Are you ready for the New Year? The calendar says 2009 and that means it’s time once again for a new page and a new start. A fresh calendar on my bulletin board to add notes and schedules to. 
And a bulletin board in my office nook that was way too messy with cards, notes, and reminders, is now cleared off for a New Year’s beginning. I have a feeling this will happen again about a year from now. 🙂
So, let’s get inspired to organize, once again:
(All Photos: BHG online)
Wouldn’t it be nice for the new year to have everything in your home completely organized, everything in it’s place, and no clutter? I’d love that myself, even though it’s not completely true at my house either. I have my own organizational challenges that I talked about last year and constantly struggle to maintain an orderly existence. Most of the time, I do manage to keep the house orderly, but there are those areas that are a magnet for clutter. Namely, my office space, kitchen counters, and my vanity. Those are the areas where the mail and papers are dumped and that’s what I often have the most problem with. Paper clutter is my nemesis! And I’m famous for throwing things in a drawer to deal with later. So, in an effort to declutter my own home, I thought I’d share some beautiful organizational photos and hopefully you might get some great ideas to use in your own home as well. I think we all struggle with keeping things organized. 
I love this built-in little shelf. What a great look for display and storage. 
Crafter’s delight. Everything at your fingertips.
Do you have an open bookshelf that you don’t want the whole world to see? They used small tension rods with fabric here to hide the clutter. 
Home office clutter hides behind closet doors. Out of sight, out of mind. 
A clever and unique twist to an ordinary bookshelf. 
This is a great idea for hanging linens. A pull-out drawer fitted with dowel rods.
Behind a small cabinet door, a marker board comes in handy for writing the grocery list or a note.
Under the sink pull out caddies hold all those supplies. I have one of these pullout wire caddies for my kitchen garbage can and love it.
Wouldn’t you love to have this much book space? A whole wall of nothing but bookshelves. That would be heavenly.
Now, let’s go get organized. One small step at a time!
Don’t forget our Best Projects of 2008 party on Wednesday. Come get linked up!
I can be an organizing freak. My kids say they can’t imaging who will buy the 100s of plastic storage boxes at my final yard sale. I tell them to be careful – there will be some great stuff in them!!! Sally
Getting organized is a lifelong dream of mine and one I won’t let go of. Your pictures are truly inspiring.
Always enjoy your blog and the great things you have to share! 🙂
Donna
Ah, organization. Decluttering. A lofty dream. For me. The pictures are inspiring, but darn! I have more stuff to hide than that! LOL
We all seem to want to organize in January! I know I need to get started cleaning out around here.
Thanks for the post…love the ideas.
Diane
Hi Rhoda 🙂
What lovely photos you have here – that kitchen is beautiful! I can’t wait to see all your posts in 2009. Happy New Year!
Mission Organization has already started here, took several bags to Goodwill today and stopped at Walmart for some organizational caddies. It feels so good!!
Hugs,
LeAnn:)
Thanks for posting the pictures. One of them gave me a great idea for hiding some necessary 🙂 clutter in my “office” space.
Melanie@Bella~Mella
HI! Came here from Susan’s blog and now am putting yours in my favs so I can stay in touch. I love all these organizing ideas too. I have some of them, but I am with you in the 3 areas that are so hard to keep clutter free. I have a vanity table in my bedroom closet (hubby has his own closet, thank God:):) and that is always a mess. I organize it but then it gets messy again….AAAUUUGGGHHH!! So, a new year means a fresh start and a new attempt. We’ll see how successful I am:):) Pinky
Love your organizing pics. I can always use a little help in that department.
I am in an organizing frenzy myself right now. We are trying to get our OTW studio as organized and stylish as possible. Love this time of year… a renewal it seems:) Happy 2009!
Good Morning Rhoda!
I’m right with you girl – trying to recover from the holidays and wanting to clean, clean,and organize! My closets are my main problem..love these inspiration pictures and love the beautiful wreath that you made too!!!
xo,
Kim
Hi Rhoda! I am posting about organizing all month…the new year inspires that, doesn’t it? Hope you will come by for a visit…I’ll be joining your party tomorrow! See you then!
You have inspired me to get it more together. I think I can-I think I can.
Blessings-
I see you have a copyright notice for your blog. How did you manage to post BHG-online images? Just curious?
Anon, I see lots of other blogs using images from online magazines with a note of where they came from, so that is what I do too, note the source. I make sure it is noted that they came from Better Homes & Gardens.
Oh it’s definitely time for me to declutter and reorganize. *sigh*
That’s no fun though.
I am an extremely organized person, but I do have one problem area – my desk in my home office. It has been my goal to keep the clutter away more times than I can count. But, I never give up hope.
Actually I’m pretty organized right now as most of my belongsings are still packed up. I’m sure that will change as soon as I’m in a place of my own though. Gorgeous photos and ideas you’ve shared Rhoda. xoxo
First of all, I LOVE your bulletin board! It seriously puts my corkboard to shame. I also like a lot of these ideas for organizing, the tea towel storage in particular because I find I seem to have a collection of them. Unfortunately, as with a lot of ideas, I just don’t have the space for proper implementation. You know what this means, of course, I must MOVE! 😉
Hi Rhoda,
Great photos and ideas. I have cleaned off my desk and am keeping my fingers crossed that I won’t junk it up again. LOL It just seems to get a life of it’s own sometimes but it looks so nice when it’s cleaned. Happy New Year!