Family Command Centre

I've always loved the idea of having a family command centre. I've tried a couple over the last few years but they've never really worked how I wanted them to. I have about 2654 pins on the subject which you can check out here and finally I've come up with one that I'm not only proud of, but I know it will work for our family!

I always like to start with a blank canvas & this area in our entry had been bare for a little while so it seemed like the perfect spot.

 

I gave the wall and skirting boards a good clean and started with the main feature being this hall table from

Kmart

 

I didn't buy anything new for this space other than the printables (coming up). I simply shopped in my own home & moved some pieces around. The cute green pad of notepaper was given to me by a friend for my birthday recently :)

Having a drawer here is handy for lots of little bits & pieces that you may need to grab on your way out the door or for leaving any messages. Here's what's inside mine....

Tissues, pens & highlighter, sticky notes, extra note paper, scissors, hand needles & safety pins- all the essentials covered ✔️

The next step was to print of some printables to keep track of our busy family schedules so I jumped on Etsy & picked these:

I Love Us  print from Eighteen25

Grocery List from Clean Life And Home

Weekly Family Planner from Miss Balance

Monthly Calendar from Darling Doodle

Cleaning Schedule from K Christianson Design

What's for Dinner printable from 

The Organised Housewife

And some final touches for the table...

 

Responsible for energy printable from 

Kind Over Matter

I took the tv remote storage caddy from the lounge room (the remotes never seem to be in there ever!) & it  holds our phones, pens & mail.

 

I'm head over heels in love with this space & can't wait to put it to work! 

Til next time,

Mel xx

Sausage Party Movie Review

On Sunday I took Ben off to see the Sausage Party movie with some friends. I'd seen the trailers and did not have high expectations. Rude & crude is not normally my thing and let's just say it's added a whole new meaning to the term 'Food Porn'.

I need to state here that this is NOT A KIDS MOVIE!!!! I was blushing within the first five minutes!

The movie is about a supermarket where the products come to life. They believe that when they are bought by humans and taken out of the store, they are treated like royalty & live happily ever after in some fancy kitchen. The reality of course, is somewhat different and one brave sausage, with the help of some foodie friends, sets out to save the day and his supermarket mates from having to face any frying pan or fancy cutlery set.

This all sounds pretty harmless right? But when you throw in story writers like Seth Rogan & Jonah Hill, it gets a little crazy!



Funnily enough, it wasn't the worst movie I've seen. In fact it's probably the best worst movie I've seen. How's that for a rating?!

If you love rude, crude over-the-top sexual humour then this movie is for you! I did get quite a few laughs and the story line was good enough that I didn't get bored.

Sadly though, I feel I may never be able to eat a hotdog again.

Til next time,

Mel xx