Command Center ideas and inspiration. Get your family and your life organized with a central home station to keep all the important stuff and things you use daily.
January has got me all motivated to get our life organized so we can spend more time doing fun stuff and less time doing the not so fun. Like cleaning and moving clutter piles from one spot to another, and hunting down all the things we need in our daily lives that somehow seem to disappear. Operation GET ORGANIZED is officially under way around here people, starting with a command center.
Mom Organizer
Currently, our command center is the kitchen table. Which means that most days we can’t actually use the kitchen table for eating because it’s piled high with everything from preschool art, my half-finished crafts, random mail, winter clothing articles, Christmas gifts we still need to give….. It’s crazy! And it’s driving me freaking crazy!
So I’ve decided to make tackling the kitchen table monster and turning a corner of our space into a command center. Once again I will express my never-ending, unwaivering love and gratitude for Pinterest because it is the holy grail of ideas for all things. Especially organizing! Trust me! Just type in the word organize and before you get to the z you’ll start to feel like your life needs a complete overhaul and you’re just a notch above being a guest star on an episode of Hoarders.
Don’t give up! Don’t stress! You are not a hot mess mama just because your pantry is not perfectly labeled with pretty chalkboard tags and your refrigerator isn’t organized and color coded by nutritional value. Just remember, Pinterest is there to give you ideas and inspiration, just like the Victoria’s Secret catalog and the pages of magazines. Those pretty, perfect Pinterest pictures aren’t real. Noone’s house really looks like that, and if they say it does then please invite me over because I want to see what skeletons are hiding in your closet (along with a nanny/housekeeper and personal assistant.)
Get Organized
Back to the task at hand! Let’s tackle this shizzle together. Let’s start the new year off with clear counters and table space and the feeling that we’ve got it all under control. So how do you create a family command station that will keep everyone organized? Here’s what I’ve gathered from the experts:
- Designate an Area. Choose a space where everyone tends to corral: a kitchen corner, the entryway closet or a mudroom space. Find a spot that has shelves or enough space to install some.
- Decide on what items truly need to be in this space and make a list. Do you drop your bills off in this spot, library books to return, school papers, reminders for your calender.
- Baskets, bins and boards. Choose how you want to organize your list of items. Larger items in bins, smaller items in baskets, hang a magnet or pinboard. Find containers for the large and small things and coordinate your pieces so your command center will look neat and tidy.
- Add decorative elements to keep you inspired. Hang a quote or a framed picture that makes you think serene thoughts.
- Use lists and calendars to keep your days and months clearly in view, as well as important reminders and daily tasks. The key to being organized is planning ahead. Print out daily/weekly/monthly planning sheets. Post a list of birthdays and important dates. Keep a menu board up to remind you what to grab at the grocery store. Use a cleaning schedule to help you stay on track of when it’s time to freshen up the place.
I designed these free printable planner pages to post up at my command station. Print a bunch, or better yet, laminate them and use again and again.
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Using lists and calendars really does help to keep you organized. I have to do more of that this year to stay on track.
I sure do like those cabinets. Thanks for the great ideas to get organized
This is a fantastic idea! We currently use my desk as the command center which means I have no where to actually work. I am going to get on this tomorrow! And thank you for the wonderful printables.
List and Calenders are really nice to use especially to someone like me who unintentionally forget things ( o think need to visit the doctor soon) I like putting the list in door of our fridge and mirror of my vanity drawer.
I love what you have posted on your refrigerator door and I really did my best to see what was written on the list and checking if you are doing your task regularly. It was a lot of fun and I wanna do my own list too.
Ooooh – love these printables! Very chic and will help, too! And I am all about making that “space” welcoming and functional. Great tips to keep organization on the forefront of goals this year!
I love this! I really need to have one because sometimes we all completely forget what in the world is going on.
This is such a cute daily planner I’ve ever seen! I’m really happy that you shred this neat ideas.
What a nice ideas! Organizing some things are really not so easy. I love your daily planner printable.
I pinned this. so many good ideas to help keep the family organized. Thank you.
This is such a wonderful idea! 1. I love printables lol, but 2. I am always needing lists whether its for keeping track of groceries we need to buy or chores for us Adults & the kids. I feel like the whole house stays on the same page and organized with something like this.
I love this printable!!! Organization is one thing is one thing I am focusing on this weekend, and the kids schooling.
I want and need to get the entire family organized. I got my stuff together but the others in the family, not so much!
I love bins and baskets to organize otherwise messy areas of the house. I love the printables, they’re so colorful and cute!
Belle | One Awesome Momma
I love the idea of a clean sheet for each week. WE have a glass menu board that I can wipe clean and plan out meals for the week!
This is such a great and cute idea for the family! I didn’t have anything like this growing up but I’m sure it would have helped all of us when I was younger.
This is a good idea but i’m not sure it will work for the whole family. xx
I love free printables, and I love the idea of having a command center! What a fantastic idea!
I do love this idea – I think my family would still automatically come to me to find out what they should be doing or where they should be! It’s an instant reaction to call me before doing anything for themselves!!
I love the tip about designating a specific place for things. I so often forget where i put important mail, you know like shopping coupons! 😉 I need to stick with that tip so I can be better organized!
Oh I love these ideas! My “command center” is currently 2 huge piles on my counter and it’s a horrible hot mess!
My command center is the only thing that keeps us mostly organzied.
I kind if have a command center. I really like keeping paper clutter at bay and everyone’s up to their rooms. I love that quote though. If you love what you have, you have everything you need. It’s a great quote to live by.
Love this idea. I cant get through my day without lists and reminders, so having something like this would be great. Free printables, are huge in my house right now too!
These are such great ideas! We always have so much going on so keeping schedules organized is so important in our household.
We have a family command center on a divider wall in our house that is awkward. It worked perfect and we love it!
This is great! I love feeling a little more organized with a command center. I need to update the one I have because it’s just not working. This one is great! Thanks for the printables too.
I love this idea – our coffee table is currently cluttered with all our ‘stuff’ and badly need organising. Thanks for the printables too – they’ll come in really handy!
I love the printable schedule! My kids and I are doing the same thing this year. We’re trying to get organized!
My family definitely needs organizing LOL. We are about to move into a bigger home so hopefully more space will bring more organization! Thanks for the tips.
What lovely printables!! I love the idea of laminating them to use over and over again!
These are so fabulous! It was also so nice of you to include the free printables. That’s so helpful.
I love this! I need to get more organized and have a designated command center.
Omg loving this!!! I hit a command center for Valentine’s Day last year. I know how romantic right?!?! But it’s what I wanted so I was happy lol
I use my discbound planner and love it! Really keeps me on track throughout the day. That and my google calendar!
What a great idea! I need such informational center in my apartment! Even though I don’t have kids it’s a great way to coordinate schedules with my boyfriend and remind him about things he constantly forgets ;))
These are some great tips. Thanks for sharing the printables!
Awesome organization ideas! I think this is really nice. It’s important to keep yourself and your family on track when it comes to the chores and managing the house.
Wow, love your command centre! Such a lovely idea to keep all the important things handy!!
this is so cool. one of my mine goals this year is to get organized.