have a link to the IKEA shoe bench? Looks great! 😀
Here you are!! www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/70152702/
Can you do a video on how you made your cute labels with the pictures?
Do you have a video or suggestions on what I can do with all the mail that comes in? It gets dropped onto the table or the counter and I am the only one who goes through it all. I don’t know that it will work well with just some “mail slots”. I have a drawer under or tv that I use for paying bills. Just didn’t know if there was any better spot. We don’t have a desk or office.😕
Do you know the specific name of your ikea bench? I have been searching for something like this!
So when you take the stuff out of the closet that doesn't belong there.... where do you put them. I feel like it all gets stuffed somewhere else that then needs to be organized.... which moves stuff around the house in a big circle?
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Where did u purchase the stickers for the white bins??? I recognized the grey and white circle but how abt the stickers?
I actually cut circles out of contact paper from the Dollar Tree (that is the white and grey background) and then used a sharpie to draw symbols. My preference is always to print labels using Avery round labels and their online design tool, but my printer wasn't working that day :(
Your entryway is like 10 times the size of mine.
Yeah, small entryways are TOUGH, especially living in a climate with winters