My name is Casey. I geek out about organizing. I am addicted to aesthetics, small space storage solutions, DIY projects, and all things aqua. I make up silly songs all day long (kinda like that scene from Elf), and I can’t have a conversation if it doesn’t involve funny movie quotes. I don’t know how to put this, but I’m kind of a big deal. (Ok, not really, but I DO own many leather-bound books…;)
I used to be a total mess. Once I started letting go of the idea of “perfect,” I found freedom. I stopped trying to fit the mold & learned how to make organization work with my natural habits, and I have become obsessed with creative organizing solutions ever since!
I live in a sweet, tiny little house with my hubby Leif and two fabulous rescue dogs. Between our busy schedules, short attention spans, 5 million hobbies & running two businesses from home full time (as well as his full time job as a college instructor!), we have had to do a LOT of thinking outside of the box when it comes to storage & organization. I hope you enjoy all of our adventures — welcome to the blog!
About the logo:
Okay, without going all Zen-master on you, I wanted to quickly explain our yin yang logo. Life is all about balance, right? I have found that it’s easier to stay organized when things are pretty, but I don’t want to give up on enjoying life to tweak and perfect every little detail. Organizing should simplify life, not complicate it! I do what I can to add beauty to my organizing systems because they make me happy, but I also try to stop when I know things are good enough. With every new system or project, it is my goal to make it easier to be organized than disorganized. So, the yin yang represents the many things we balance each day: utility and beauty, overcoming challenges, and, y’know, keeping our stuff together!
So glad I found your awesome blog. Perfect!
good post, added you to my RSS reader.
Thanks!
I’m new to this organizing stuff but realize how important it is to keep things running smoothly at home. I too have a short attention span, which is why I was drawn to your blog.
Can I make a suggestion?? Any ideas on organizing media? Like, CDs, DVDs, Redbox discs, etc.?? Also, I’d like to tackle organizing the files on my computer, like photos. UGH. I don’t know where to start. If you have easy, practical solutions, please tell!
Great ideas! I am actually working on a blog post about how we organize our DVDs & media cabinet right now, and I can definitely start writing some stuff about organizing photos & computer files — that was a struggle for me, too! Thanks so much for your suggestions!
Here’s the blog post about DVD organizing solutions! I also posted about how I organize cables in my tv cabinet.
Your anchorman reference won me over! I feel like I wrote that first paragraph myself, except I prefer lime green!
I can’t wait to start reading your past posts! Glad you’ve been added to the IHeartOrganizing team, that’s how I found your blog!
Haha, thanks so much!! Lime green is awesome — it’s actually the company color for our other business. My desk chair is even lime green!
hi! I just found you through iheartorganizing! I love what you are doing and see that you keep referencing your small home–do you have a home tour? I’d love to check it out!
Thanks so much! I don’t have a house tour up yet, but it is definitely in the works! Our house is a 1 1/2 story cape cod, 2BR 1 BA, about 576 square feet. The downstairs layout is pretty much one big room (minus the stair wall in our entryway), with a small laundry & bathroom off the back. The bedrooms upstairs have slanted ceilings (so it’s regular height for like 1 ft. in the middle and then they angle down to a knee wall that’s about 2 ft high — part of why our liveable square footage is so small). I love our little house, but it can be tricky trying to find storage that fits within all of the quirky little dimensions! Living here has definitely helped us to become more creative when planning for organizing & storage solutions — I guess you could say it’s my muse for this blog!
Oh my gosh, you sound like my twin, I am always at it with the silly songs and it drives my boyfriend nuts! (Too bad we live together and I never run out of material, lol
) I was also (and kinda still am) a total mess. I love that we have so many things in common. Your blog was already just darling but now I love it even more!
Aww, thank you so much, Sam!! Haha, my poor dogs get the brunt of the made-up singing. I am definitely still a work in progress, but I’m finding new solutions every day!
that’s too funny, i sing to my cat! our poor pets, lol
so glad to have found your blog!