Look at how nice and contained everything is!

Write your go-to dishes on sticky tabs and arrange them by type (pasta, veggies, protein, etc.). At the beginning of each week, you move the dishes you plan to prepare onto a calendar and then put together your shopping list.

Installing it right beside the fridge is ideal, so everyone (young and old) will remember to add things to the shopping list as they run out or expire.

If you don’t know what’s in there, you probably won’t use it—that’s just wasteful.

Add a few extra containers for plants (just because they’re pretty).

You wouldn’t want to mix up your dog’s medication with your daughter’s. Now you just need to remember to periodically weed out the expired stuff.

Maybe now your family will remember to take out the garbage. It’s worth a shot!

Whenever someone decides to clean, they just have to grab the box and they’re good to go.

Simply drill holes through the back to thread the charging cords through.

“Mommmmmmm, where’s my Leapfrog charger?” “Have you seen my kindle cord?”

Manuals, doctor’s notes, mortgage info…everything you may need to look at; everything you don’t want to risk losing.

For more tips, head on over to Clean Mama.

Younger kids = you’ll want to supply lots of crayons and markers. Older kids = they’ll probably need things like a calculator and protractor.

Just the necessities.

One for each of your children.

It’s easy to keep your sentimental snail mail under control without becoming a hoarder and you can learn how to at The Realistic Organizer.

Print out the free templates at The Chic Site and then add them to any 8×10 frames. Hang them in your entryway (so you’ll remember what you need to do after heading out the door).

This one (by The Caldwell Project) is particularly awesome. There’s a weekly menu, a calendar, a magnetic note board, slots for mail, coupons, and take-out menus, even places to leaver your cellphone!

Just add more (and more, and more) as you need to. Bonus: you can paint them to match the wall.

This way everyone’s shoes won’t build up into an overwhelming pile. It’s an instant entryway upgrade.

Another excellent entryway addition.

For the athletes of the household. The chalkboard calendar is a nice touch: just update it weekly with game times and locations.

Now you don’t have to figure out the best way to stack up dozens of boxes of varying dimensions…plus: you have room to buy more games!

This way you won’t end up with a muddled mess of figurines and toy trains.

Hang it in a closet (out of sight, out of mind) until you need to wrap something.

Even good ol’ mom and dad could probably use one of these. Empty them out on a daily (or—let’s be real—weekly) basis.

This will simplify the getting ready for school in the morning process: They just have to open the bag and pull on the right outfit. Easy peasy.

It also makes sorting laundry a whole lot easier.

As MJ at Modern Parents Messy Kids puts it, “As my oldest discovers sweaters with sleeves too short and my youngest finds hand-me-downs that still don’t fit, they can toss them in to one of the two bins.”

It’s a major time saver: you no longer need to sort through one big pile.

One drawer for whites, one for colors, one for delicates, etc.

Get the free template at Modern Parents Messy Kids.

Add some pegs and hang up EVERYTHING!

Sand toys, balls, water guns: everything you need to have a good time.