By Carmen Coker Everyone’s got one of those tasks that never seems to get done, no matter what. You know you are in trouble when you start to joke about it, laughing at your failure to accomplish the task. Making light of the situation takes the sting out of the fact that you have procrastinated yourself …
Want To Get Organized – For Good? Here’s How To Make Your New Year’s Resolution Last
January 31, 2013By Carmen Coker So you recently made a New Year’s Resolution “to get organized.” Well, you’re in good company! Organization is always a popular top ten resolution every year. But now that you’ve set the organizing goal, how do you successfully negotiate the ins and outs of accomplishing it? Here are four simple tips to do …
5 Tips To Jumpstart January
January 7, 2013We have a thing for January. It’s National Get Organized Month. All that sorting, stashing, planning, and relocating are right down our alley. It’s what makes us tick—not because any one of us individually is perfectly organized, but because for a whole month the dream feels almost attainable. And even if we never find that …
Create a Gift Wrapping Station
December 17, 2012Wrapping a present requires lots of small parts – scissors, tape, ribbon, bags, tissue paper, and the wrapping paper itself. If everyone in your house has gifts to wrap, it won’t be long until these wrapping tools have scattered to the four corners of your house. Setting up a gift wrapping station in a designated …
Make Room for the Feast
December 10, 2012With the holidays come elaborate meals, both the ones you prepare yourself and the leftovers you bring home from work and school potlucks. Throughout the season, take the time to regularly clean out your fridge and make room for the next delicacies. Give yourself a recurring reminder each Thursday, and you won’t end up trying …
How To Break Mental And Emotional Attachments To Your Clutter
November 30, 2012By Carmen Coker A wise Zen master once said: “Be like the wind. Blow over everything without becoming attached to any of it.” Have you become attached to your clutter? When you are tied to your clutter – whether it’s emotionally, spiritually, mentally, or otherwise – decluttering becomes all the more difficult to accomplish. Here are …
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What’s Cooking, Good Looking?!
November 16, 2012By Naomi Cook Ok, here’s a little quiz for you all! Don’t worry, there are no essay questions – just a simple yes or no will suffice! Do you like to cook and/or bake? Do you have some recipes bursting out of a folder in the kitchen, some on documents on the computer and still yet, …
Are You Wasting Time Trying to Get Organized?
October 26, 2012By Monica Friel Have you ever been motivated to organize your desk/office space and gotten lost in the details? Have you made a plan to get organized and found yourself wasting time trying to figure out how to print the perfect, color-coded file labels? Too often we find ourselves having good intentions to get organized, but …
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The Biggest Organizing Mistake of All
September 28, 2012By Carmen Coker You’re sure to find a perfectly organized home when you open up any magazine. And those pictures make you think: Man, I wish my house looked like that! Of course, the ideal home doesn’t have to be in a book, in a magazine, or on TV. You may need to look no further …
Making Sense of Your Closet For Fall
September 24, 2012It’s that time of year again. A new school year has begun and a new season has arrived, along with a change in the weather. That means, of course, that it’s time to change what’s in your closet. Out with the old, in with the new. Organizing your clothes every season is a good way …
8 Lazy Ways to Get Organized
August 31, 2012By Carmen Coker Even if you don’t feel you have the time, money, motivation, or inclination to get organized, there are plenty of low-effort, big-win strategies for banishing clutter, saving time, and being productive. Part 1: Shopping Clutter starts at the store. You buy something you don’t need or even truly like … something you might …
7 Simple Steps to Keep Your Bathroom Spick and Span
August 24, 2012By Naomi Cook In preparing my thoughts for this posting about organizing the bathroom, I started to realize that the steps sounded vaguely familiar to my last posting about organizing the pantry in 7 Simple Steps to a Picture Perfect Pantry. Hmmm…that makes this a bit easier to write for me, but what’s in it for …
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How to Minimize Home Office Distractions
August 16, 2012By Monica Friel Working from home certainly has its benefits, but it is not without its fair share of pitfalls. The average person only focuses on work for 11 minutes before being distracted. So how do we combat the never-ending call of household projects, screaming children, visiting neighbors, etc.? There is no way to avoid all …
7 Simple Steps to a Picture Perfect Pantry
July 27, 2012By Naomi Cook Has the inside of your pantry become like the Bermuda Triangle? Have you ever looked for something, say a cake mix for your child, who just told you at 9pm that there is a bake sale tomorrow morning and she needs 3 dozen cupcakes? Have you sworn you had several mixes…scoured the …
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Organizing a Yard Sale
July 20, 2012By Monica Friel One great way to help you get rid of that clutter that lingers is to plan a yard sale. Sometimes it’s hard to donate items when you don’t know where they’re going and if they will really be used. It’s easier to get rid of things when you know your items are …
Organizational Top Fives – Clearing Your Closet
June 19, 2012Closets make such tempting clutter traps. With the door closed, your friends and family aren’t exposed to the mess – at least, until they go to hang up their coat or search for something. Here are five solutions to help cut closet clutter: 1. Make the Trip- Don’t use the closet as a dumping ground …
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Organizing the Manly Spaces
June 5, 2012This one goes out to all the men. We’ve got a lot on our plates – work, school, family, hobbies – and let’s face it, sometimes we don’t take time to organize as well as we could. So this Father’s Day, here are a few tips for male-centered organizing: Garage – Stack It Right No …
Leaving For Vacation? What About The House?
May 31, 2012Summer break is a great time for families. It’s a time when schedules open up, albeit with effort. The kids have fewer obligations and you can finally get out and do something together. But what about the house? Here are some suggestions to ensure your property is safe while you’re gone. Get Help From Your …
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Kitchen Clusters
May 24, 2012Do you find yourself running back and forth across your kitchen? If you cluster basic tools and ingredients you normally use for cooking, you can make meal preparation faster. If you keep wooden spoons, salt, pepper, and oil within arms length of your stove, you won’t find yourself running around while the milk burns to …
Make a Difference Around the House
April 25, 2012Spring is a great time to do the small seasonal things that make a measurable difference around the house. In the bedroom, you can rotate your mattress and wash your pillows for a fresh, comfortable night’s sleep. Go through the house and wipe off any screens to get rid of little fingerprints or airborne cooking …
