The Basics of Mom’s Home Office

A mother’s office can be her sanctuary. In a chaotic home filled with toys, missing socks and school papers strewn about, having a place that she can always count on to be organized and clean becomes a must. If you are looking to create a spot like this in your home or if you are looking for tips on your already existing home office, you have come to the right place. Here is a list of must have organizational tools that all mommy room or sanctuary needs:

1. Label Maker. Having a trusty label maker is a must have. It helps keep everything looking neat and uniform. This tool is great to have on hand so that you can label everything that needs a particular spot. When everything has a spot and is labeled appropriately, it makes it easier to find while eliminating clutter.

2. A Notebook will allow you to keep track of everything from recipes, appointments, and those endless to-do lists.
3. File Cabinet. Having a place to file papers is a need in a Mom’s home office in helping keep things organized. There will always be relevant documents that you will need to keep on hand, and it is nice when it is organized so you can quickly find it when you need it. When you have children in school, the paper clutter can especially get out of control. Having a separate file per kid for each year is an excellent way to keep things organized and well preserved. You can choose which papers and works of art you want to save and which ones can get tossed. A file cabinet will help you to keep relevant receipts, bills, and other important papers in one easy to find and organize the area.

4. A good stapler is a perfect helper for massive projects such as stapling reports as well as organizing receipts or doing other office activities.
5. Large Wall Calendar. Having a big wall calendar can be very useful. It is nice to have significant dates for that month easy to see and completely visible so that you don’t forget any important dates. One of the best products on there on the market is a vinyl chalkboard calendar that you can put on the wall but is just as easy to remove. You can write down all the events scheduled, and you have a larger space to write. Having a larger area will allow you the ability to write down every event, school activity or sports game, so you don’t forget.
6. Office binder is something you want to have more than one of for recipes, archiving, and organizing. Any structure can use a quality binder for an excellent support.
7. Magnetic Board. Whether you need a place to put quickly ideas or just need a central place to hang important papers or write notes on, having a magnetic board is a great tool to have in your office. It gives a centralized spot to hang important papers, post notes, ideas or pictures without it becoming a large clutter mountain on your desk. Having this magnetic board right on the wall will make it visual so that you can’t accidently ignore important items you don’t want to forget.