Organizing Thursday: Trones Shoe/Storage Cabinet
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Our tiny front hall is populated by dozens of shoes.
Here’s a small-space solution — this shallow cabinet from Ikea will fit just about anywhere. Store shoes and other necessities right by your door — there’s even a recessed top where you can put things like your phone and sunglasses. Buy a few sets to stack or mount side-by-side for even more storage space.
The Trones shoe/storage cabinet is $39.99 for a set of two. It also comes in black.
Sales of note for 1/16:
(See all of the latest workwear sales at Corporette!)
- Nordstrom – Cashmere on sale; AllSaints, Free People, Nike, Tory Burch, and Vince up to 60%; beauty deals up to 25% off
- AllSaints – now up to 60% off (some of the best leather jackets!)
- Ann Taylor – Up to 40% off your full-price purchase; extra 50% off sale
- Banana Republic Factory – 50% off everything + extra 20% off
- Boden – 15% off new styles with code — readers love this blazer, these dresses, and their double-layer line of tees
- DeMellier – Sale now on, free shipping and returns — includes select options like Montreal, Vancouver, and Venice
- Eloquii – $29 and up select styles; extra 50% off all clearance, plus ELOQUII X kate spade new york collab just dropped
- Everlane – Sale of the year, up to 70% off — reader favorites include their scoop tee, Dream Pant, ReNew Transit backpack, silk blouses and oversized blazers! New markdowns just added
- Hannah Andersson – Up to 30% off all pajamas;
- J.Crew – Up to 40% off select styles; up to 50% off cashmere
- J.Crew Factory – 40-70% off everything
- L.K. Bennett – Archive sale, almost everything 70% off
- M.M.LaFleur – Tag sale for a limited time — jardigans and dresses $200, pants $150, tops $95, T-shirts $50
- Spanx – Lots of workwear on sale, some up to 70% off
- Talbots – Semi-Annual Red Door Sale – 50% off + extra 20% off, sale on sale, plus free shipping on $150+
Ugh we got Covid and now can’t visit my dad this weekend and he’s having heart surgery. Ugh.
just confirming that for a Kindergartener, the LL Bean regular size backpack is the way to go as opposed to deluxe or junior?
This seems so silly but I can’t decide what’s polite. My twins got invited to a birthday party. Do they each need to bring a gift or is a joint gift ok? The twins are two, birthday girl is turning two, fwiw.
Do you discuss report cards with your early elementary children? Ours doesn’t have grades exactly, but advanced/proficient/not yet developed in like 35 different areas on the rubric (each subject broken into different skills), plus commentary. Ours seems to know that he got one, but I’m thinking the commentary will make him self conscious and I’m not sure I want him to be talking about being “advanced.” (And we are already working on areas for development, like being able to take space and calm down at recess, so thinking that may make him self conscious too.). On the other hand I definitely saw my report cards as soon as I started getting them (3rd grade), although they had way less info.
For those of you have your kids in some kind of weekend or evening religious education like Sunday school, do you view this as less optional than other activities? Generally our approach to activities with our 5 year old is that she doesn’t have to sign up for anything she doesn’t want to and if she asks to sign up for something she needs to finish the session we paid for (barring extreme circumstances) but after that she can quit. We did Sunday school for the first time this year and my kid doesn’t hate it, but she says it’s really boring and she’d rather stay home and play. I don’t think there’s anything objectively bad about it, they have a very fun curriculum filled with music, crafts and reading, she’s just a kid who will always choose free play (pretend play or running around outdoors) to structured activities. Every week it’s a big struggle to get her out of the house to go, although she does fine once she’s there. She’s in ~40 hour per week daycare, so this isn’t necessary for socialization or to teach her how to function in a school-like environment. DH thinks we should let her quit at the end of this school year, per our regular activity policy. But I view this differently than regular activities and think it’s worth continuing even if she doesn’t love it. We’re a minority religion (Jewish) and I think the connection to the local Jewish community is important in our very Christian area (small town in red state) and I want her to learn about her heritage. I know there’s no “right” answer here and ultimately DH and I have to resolve this between ourselves but I’m curious if anyone has been in this situation and how you handled it.
I’m the one who posted a week or so ago about wanting to do a big trip with kiddos (both four). So a friend suggested….Barcelona! And now we are booked and we have a 24 hour layover in Iceland! Would love suggestions for both places, we have an Airbnb in Barcelona that’s a ten minute walk to the beach and a short metro into town, and will be staying there the whole time. And love suggestions on the jet lag!
In the grand scheme of problems, I know this is a small one, but I need to vent: I learned last night that my washing machine door latch is broken. I went to start on my great laundry mountain so that clothes will be clean to pack for a trip this weekend aaaand… can’t use the washer. We ordered the replacement part and it will be here early next week, but guess who now gets to spend her day off tomorrow at the laundromat. *sigh* thank goodness none of my kids wet the bed last night.
Any recs for a good toddler play table? There are some that are 200+ but I am wondering if the ikea one for 60 is just fine too
3 is hard. Twin 3 year olds are trying to kill me, especially because they are developing at different paces right now. I think that’s awesome, but what it means in reality is that I feel like I have been living with a very extra, extra 3 year old for a very long time. Please tell me it gets better soon? They are 3.5, I would say that they are 75% of the way potty trained (she is completely, he except for #2), they can “kind of” get dressed on their own, and I can get through a full meal in a restaurant about a quarter of the time without having to bail. Please by my crystal ball, and tell me what life looks like in six months.
Gah, we have an unexpected snow day. Cue the guilt about not being fully present for my kids, or for my work. Luckily I don’t have anything super pressing. Any time this comes up, I swear I have flashbacks to the spring of 2020 and trying to do the impossible.
There has been some discussion on the board lately about the utility of having a kiddo go through a full eval for ADHD/ASD/other issues when the child seems to be doing ok in school. I wanted to report back because I just went through this process with my 9yo daughter. She is a kid who adores school and does very well, but we have been struggling with some behaviors at home. I knew something was going on in the realm of autism/ADHD but I wasn’t exactly sure where the challenges were. I received the full report and walk through last week. It was so helpful and insightful. I feel like I can pinpoint the challenges and change my parenting to specifically address her challenges. I am on the fence about pursuing therapy v. OT for her challenges. I plan on getting a 504 in place. While her challenges are not impacting her school now (4th grade), I can see this changing as she approached middle school.
I have installed this cabinet in four houses through our military moves. It’s been indispensable. My sister has a teeny house and even installed one on the end run of her kitchen cabinets for canned goods and in her bathroom on the small vanity next to the toilet for supplies. She also has one set in her entrance way. It’s extremely low profile, versatile, and useful.