Make A Household Notebook: Ideas & Printables
Keep Your Home Running Smoothly With A Household Notebook
With a binder or planner, some paper and a printer–you’ve got all you need to setup a complete household management hot spot: your Household Organizer (aka Household Notebook, Journal, or Planner).
These are a great tool to keep your household chores, To Do lists, activities and notes organized. You may also find they help motivate you to keep things moving on a daily basis.
Visit the links below for examples and instructions for a few different systems and inspiration galore. You’ll also find some free printables & tools to use listed at the bottom, make them as pretty or simple as you like!
Household Organizer Ideas & Inspiration
- Building Your Own Control Journal
- By Sunlight & Candlelight – My Homekeeping Notebook
- Household Notebook: Make Your Own Planner for an Organized Home
- Put Your Life in a Binder!
- Such Treasures: Our Household Notebook
Free Printables & Home Management Tools
- Household Notebooks Made Beautiful
- Full-sized Household Planner Printables (see menu links across the top, more printables offered)
- Printable Household Planner Pages
- Home Management Printables
- Ideal Week Planning Sheet (Excel Spreadsheet Download)
You’ll also want to check out this system for keeping your household paperwork in check: Home Management Tip: Household Inbox System and this simple method for managing your household budget: Simple Budget Organization Method That Works.
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First Published: September 1, 2007
Filed: Organizing, Popular Tips
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I moved the helpful tip that was posted in here by Suzanne to the Random Household Tips From Tipnut Readers area, thanks Suzanne!
I’m sorry, but after 1 year of therapy, the very first test was to quit making notes, schedules and making my bed as soon as I got up. did it stick, nah! Carry on.
Hey – Thanks for adding our Home Management Downloads – glad they are helpful!
I need this! Thanks for all the printable links
i love printables & would like to see more useful ones !
This is some good stuff.
Lately, I’ve been dismayed at how unintelligent I feel for the fact I simply cannot even begin to plan out some sort of organizational system for my household. I begin on a good note, but then I quickly become frustrated at the sheer size of the endeavour and the momentum is gone before it can even get going. Its a huge mental block and I hate it – because I can never stop thinking about how messy my life is. Yikes. Hopefully some of these tips take…
Using a household notebook can get you on, and then keep you on a schedule. This can include a daily cleaning schedule, weekly cleaning schedule, and a more periodic maintenance and cleaning schedule for your home. It also can get the whole family involved, because everyone can see what needs to be done, and can pitch in and help. I love using my household notebook!
Thanks for the link to my site!