In a recent survey from the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals (NAPO), 44 percent of respondents reported that their messiest storage area (as opposed to living area) in the house is the garage. So nearly half of Americans have a messy garage! Don’t worry; with a little bit of time and these tips, […]
5 ways reSPACEd organizers make home organizing fun (or at least more tolerable!)
Let’s face it: a dusty, musty room heaped high with long-forgotten clutter is usually a bit of a kill-joy. It’s so much easier to just close the door and tell ourselves that we will “get to it later.” But if you find that “later” never seems to come, then it’s time to find ways to […]
Keep only those things you use FREQUENTLY or love FIERCELY
You know what is a gigantic waste of time and money? Organizing things you may never use or look at again. Examples include: Getting an expensive filing cabinet for documents you may never look at again Buying expensive shelving to hold box after box of memorabilia out in the garage Spending the time organizing hundreds […]
Overwhelmed by your memorabilia? 5 tips to make it easier to organize
When it comes to home organizing, nothing is harder to organize than memorabilia. (Memorabilia are objects we keep because they remind us of past events in our lives.) It’s not the sorting and categorizing of memorabilia that is so hard; it’s making decisions about what to keep or toss that makes it feel so overwhelming. […]