A command center is a great way to get and stay organized. It’s a place where the entire family can share information on schedules, meal plans, important papers, and more. Many times command centers are set up in a kitchen, mudroom or near the door that your family uses the most. Having your command center in a high traffic area is a good idea because that is where book bags are dropped off, keys are kept and a place that family members can quickly and easily see the information on their way out the door.

Setting up a command center to get organized is a great first step that can make a huge impact for you and your family! If you are trying to live a more organized life, a command center is a vital first step!

What Can I Use To Create My Command Center?

This unit is a great start for your command center! There are plenty of places to give your papers a well organized place ensuring you won’t lose anything or forget something! You can divide them up how you wish, but some ideas include:

• Incoming mail
• Outgoing mail
• Each person can have their own ‘mailbox’
• Bills
• Papers that need filing
• Printed recipes that you plan on using this week

The center chalkboard is perfect for writing notes to your family or things like grocery lists!

Every command center needs a calendar! Or two! 🙂 There are chalkboard calendars or white boards – whichever your preference! I personally like to have two calendars: one for my family and one for planning out our dinners. One way to help keep your calendar organized is to assign each member of the family a color when writing in their activities.

Baskets are essential for keeping things organized! These are great for things like library books that need to go back.

These shelves are perfect for not only being a shelf for a bulletin board, adding cups to hold your markers, or just for decorating to make your own. The cubbies inside are perfect for adding baskets to hold things like baseball mitts, scarves or mittens and the hooks will keep coats and leashes ready to go.

Command Center Inspiration

Need some inspiration for setting your command center up? Here are some great setups from some awesome bloggers!

This is from Pottery Barn. While it’s beautiful, it’s also way out of my price range! Luckily, Amazon has more affordable pieces that you can recreate this with!

You don’t need a huge wall to create your command center. Get the details on this kitchen command center here!

This command center is great for giving each person their own space.

This command center is from Pottery Barn as well. Isn’t it gorgeous?

Hobby Lobby created this gorgeous and comforting command center to organize your home.

I love the chalkboard wall that this family utilizes in their command center design.

Your command centers don’t have to be huge or extravagant. They just have to fit your family and your family’s needs. This is a great command center that is in a small space but keeps everyone on track.

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