In my line of work, one of the most common reasons I see houses get so disorganized is because the owners have a great system for getting stuff into the house (shopping, gifts, freebies) and no system for getting stuff out of the house. If you keep adding to the contents of your home without ever removing [...]
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Don’t start organizing without making a plan for your space first. Take the time to sit down and write out a list of all the functions the room has to serve. Otherwise, how will you know what should stay or go? Don’t expect to get your entire room organized in a day. Can you say [...]
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Today’s topic is neither sexy nor glamorous (but you know that the rest of organizing is!), yet it is something that I think most of us struggle with in our homes: our tangled mess of wires and cords hanging behind our appliances. How best to organize them? Here is a round-up of some great ideas [...]
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Cute craft project that kids can make to organize their desk at home. Simply cover old cans in colorful scrapbook paper and glue together into a pyramid (I’d use super glue or Gorilla Glue for this). Then kids can have fun putting their pencils, markers, scissors and more in each one. I love ideas that [...]
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Question: I would love to get organized, but when I look at the piles of stuff in my house (and there’s piles in every room), I don’t have the slightest idea where to begin. I’m so completely overwhelmed! So I end up not even trying to get organized. Can you offer me some advice so [...]
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Pegboard is pretty easy to come by — we found ours for free along the side of the road last summer! It’s relatively simply to install, yet it makes a world of difference in rooms that hold lots of tiny things such as craft rooms, garages and pantries. Any Home Depot or other builder’s supply [...]
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In honor of Valentine’s Day, I wanted to write about love and organizing. I love all of my wonderful, hardworking clients, but because they all sign confidentiality agreements prior to our sessions, I cannot tell you delightful stories about why I love them (but know that I do, dear clients!) So instead, I want to [...]
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I’m drooling over this chalkboard wall calendar from MarthaStewart.com. It’s a 6-week calendar painted on a blank wall in a home office with chalkboard paint. Family members write their appointments on the wall with chalk. When 6 weeks is up, the wall gets wiped clean and new dates and appointments are written in. I’m in [...]
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Yes, people, THAT is how you file! Divide your files into six categories (eg. finances, health, home, personal, education, kids), assign each category a color and keep those colors lumped together in the drawer so you can instantly find what you are looking for. You will feel so proud of yourself every time you open [...]
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On Friday, I wrote about tasks you can do in less than a minute to make your living room, kitchen and bedroom look more organized. Of course, these tasks will not get your room completely organized. But sometimes you just don’t have 6 hours available to sort through an entire room, and you just want [...]
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