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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This will literally save your sanity. Get a compartamentalized basket and put it by the front door. Write each family member’s name on a label (here, I diverge from the photo where they have labeled the object instead of the person) and assign everyone their own compartment with the instruction that they drop those essentials [...]
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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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Why do some people choose to organize their books by color? I literally cannot think of a more inefficient way to organize books. Oh wait, yes I can. You could organize the books backwards on the shelves. Quick! Find your copy of Moby Dick in less than 2 minutes!: Completely covering the book in kraft [...]
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Let’s face it: Some aspects of getting your home organized can take hours, if not days. Sorting through all of your belongings in your basement or garage might take an entire weekend. Wouldn’t it be nice if there were some things you could do NOW to make your home look more organized? There are some [...]
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The Economist reports that the popular BILLY bookcase from Ikea is getting an overhaul next month. It is being redesigned with deeper shelves, which the Economist believes are meant for holding knick-knacks rather than books. The magazine indicates this is because Ikea forecasts that people will need less space to hold books, because thanks to E-Book readers, [...]
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If you live in a tiny house, you might do all of your living in your living room, because you don’t have a den, family room, theater room, home office or playroom. And if you have small children underfoot, you might know already that they don’t want to play with their toys in a designated playroom [...]
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Sometimes too much clutter is not the problem behind your home’s organization problem. Sometimes it is just a matter of knowing where to store your belongings so you can find them when you need them. Here’s what you need to do to store your stuff in the most efficient, effective way possible: 1. Decide how you want your [...]
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Some people (I’m talking to you, Martha Stewart!) go overboard when it comes to organizing. That is, they waste time organizing things that don’t have to be perfectly compartamentalized, sorted and arranged. Here are five organizing tasks you can ignore: 1. Putting all of the non-perishable food in the pantry into their own separate glass containers. [...]
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