Question: I have been married for 5 years and my dress is still hanging in its bag in our closet. I never had it dry cleaned (GAH… and big sigh!). I, of course, love the dress, due to its meaning, but I wouldn’t say that I am overly attached to it. I would, however, say […]
So you want to hire a professional organizer to fix your spouse’s messy habits?
The organizing consultations I dread the most are the ones in which one spouse tries to hire me to fix the other spouse’s disorganization problem. I am expected to tell the other spouse to “clean up his mess” and “get rid” of this or that. This happens more often than you might think, and it […]
People who use labelmakers: Uptight shrews or domestic harmony geniuses?
? Yes, you can take labeling too far. ?Do you cringe seeing labels on bins and shelves in other people’s homes? Do you instantly assume that homeowner is uptight, rigid and perfectionistic? Does it fill you with the urge to switch things around from their labeled compartments, just to see how tightly wound that homeowner really is? […]
Make sure your resolution to get organized sticks by avoiding these 4 traps!
Is one of your New Year’s resolutions to get organized this year? That’s great that you are ready to take back your space! Unfortunately, we all know how hard it is to stick to New Year’s resolutions. Sometimes, people find that their resolution to get organized fails. Here are four reasons why they may not […]