Are you a clean person? Really? Why not take a quiz and prove it? Take the Personality quiz: Are you a clean person on Quibblo.com. It did give me pause…catching me on the first question becaus...
Click to view slideshow. This fashionista was just dying to find a way to see her jewelry so she could make cute outfits… She’d tried her own ideas at organizing and sighed. She’d b...
Having tools that do the job efficiently is great. Having all the parts to the tools is even better. How frustrating to have a drill but don’t know where to find the bits or a blender without a...
The Trend Micro newsletter got my attention because it had something to do with clutter. When I organize a home or office, there always seems to be outdated equipment. I bet you’ve an old lapto...
First of all, who doesn’t need a few kitchen and bath ideas? Better Homes and Gardens rounds them up to feature in their special interest publication, Kitchen and Bath Ideas. I’m super ex...
Spring Cleaning? The title jumped out at me in my recent newsletter HabiChat from the Pensacola Habitat for Humanity. I was wondering how many spring cleaners realize that Habitat really needs their ...
Here’s my Mom- back in the day. I can darn well guess that it wasn’t Dad who organized that outting and packed the cooler. It’s Mother’s Day and that leads me to share a bit a...
Here’s the tool you need to get started on mucking out that car. You know you need to do it! Grab a basket and head on out to the car and gather up everything that shouldn’t be there. Thi...
You’re on vacation and instead of enjoying the beach, you are in the emergency room. Racking your brain, you remember you should have packed a list of your medications. This is just one scenari...
Even us organizers get sucked into collections. But, that’s okay. I tell folks that you keep what you love, what you use and what you need. My cookbook collection meets all three of those thing...
A year ago or so, we had a sharp disaster. It makes me wonder if your knife block falls first into two pieces, and then into two more pieces, are your knives too sharp? You’d think so but I swe...
Earlier this week, I wrote about organizing pots for sunny spots. I also wrote about how to get your soil and pot ready- so check back there if you need those instructions. Today, we are going to tur...
My friends know that I love container gardening as much as organizing. While they seem not alike on the surface, both are really creative activities. Both are also organized activities. Each year, I ...
If you get excited by lining things up in a row – and your friends think you are strange- then you are not alone! Besides us professional organizers, there are a whole bunch of people who admir...
Just how organized or disorganized are you? Ever wonder if there was a report card, how you would score? Allison Carter, a fellow professional organizer and owner of The Professional Organizer, has a...
In this smaller home, it was a challenge to find a place to store cleaning supplies. The kitchen cabinets had already been organized and were used to capacity. There wasn’t a first floor closet...
Yes, life can be complicated- even if the issue is nothing but those piles of papers and stacks of school things- all the bills, magazines and junk mail. The endless stream of papers can make your ho...
The other day, I got online seeking a solution. Surely someone else has been driven mad by their dogs noisy pet tags. I figured someone would tell me how they rigged up duct tape or rubber bands to m...
There is a saying I use. “Good Enough is Grand.” I think that really applies to many things but today, I am applying it to cleaning supplies. Come on! Just how many bottles of potions do ...
It’s amazing how time just slips away. It is eaten up faster than that bag of Oreos you just opened. Being disorganized is a big time waster. There are some simple things you can do in the way ...
Loved flipping through my new Container Store catalog today and coming across this platform turntable. Finally, a way to see what is in the middle of the turntable! I use turntables a lot when organi...
(Not in Pensacola? You can take many of the organizing classes as audio downloads!) Lunch and Learn Less is More: Downsizing and Decluttering You can deal with your too-much-stuff once and for all!...
My friend, Bonnie Dewkett of The Joyful Organizer, is giving away a closet system! Who doesn’t have a closet in their house that needs help? The closet system, by Closet Maid, is a 5-8 Ft. Shel...
You’ve got at least one clutter hot spot, don’t you? That’s that spot that is burning a hole in the back of your head. The flames keep growing as the pile of stuff grows. You can pu...
I must admit that I love CalendarLabs.com. Just this morning I went there to print yet another calendar page for planning out a project. Sure I have a calendar. I also have appointments on my phone ...
When I’ve helped organize kitchens, I’ve seen a few dishwashers that looked like this one! I have lots of organizing advice for kitchens but zero advice on dishwasher cleaning. Thank heav...
Flying across country the other day, this photo got my attention in SkyMall. Boy, I know a few of my organizing clients that could use this product. How about you? Got too many tubs, boxes and totes ...
I’m afraid that sometimes I keep things beyond when I should. For example, there was this time I put a piece of furniture on Craigslist- mind you this was furniture I was using up until that da...
Your computer screen is black and unresponsive. Belatedly, you remember you should have backed-up your files and, oh my gosh, all those family photos! One of the hardest things to remember to do- or ...
It’s either time to switch your clothing to spring/summer wear or almost time! Here are some tips to get you going. 1. Store sweaters folded. In this picture, we used some clear tubs, without t...
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