It’s time to celebrate the warmer weather and longer days that we know as Summer! My absofruit favorite time of year. With all the changes in schedules and events, the summer can become a bit much to navigate. Try these tips to stay organized and stress free this Summer: 1. Say Ahoy to Summer, and…
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Feeling overwhelmed by too much stuff? Start small with categories. Starting with categories can help you boil the project down into smaller parts and give you a better idea of where to start. Sort your items into categories such as clothes, toys or books. This is how Marie Kondo does it, she prescribes that you…
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Happy Friday the 13th! I’m not superstitious, in fact, I love this day but i know it is fraught with a fair amount if bad juju for some. You’ve probably got some stuff lying around that’s just been haunting you all year long. If you don’t have time to get rid of it this Friday…
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Got kids? Let’s face it, organizing your home can be hard especially when you have kids! Here are 6 ideas that may help your mother’s day, and everyday, go a little smoother. Visual Labels for Toy Bins Using images for your toy bins allows for more organization while giving kids a chance to take ownership…
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If a professional home organizer, like myself, showed up at your house right now (virtually or IRL) there’s a handful of things they’d immediately talk you into tossing. Here they are: Item #1: Flimsy Kitchen Utensils You know what I’m talking about. That cheap spatula from IKEA, the knife that bends every time you use…
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Dana K. White coined the container concept. I live by it. The concept is that your home, the room you’ve designated for a hobby, the box, the bin, or the drawer is the container for what you’ve decided to put in it and that container is the limit. That means that your home can only…
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Ready for some spring clearing? Yes, I say clearing instead of cleaning because I believe that when you declutter first, cleaning comes easier. So… clear to clean. Here’s what you can do to make it easier for yourself. ✅ Make a plan of what you’re going to do (costume closet, whole room, entire house?) and…
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Clear to clean. Decluttering is the first step in any organizing project. It is also the first step of Spring cleaning. Why? Because decluttering shows you what you have remaining and therefore what you have to organize. In the process of decluttering we open up the space (sometimes seeing the back of the cabinet or…
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Prefabricated February started in 2006 and I have ’performed’ it ever since – during even years. That’s why ai’m writing, tomorrow starts my 9th Prefabricated February! How does it work? I draw up my work week attire in advance then simply stick to my drawing. It’s amazing what pre-planning one’s attire can do! A simpler,…
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As an artist, I continually go back to a book titled, Art & Fear when I need inspiration and courage. As a professional home organizer, Outer Order, Inner Calm by Gretchen Rubin is the book I will continually go back to and refer to others. Here are the things I like about it: It’s concise…
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