Despite popular opinion, life as a stay-at-home mom is not all lunches with the ladies and eating bon bons on the couch while catching up on our “soaps”. (I think the last time I watched a soap opera was in high school!)
No, there is REAL work to be done as a mom, wife and homemaker.
Yes, the real “dirty” work is necessary, so we have put together a resource to help make things a little easier, more stream-lined and possibly even better organized so you can have more time to spend doing the fun work of being a stay-at-home mom.
(Although it is pretty fun when the bathroom is clean…for all of the 5 minutes that it lasts!)
The work that we have to do each day can feel monotonous or tedious. (How many crumbs do we sweep up, dishes do we wash, diapers do we change, bathrooms do we tidy up?!)
Here are homemaking tips that we SAHM bloggers use and have included as part of A Complete Guide for Stay-at-Home Moms.
We have a couple of bloggers who have shared many cleaning and organization tips. I want to feature them and their articles and then you can scroll down to view even more homemaking tips from other SAHM bloggers organized by category.
Collection of Homemaking Tips
First, Jennifer at Organized Home, Organized School has cleaning tips and organization tips (even for those who may not be naturally organized). She has 9 helpful tips here for stay-at-home moms.
How To Get Organized When You Are Not An Organized Person
5 Areas in Our Home We Forget to {Spring} Clean
All Natural Garbage Disposal Cleaner and Deodorizer
Simple Ways To Make Doing Laundry More Enjoyable
Kitchen Organization: Creating A Spice Drawer
How to Clean a Microwave Without Harsh Chemicals
Fun and Easy Kid Toothbrush Storage
How to Fold Fitted Sheets (By Yourself)
Next, Katelyn of What’s Up Fagan’s is a homemaking maven! Really, she has so many helpful tips and organization hacks for you. Here are 16 resources from her blog from laundry tips to cleaning copper pots, to organizing in a small space. Amazing!
Tips for Doing Laundry, Faster, and Cheaper
Household Chore List Printable
Dishwasher Clean/Dirty Sign Printable
Small Apartment Organization Ideas
The Best Places to Sell or Donate Old ClothesSmall Space Living: Apartment Organization and Storage SolutionsHow to Get Your Home Company Ready in 40 Minutes
After Dinner Cleanup: 7 Things to do Before You go to Bed
How to Stop Drowning in Laundry: Use the Simple 3 Day Solution
How to Remove Pee Stains from a Mattress
How to Buy and Care for a Mattress
50+ Spring Cleaning Tips and Tricks to Deep Clean Every Room in Your House
How to Remove Crayon Marks from the Wall
How to use Bar Keepers Friend on a Stainless Steel Pizza Pan
We are not done yet! Is this not an amazing homemaking resource?
Over 20 more tips and hacks are in this go-to Guide for Stay-at-Home Moms from 13 more bloggers. These are organized by category so you can have an easy reference for caring for your home.
GENERAL HOMEMAKING
Hope for Homemakers Series – Simple. Home. Blessings.
The Key to Creating a Successful Stay-at-Home Mom Schedule – Katelyn Fagan @ The Military Wife and Mom blog
Why A Stay-at-Home Mom Schedule Matters – The Military Wife and Mom
Clever Food Storage for Your Fridge – Mama Smiles
Reclaiming Our Joy – The Brown Tribe
Tips for stress-free Holidays with kids – Sand In My Toes
Quick Tip for Moms: Make a Done List – The Stay-at-Home-Mom Survival Guide
GET ORGANIZED
Kitchen Command Center – The Life of Jennifer Dawn
Snack Organization Station – The Stay-at-Home-Mom Survival Guide
Meal Plans: 7 Day Dinner Plans with Lists and Links – Get In My Kitchen
Storage Solutions for Kids Art and Projects – The Stay-at-Home-Mom Survival Guide
Organizing Tips for a Tiny Kitchen – Mama’s Happy Hive
Organization Tips – Imperfect Homemaker
Help Kids Keep the Bookshelf Organized – The Stay-at-Home-Mom Survival Guide
135 Free Printables for Your Home and Family – A Virtuous Woman
For the Mom Who is Overwhelmed: Scheduling Tips with Printable Schedule – Family, Home, and Health
Easy Organization (Laundry & Toys) – The Stay-at-Home-Mom Survival Guide
CLEANING / DE-CLUTTERING
Creating a Smarter Cleaning Schedule – Just Another Mom
Clutter Free Journey – Simple. Home. Blessings.
Five tips for reducing toy clutter – Sand In My Toes
1 Simple Tip to Reduce the Chaotic Clutter – The Stay-at-Home-Mom Survival Guide
7 Steps to Decluttering – Just Another Mom
6 DIY Spring Cleaning Tips – Mama’s Happy Hive
Clean the Bathroom in 5 Minutes – The Stay-at-Home-Mom Survival Guide
This post is linked up at Titus 2sDays
Enjoy your time at home!
I have been reading some of these books, and now I look back at my bookshelf, which makes me want to read it again.
Of course there is REAL WORK to be done. We the house moms need to really fight for everyone else to see and acknowledge the things we provide!
Thank you for the great collection of links! Cleaning is definitely something that we don’t like at all, but if we neglect it for more than a couple days, we just don’t feel like at home anymore… Anyone else having that?
So true!
When you are a stay at home mom your work is to keep the house clean and tidy and to make sure that all the housework is done. It is great that some women have the opportunity to be stay at home moms. It definitely isn’t easy to do all the cleaning everyday but the great thing is that you can spend enough time with your kids! My sister is a stay at home mom and she definitely will appreciate the guide. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Cleaning is definitely part of our work as SAHMs, I find that I do much more in a day than just cleaning. I am so glad that your sister can use the Complete Guide! Thanks so much for stopping by!