Best Place to Put Your “Paper Management Center”
February 10th, 2007 (Cleaning)
Even though the kitchen is for cooking and eating, it also becomes the heart of home management. Most homes have a phone in the kitchen. If it is the launching center from home to school and work, make things easier by creating a mini-desk to be the center of operations.
If no other space is available, clear off a cupboard shelf and organize it for the basic necessities - scissors, pencils, tape, glue, note paper, and stapler. I found I needed a marker for putting names on lunch sacks. I put up a row of hooks on which to hang the scissors and tape.
A drawer caddy, the kind you find in hardware departments, was just right for the little things like thumb tacks, chalk, paper clips, correction fluid, and erasers. I made room on the shelf for the family phone directory and the city phone books. I tacked up the school lunch menus and emergency phone numbers. Also, this is a great spot if you have wall space for a bulletin board.
Some people do not write letters because it is so hard to find everything. If you do not have another center for letter writing, keep a simple supply of stamps, notes, stationery and envelopes in the kitchen.