Make your own Command Center!

Have you heard of the new concept of “Command Centers”?  Well, I reckon it’s a new thing?  Whoa, I just said reckon, but I’m not ashamed.

Basically, if you are short on space, or you don’t have a designated area for an office, you can take something as small as a corner or a wall and turn it into a COMMAAAAAAAAND CENTER!  (I imagine some crazy loud man with an echo saying that)

That is exactly what I did in the corner of my dining room.

You can put whatever you want in your center.  It is the area in your home where you typically take care of your bills, schedules for your family, organize dinner menus (etc.)  There aren’t really any set rules because let’s be honest, everyone’s home runs differently than the next home.

What I did, was take 4 plain, wooden clipboards that I picked up from Office Max for $2.99 each, only to be horrified later when I realized I could have gotten them from The Dollar Tree for…… you guessed it!

However, the ones there were not exactly the same.  They didn’t have the circle at the top that made it easy to hang on a single nail and would have been difficult to hang as a result.  Some of the things I put on my boards that help me were a blank grocery list that I grouped into areas of the store so that I wasn’t playing ping pong back and forth throughout the store while I was there.

Then I did our weekly menu for meals, my monthly calendar, and a great household planner I found at the The Confident Mom to help organize MY LIFE!  LOL!

All of the templates other than the one I created for the grocery store, I found online by searching “free calendar printables” or “free menu printables”.  I don’t have the links to the ones I used, but….

Here are some great examples of other Free Printables:

Shining Mom   (Free Printable Monthly Calendar)

The Suburban Mom    (Free Printable Monthly Calendar)

Sweet Bella Roos   (Free Menu Planner)

Posh Ideas  (Free Menu Planner)

Next to the clip boards, I have one of my bulletin boards that I keep fun things on, important reminders, appt. cards and so on.  I love showcasing some of the sweet artwork the kids bring home from school too!

I also have an area for my files with important things I need and a basket that I labeled for mail overflow.

Overall, I love this little nook and what we turned it into.  I forgot to mention that most of the things I used, were things I already had.  That is the best part about one of these command centers.  Try your best to use items that you already have.  I already had the desk (Target), chair(Old Time Pottery), bulletin board (Homegoods), baskets (Goodwill finds), and file folders (Office Max).

I bought the clipboards and slipcover for the chair.  Again, the clipboards were $2.99/ea. and the slipcover was bought from Pier 1 for $39.95.

If you have the time and want to organize your Family day to day life…… or simply your own life, seriously consider a Command Center!

I promise you won’t be disappointed!

Happy Decorating!

XOXO,

Esther